By: Ira EpsteinGold is near a seasonal bump to the upside. $1,459.80 would be a negative turn in short-term picture. Downside bias but swingline just below..Read More
Traders just booked profit in short positions in gold and silver. They are sitting on cash at the moment. News will be the key. Trade deal with China is not signed yet. I will not rule out further escalation of trade war with China as US economic numbers have beaten Chinese in November. Trump is at an advantage (with China) on the trade war in the short term. Trade war will be pain for every nat...Read More
Stocks struggled to gain momentum todayThe Dow explored a 145-point trading range today, before settling south of breakeven, as Wall Street proceeded with caution ahead the Dec. 15 deadline when the U.S. is expected to lift tariffs on some Chinese goods. A report from The Wall Street Journal indicated that these looming tariffs could be delayed, even as separate headlines suggested a phase-one tra...Read More
AVGO was one of the best S&P stocks in the past 10 yearsBroadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) just received a price-target hike to $345 from $330 from Piper Jaffray, representing 9.5% upside from the current price of $314.98. This also stands in record-high territory for AVGO shares, which peaked at $325.67 back on Nov. 19. And with the decade about to come to the close, we looked back even further, and noti...Read More
The drug stock is ripe for a short squeeze, tooIt's been a hot start to December for Immunomedics, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMMU). The pharmaceutical stock is up 11.5% already this month, and earlier today nabbed a fresh annual high of $21.49. Heading into the new year, IMMU shows no signs of slowing down, especially after flashing a reliable "buy" signal.More specifically, the stock's new high today comes am...Read More
Options bulls have blasted CMCSA stock in recent weeksComcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) stock is trading down 2% at $43.04, after the media giant said it plans on committing $2 billion to content and marketing spending over the next two years for its new Peacock streaming service. The Netflix (NFLX) rival's streaming service will launch in April, with more details expected in mid-January.This dro...Read More
INFO has added almost 54% in 2019Information and analysis services stock IHS Markit Ltd (NYSE:INFO) has been an outperformer on the charts. Long-term support from the 50-day moving average has the shares up 53.7% year-to-date, and fresh of their 11th straight monthly gain. With this steady support in place, now is a prime time to buy calls. Digging deeper, short interest has surged 111% from its M...Read More
Traders are shrugging off this morning's trade "update"It's another day of weak price action for stocks on Wall Street, with traders mostly holding tight ahead of tomorrow's Fed decision. Ahead of the opening bell, it looked as though apparent headway in U.S.-China trade relations could lift stocks, but the risk-off sentiment has remained. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and S&P 500 Index (...Read More
Needham is the latest analyst to issue a bear note on NFLXStreaming giant Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) is struggling this morning, 2% lower at $296.43, after becoming the subject of one of Needham's latest bear notes. Analyst Laura Martin downgraded the equity to "underperform" from "hold," saying increased competition from rival streaming services could force a loss of around 4 million premium U.S...Read More
Tech has put in a strong performance in 2019The technical backdrop for U.S. stocks has been positive for most of 2019. The Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) has outpaced the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and S&P 500 Index (SPX) on a monthly basis for a majority of the year, and is currently up 30.5% since its Dec. 31 close, compared to a 20% gain for the Dow, and a 25.5% gain for the S&P over that same...Read More
MCD, DPZ, and SBUX all received "outperform" designationsBrokerage firm RBC last night began coverage on a number of restaurant stocks, including taking bullish outlooks on big names McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD), Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE:DPZ), and Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX). Let's take a quick look at the details around the stocks, and how they're trading this morning.For blue chip MCD, R...Read More
SFIX is heading trading at its highest level since late JulyA big earnings winner this morning is Stitch Fix Inc (NASDAQ:SFIX), after the e-tailer broke even for its fiscal first quarter, toppling the estimated loss of 6 cents per share. Revenue and active clients also topped expectations, prompting six price-target hikes already, the highest coming from SunTrust Robinson to $38 from $36. J.P. Mo...Read More
Lululemon Athletica's COO just accepted a position as CEO of travel company Away It was announced yesterday evening that the chief operating officer (COO) of athleisure company Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:LULU), Stuart Haselden, will be leaving the firm to join privately owned luggage maker Away as its CEO, effective Jan. 10. The stock is up 0.7% at $232.50, at last check.This announcement com...Read More
The Fed's final meeting of 2019 will kick off later todayAfter markets snapped a three-day win streak yesterday, stock futures are reacting to a slew of trade-related headlines this morning. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures were initially off triple-digits after the South China Morning Post suggested the chances of a U.S.-China trade deal this week are slim. However, futures quickly t...Read More
Larry LaBordePosted Dec 9, 2019When considering the space requirements of $1,000,000, the first question is in what form?I will try to illustrate the volume and weight of $1 million dollars in three forms: $100 bills, gold eagle coins and silver eagle coins.I have had some customers surprised by the volume of metals they have ordered when it arrives.Some have been overwhelmed (usually with silver)...Read More
Tomasz Wi?>niewski9 hours ago (Dec 09, 2019 3:47 PM GMT)In the long-term, gold is still on the positive side of the market though. The price is locked inside of the wedge formation, which is promoting the breakout to the upside. Especially as long as we stay above the major support on the 1380 USD/oz. In the shorter term, situation here is negative. The price bounced from the 1480 USD/oz resistanc...Read More
James Hyerczyk14 hours ago (Dec 09, 2019 10:58 AM GMT)Gold is easing higher on Monday shortly before the regular session opening. Earlier in the session, sellers attempted to follow-through to the downside, following Friday’s steep sell-off, but there wasn’t much volume behind the move.Stocks are edging lower along with Treasury yields. This is helping to make the U.S. Dollar less-at...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comDec 10, 2019Can gold take out the 2019 highs and carry the miners on a mighty bull run that will stun all the naysayers? Well, pleaseclick here now.Goldman analysts think it will happen!Some gold bugs view the big banks as “banksters”.I like to differentiate between the bank al...Read More
Gold closed down as much as 1.21 percent Friday on a blowout jobs report that seemed to alleviate investor fears of an impending economic slowdown. The U.S. added as many as 266,000 jobs in November, beating expectations of 180,000, while the unemployment rate ticked down to a 50-year low of 3.5 percent.The yellow metal remains on sound footing, though, and over the next 12 to 24 months, I see i...Read More
"Smoot and Hawley ginned up The Tariff Act of 1930 to get America back to work after the Stock Market Crash of '29. Instead, it destroyed trade so effectively that by 1932, American exports to Europe were just a third of what they had been in 1929. World trade fell two-thirds as other nations retaliated. Jobs evaporated." Elaine Chao, American politician, U.S. Secretary of Transportation 2017-,...Read More