J.P. Morgan Securities said the move was strictly due to valuation concernsBeyond Meat Inc (NASDAQ:BYND) stock is spiraling today, down 18.9% at $136.33, pacing for its worst day ever by far. This comes after J.P. Morgan Securities downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "overweight," saying the vegan burger maker's risk/reward is now balanced, and calling the move "purely a valuation call." Howeve...Read More
Weekly FB calls have been popular in recent daysFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) was hit hard last week as reports swirled throughout the tech sector about potential federal investigations. However, an analyst note this morning suggested regulatory concerns are already priced into the stock, and are overshadowing the company's growth potential. This came from Moffett Nathanson, which upgraded FB shares...Read More
Virtually every analyst in coverage rates AVGO a "buy"When we last checked in with semiconductor concern Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO), the stock was flashing a bullish signal before Memorial Day weekend. Today, AVGO is up 2.8% to trade at $289.24, after the company inked a new supply arrangement with Apple (AAPL) for the next two years.Broadcom stock is heading towards its seventh straight win. Aft...Read More
The drugmaker announced weak results for its experiential NASH treatment The shares of Cymabay Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CBAY) are plummeting, after its experimental drug used to treat a fatty liver disease called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was only minimally effective during a mid-stage study. The stock is eyeing its biggest one-day drop ever, and already brushed a new two-year low of $...Read More
The Dow looks poised to extend its win streakThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is yet again set for a positive open, with futures trading more than 100 points above fair value. Another win would be a seventh straight for the index, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) is also trying to extend its win streak to six. This comes as markets overseas gained on news of potential infrastructure spending in...Read More
Americans' very way of life could be threatened, according to the man who predicted the downfall of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.No one believed Porter Stansberry years ago when he said the world's largest mortgage bankers (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) would soon go bankrupt.And no one believed him when he said GM would fall apart... or that the same would happen to General Growth Properties (America...Read More
Critical chart levels stepped up to support Amazon at last week's lowsA couple of months ago in this space, we wrote that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) -- by virtue of its unique cross-sector footprint, as well as its uncommonly massive market capitalization (around $885 billion, as of this writing) -- was worthy of tracking as its own "micro market bellwether" of sorts, given its exposure to bot...Read More
(Updates with closing prices)By Peter HobsonLONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - Copper prices touched theirhighest in two weeks on Tuesday, lifted by hopes that topconsumer China will pump money into building metals-intensiveinfrastructure.News that China will allow local governments to use proceedsfrom special bonds as capital for investment projects came afterthe United States and Mexico reached a deal...Read More
Economic Activity The ECRI Weekly Leading index dropped 1.1 this week and is down -1.26% year over year. ISM Manufacturing dropped to 52.1 from 52.8 previously. ISM Non-manufacturing picked up to 56.9 from 55.5. Non-farm payrolls grew by only 75k from 224k in the previous month. Equity Markets Broad markets had a good week. The Dow was the leader, gaining 4.85% (DIA). The VIX...Read More
* Net profit jumps 92 percent* Metals trading contribution down by a third * Puma, Porto Sudeste and Nayara all post losses * Adjusted debt rises (Adds cost of funding)By Julia Payne and Dmitry ZhdannikovLONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - Trading house Trafigura'ssix-month net profit jumped by 92% after strong performance fromits oil and gas desks helped to offset weakness at the metalsdivision and losse...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded higher Monday following President Donald Trump's "indefinite" suspension of tariffs on Mexican goods that were expected to go into effect Monday. Raytheon (RTN - Get Report) and United Technologies (UTX - Get Report) will merge in a $120 billion deal. United Technologies is Real M...Read More
The Monday Market Minute US stocks set to extend gains following President Trump's decision to suspend tariffs on Mexican imports Saturday, as well as stronger-than-expected China export data and the ongoing tailwind of dovish global central banks.Europe markets gain, but volumes were thin owing to the annual Whit Monday holiday; FTSE 100 posts solid gains as the pound slides following the steep...Read More
Investing.com - Prices of safe-haven gold fell on Monday in Asia as market sentiment was boosted by easing global trade tensions and strong trade data out of China data.Gold futures for August delivery, traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, were down 1.0% at $1,332.05 per ounce by 1:15 AM ET (05:15 GMT).Market sentiment was boosted after the U.S. and Mexico struck a mig...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesJun 11, 2019When we first started 321gold back in 2001 I went to a lot of shows and met most of the players in the resource business. Many of the other writers felt there was something special about silver and it was going to go up far more than gold. My response was that it was a commodity and like every other commodity it would go up and it would go down. Actually when the s...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comJune 11, 2019 A lot of Americans getting a myriad of government entitlements thought that President Trump would recreate the 1950s for them. If Trump had eliminated the PIT (personal income tax), capital gains tax, and corporate income tax, I’ve estimated that around $100 trillion i...Read More
Americans' trust in institutions, from the federal government to banks to the news media, has been deteriorating for decades. Sixty years ago, three quarters of Americans expressed faith in the government to do the right thing "most of the time" or "just about always." Today, only one in five people, a near-record low, believes our leaders make decisions in the country's best interest.The news m...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Responding to your secretary/treasurer's observation Sunday that central bank and government interventions against gold have been becoming more obvious --http://www.gata.org/node/19134-- our friend C.W. writes that the more obvious interventions against gold become, the more effective they are."As more investors see that the gold market is relentlessly and successful...Read More
By: Clint SiegnerA "perfect storm" is brewing for midwestern farmers. Unending rains have led to the flooding of tens of millions of acres of farmland. The deluge comes on the heels of years of low crop prices.It has the makings of an agriculture disaster on a scale never seen before.The nation may see a "perfect storm" in terms of food inflation. Prices for some farm commodities figure to be a...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinHow dovish will the FOMC be next week? Gold lost its trend, support in lower $1,300's:Read More
Although the S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials have been in explosive rallies for the last five days, traders appear skeptical, if not to say skittish. As the take-no-prisoners short squeeze has unfolded, a widely watched 'fear indicator' has refused to give ground; this, despite a 700-point burst in the Dow Industrials and a corresponding gain in the S&Ps over the last three days. The VIX Volatil...Read More