There remains lingering skepticism around the Dow stockSeveral Dow stocks have been featured in this space in recent months. The latest blue chip to catch our attention is Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), with the retail stock finishing last year right in the middle of the pack, gaining just 27.6% in 2019 -- tame compared to, say, Apple's (AAPL) 86.2% return. Nevertheless, WMT's climb higher last year was...Read More
WM has been on a long-term uptrendTrash specialist Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) has been a long-term outperformer on the charts, easily surpassing the performance of the broader market in the past two years, and the shares are in the midst of another strong uptrend at the moment thanks to support from the 12-month moving average. As such, it looks like a prime time to get behind WM for its nex...Read More
BLK shares are technically overbought before earnings Investment management concern BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) hit a fresh 52-week high of $525 earlier, setting up the shares for an eighth straight weekly win. The stock was most recently seen at $516.71, as traders prepare for the company's earnings release, scheduled for before the open tomorrow, Jan. 15. BLK's 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI...Read More
Bank earnings continue to take the spotlightThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) has explored both sides of breakeven, before eventually climbing higher midday, as Wall Street's attention remains glued to a spate of earnings reports out of the finance sector, including JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC). Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) have erased thi...Read More
Call buying has been hot on ZUMZZumiez Inc. (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) is one winner today on Wall Street, up 3.3% at $34.14, thanks to the company's holiday sales update. The strong numbers prompted the retailer to increase its guidance for the quarter, likely increasing the chances it announces another earnings win when it reports in March. Specifically, ZUMZ shares have gained more than 11% after each of th...Read More
Goldman Sachs hiked its price target on NFLX to $450 from $400Streaming service Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) is inching lower this morning, now down 0.6% to trade at $336.94, despite a price-target hike to $450 from $400 at Goldman Sachs. The revised price represents a healthy 32.8% upside to Monday night's close of $338.92, and the brokerage firm said it expects fourth-quarter results that are "well...Read More
Most analysts are bullish on Take-Two, thoughThe shares of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) are down 1.5% to trade at $126.41 today, after a downgrade from Stephens. The brokerage firm cut its rating on the video game company to "equal-weight" from "overweight," while trimming its price target to $110 from $145. Interestingly, the analyst in coverage is still bullish on video gam...Read More
Wells Fargo's profits for its fourth quarter dropped 55% from last yearThe shares of Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) are struggling today. The bank concern stepped into the earnings confessional with adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of 93 cents per share, lower than the $1.12 estimates and down 55% year-over-year due to mounting legal costs and a lower interest rate environment. The firm also posted r...Read More
JPMorgan's results impressed investorsU.S. stock futures are trading near fair value this morning, signaling a flat start to the day for equities as earnings season gets underway with reports from the big banks. Most notably, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) component JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is set to gain thanks to record annual profits, while sector peer Wells Fargo (WFC) is moving in the other d...Read More
Jack ChanPosted Jan 13, 2020Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a long-term BUY signal.Long-term signals can last for months and are more suitable for investors.Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a short-term SELL signal.Short-term signals can last for weeks and are more suitable for traders.Speculation is at a new high.Silver speculation is at levels of previous tops.Our ratio is now o...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comJan 14, 2020For the past few years, I’ve been suggesting that the world’s ultra-wealthy investors have been buying enormous quantities of physical gold at a rate that overwhelms the commercial trader shorting on the COMEX.Pleaseclick here now. RT News highlights a wonderful cha...Read More
Near the start of every year, I share our ever-popular Periodic Table of Commodity Returns, now updated to reflect the final results of 2019. To view the interactive table and download a copy of your own, click here. Commodities as a whole had a mostly positive 2019, returning 16.53 percent as measured by the S&P GSCI. This far surpasses commodities' five-year average return of about negativ...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinWill Pelosi take away the trade-deal Trump victory with an impeachment delivery to the Senate?Gold APRIL (now updated) Futures. Gold is down the first trading day of the week, 18-DMA is at $1497 area and rising. Gold peaked out at missile day. Read More
RambusHeads UP ...from Rambus Chartology."You may recall we were looking at the Japanese YEN / PM complex combo chart several months ago comparing the YEN to the PM complex. For whatever reasons how the YEN goes the PM complex tends to follow. It's not a perfect correlation but close enough to pay attention. Today the YEN gapped below an important trendline that goes all the way back to October...Read More
Ask yourself what factors what factors will affect global financial markets once the so called US-China trade deal is signed. Trade war is the biggest reason why gold prices rose from $1200 to $1600 in around twelve months. Central bank buying and other reasons have also contributed to gold price rise but the biggest catalyst has been the trade war and recession fears. I will happy if gold price...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321gold reports on the latest drill results from this company's Montana project. The world is at an interesting junction. Awash in debt caused by promises that governments cannot possibly fulfill, civil disorder takes place in at least fourteen different countries. The U.S. political system has tied itself into partisan knots in an effort to replay the 2016 election with a Preside...Read More
The Vancouver-based company believes it may have discovered a new mineralized zone at a British Columbia property. Scottie Resources Corp. (SCOT:TSX.V) announced in a news release that recent drilling was successful in the Blueberry vein on the Bow property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The company reported the results, which are from 630.2 meters (630.2m) of diamond drilling completed i...Read More
The report updates and the company being a takeout target are discussed in an iA Securities report. In a Jan. 7 research note, iA Securities analyst George Topping reported that Rubicon Minerals Corp. (RMX:TSX; RBYCF:OTCMKTS) updated the mineral resource at its Phoenix gold project in Red Lake, Ontario.Topping highlighted that the updated resource now contains 811,000 ounces (811 Koz) in the Meas...Read More
Market forecasterMartin Zweig famously warned investors against underestimating the power of theFederal Reserve Bank to control markets. He coined the phrase “Don’t fight theFed” back in the 80’s. Preciousmetals investors are wondering if this is still goodadvice.On one hand, it ispretty hard to argue with that bit of wisdom.The Fed Zweig wasreferencing had begun taking a m...Read More
Heads UP …from Rambus Chartology.“You may recall we were looking at the Japanese YEN / PM complex combo chart several months ago comparing the YEN to the PM complex. For whatever reasons how the YEN goes the PM complex tends to follow. It’s not a perfect correlation but close enough to pay attention. Today the YEN gapped below an important trendline that goes all the way back to...Read More