resTORbio stock is hitting new lows today Pharmaceutical name resTORbio Inc (NASDAQ:TORC) has slid to the very bottom of the Nasdaq today after the company announced it stopped testing on its lead drug RTB101 for respiratory illness, following a failed late-stage trial. The biopharma firm added that they will continue testing on the drug in other conditions, such as Parkinson's disease. The news h...Read More
There's still plenty of pessimism to be unwound on HDThe shares of Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) are up 0.3% to trade at $237.27 today, after Jefferies raised its price target to $268 from $246. The brokerage firm predicted Home Depot will outperform Lowe's (LOW) in their upcoming earnings reports, due to impressive same-store sales growth and website traffic. Home Depot is scheduled to report third-q...Read More
AMAT has tacked on 86% in 2019 aloneChip name Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) is up 8% to trade at $61.53 -- and nabbed a fresh annual high of $61.90 this morning -- the equity swimming in bull notes after the company's fiscal fourth-quarter results last night. Applied Materials shared a quarterly beat and forecast its fiscal first-quarter revenue at $4.1 billion, above analyst estimates. T...Read More
It's not entirely clear to us why the utilities stock sold off suddenly on ThursdayUtilities stock CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) fell sharply yesterday, closing the session down 5% amid heavy trading volume to hit a fresh 52-week low. It's not entirely clear what was behind the selling, but a number of bear notes have come through since yesterday's close. Last evening Credit Suisse downgrade...Read More
Larry Kudlow said Thursday evening that a phase one trade deal between China and the U.S. was imminent Renewed trade optimism has Dow futures on the rebound after last night's drop. The blue chip index is signaling an 80-point gain on comments from White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow that the U.S. and China are on the precipice of a trade agreement. Elsewhere, investors are combing over a b...Read More
By Valentina ZaMILAN, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The Bank of Italy has beencollecting data on how efficiently the unpaid loans sold off bybanks are being recouped, reflecting concerns about slowprogress and the potential fallout for taxpayers, two sourcesfamiliar with the matter said.Pushed by European supervisors to clean up their balancesheets after a brutal recession, Italian banks have shed some180 bi...Read More
David Becker6 hours ago (Nov 14, 2019 6:48 PM GMT)Gold prices continued to rise on Thursday, completing a two-day rally. The declined as US yields moved lower paving the way for higher gold prices. Stronger than expected wholesale inflation data released on Thursday followed solid consumer price data released yesterday. Commentary from the Federal Reserve Chair Gerome Powell showed that the Fed wo...Read More
Alexander Kuptsikevich17 hours ago (Nov 14, 2019 8:16 AM GMT)Started this week with a decline, the Gold found support near the $1,450 area, from where it turned upside.The reason for the pressure on Gold in November is the recovery of demand for risky assets. Also, this month, the dollar returned to growth, affecting the valuation of raw materials and many other assets. However, Gold does not mere...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesNov 15, 2019Many gold stocks continue to tumble into yearly lows as we approach the annual Tax Loss Silly Season when the good, the bad, and the ugly get tossed on the bargain table for no reason at all other than they went down in price. For intelligent investors it’s a great chance to pick some low hanging fruit. I expect a short-term blip higher in the price of gold b...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 323,18956,123107,486210,067511,535640,742675,144 Change from Prior Reporting Period -21,402-8,6408,96228,37912,70915,93913,031 Traders 18774825154272183 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 67,72133,319708,463 2,3435,25118,282 non reportable positions...Read More
The major gold miners just enjoyed a phenomenal quarter for gold, which soared after its first bull-market breakout in years. Q3'19's much-higher prevailing gold prices should've driven soaring earnings for the miners, due to their big inherent profits leverage to gold. So this just-completed Q3 earnings season is the most important for this sector in a long time. Did the gold miners' fu...Read More
Dave KranzlerA mysterious "pledged gold" entry has just showed up on the Comex gold warehouse report. The definition of this new warehouse stock classification for gold is provided in Chapter 7 of the New York Mercantile Exchange rulebook.In brief, "eligible" gold is a gold bar stored in a Comex vault that meets Comex specifications (quality, size, purity, and brand).A "registered" gold bar is o...Read More
- Darryl Robert Schoon...the financial system experienced some serious liquidity shortages in August 2007, and the Fed injected funds to help keep financial markets operating effectively so that they would continue to support ongoing economic activityFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, August 2007In August 2007, a credit crunch swept global markets forcing central banks to provide billions...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinBears do not like to short in an oversold market. Gold moving off the lower volatility band, resistance area $1,485 area. $GDXJ at resistance at the 18-DMA, $GDX...Read More
By: Avi Gilburt(Originally published on Sat Nov 9 for our ElliottWaveTrader members)When the GLD dropped down off the October 25th high in a 5-wave structure, this provided us with the warning that a deeper c-wave can take hold. In fact, as we began the rally off that 5-wave decline, I began noting in our trading room that I was going to use GLD puts as a hedge to my overall metals positions,...Read More
Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More
Links to Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/headl...Are you watching all the "talking heads" on TV push this idea of optimism in our Economy, while completely ignoring the truth of what's going on in the big picture? I'm hoping the reason you're watching this video (and not the news) is because your gut tells you there's a lot of things they aren't telling you...and you'd be right...Read More
Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Charlie McElligott to MacroVoices. They discuss late cycle dynamics, how the CTA position estimating model works and if it's time to buy gold & more. Read More
Watch out for digital payment services. It's all in your phone and the fraudsters are out there taking your data. Through the miracle of the NFC (Near field communication) protocol, thieves can steal your financial info in a flash. Beware of fuel thieves, especially in Florida. They steal credit card data and then go to gas stations and load up their hidden tanks with a few hundred gallons. Then y...Read More
"So they now convict Roger Stone of lying and want to jail him for many years to come. Well, what about Crooked Hillary, Comey, Strzok, Page, McCabe, Brennan, Clapper, Shifty Schiff, Ohr..."Continue...Read More