The shares just flashed a bullish signal on the charts, tooThe shares of Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE:FL) are up 1.6% at $56.36 this morning, after analysts at B. Riley FBR upgraded the retail stock to "buy" from "neutral." The brokerage firm also hiked its price target on FL to $73 from $62, and said the stock's recent pullback creates an attractive entry point for bulls. Further, the analysts waxed o...Read More
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Most analysts have remained bullish on TTWO and EAThe shares of video game stocks Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) have been unspectacular in recent months. However, both received upbeat analyst attention this morning, which we'll dig into below. TTWO's analyst note is less ambitious than the one on EA, with BMO upping its price target to $95 f...Read More
China headwinds are likely capping NVDA gains thoughThe shares of Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) have had an eventful morning. The chipmaker last night reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of 88 cents per share, beating out the forecasted mean of 81 cents per share. Revenue and second-quarter sales guidance also topped estimates, thanks to higher demand for gaming chips. In fact, CEO Jensen...Read More
The company also issued lackluster guidanceChina-based search engine Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock is plummeting in early trading, after the company announced itsfirst quarterly loss since at least 2005, and issued lackluster sales guidance ahead of a "more challenging market environment." As such, BIDU stock is 14.1% lower at $132.10, in response, trading at new three-year lows. BIDU has now los...Read More
Michael Willoughby, head of Asia Pacific metals and mining investment banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co., is leaving to join British lender Standard Chartered Plc, people familiar with the matter said.Willoughby has been named co-head of metals and mining for the region at Standard Chartered and will be based in Singapore, the people said, asking not to be identified as the appointment isn't yet publ...Read More
The pound dropped as British politicians failed to make progress on Brexit talks Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are struggling this morning,more than 200 points below fair value as trade tensions with China flare up once more. According to state-run news agency Xinhua, Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesmanGao Feng accused the U.S. of "bullying behavior," and expressed reluctance to resum...Read More
South Africa's Competition Appeal Court said Friday that Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) planned takeover of Lonmin (LON:LMI) could go ahead, clearing the way for shareholders to vote on the transaction that would create the world's second-largest platinum producer.The transaction would create the world's second-largest platinum producerThe country's Competition Tribunal had approved t...Read More
Northern Superior Resources (TSXV: SUP) reported the discovery of eight gold-bearing structures and alteration zones at its Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning (TPK) gold-silver-copper project in northwestern Ontario.In a press release, the miner said the discoveries represent a critical and important advance in defining bedrock-hosted high-grade gold mineralization, necessary to yield the unique world-class gold...Read More
Northern Superior Resources (TSXV: SUP) reported the discovery of eight gold-bearing structures and alteration zones at its Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning (TPK) gold-silver-copper project in northwestern Ontario.In a press release, the miner said the discoveries represent a critical and important advance in defining bedrock-hosted high-grade gold mineralization, necessary to yield the unique world-class gold...Read More
(Updates with closing prices)By Peter HobsonLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Copper prices fell for a fifthconsecutive week as the trade confrontation between the UnitedStates and China intensified.Investors fear the dispute will damage economic growth andweaken the outlook for metals demand, with industrial metalsprices down sharply from last summer when it began.Benchmark copper on the London Metal Ex...Read More
Canadian bullion producer IAMGOLD Corp. (TSX IMG), (NYSE: IAG) said it wasn't aware of any material change that would account for a sharp price rise in its stock on Thursday and into early trading on Friday, following reports that the miner was exploring a possible sale of all or parts of its business.The Toronto-based firm, which doesn't usually comment on speculation and rumours, didn't openly...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up more than 200 points Thursday after strong earnings reports from some market heavyweights. Cisco Systems (CSCO - Get Report) advanced after the networking giant posted fiscal third-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street forecasts. Walmart (WMT - Get Report) surged after...Read More
By John R. IngPresident and CEO,Maison Placements Canada Inc. This is an edited version of an article, Gold: A Legacy of Debt, Deficits and Doom, that appears on The Bull & Bear's website, www.TheBullandBear.com. To be sure after a decade of record stock market gains and IPO unicorns, the world's central banks should be threatening to pull the punch bowl away. However the December market co...Read More
*This video was first published on 2/23/18Is the price of gold manipulated? If so, who is manipulating it, and why? Real Vision co-founder Grant Williams asks a host of experts that question to decipher the truth. This video is excerpted from a piece published on Real Vision on February 23, 2018 entitled "Gold: The Story of Man's 6000 Year Obsession."Grant Williams is the portfolio manager of the...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices were flat on Thursday in Asia, holding slightly below the key $1,300 level.Gold futures for June delivery, traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, were at $1,297.15 by 1:37 AM ET (05:37 GMT).Gold prices received a boost since last week as Sino-U.S. trade tension intensified, but lost momentum after U.S. President Donald Trump dialled back some...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 226,361101,82578,759159,444296,627464,564477,211 Change from Prior Reporting Period 40,560-8,5655,69917,36658,19063,62555,324 Traders 18565775157267175 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 53,43140,784517,995 4,33112,63267,956 non reportable positions...Read More
The major gold miners' stocks are drifting sideways with gold, their early-year momentum sapped by the recent stock-market euphoria. But they are more important than ever for prudently diversifying portfolios, a rare sector that surges when stock markets weaken. Their just-reported Q1'19 results reveal how gold miners are faring as a sector, and their current fundamentals are way better th...Read More
By: Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herd "It's the tail that wags the dog" is defined by Urban Dictionary as a way of persuading a large group of people. The phrase is usually employed in a situation wherein a cause that expects to elicit a certain effect, is in fact reversed. The 1997 film 'Wag the Dog' is about a powerful political strategist who tries to get a fictional president on boar...Read More
By: Peter Schiff, Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific CapitalGeneral George Custer met his doom charging into a battle he thought he could win, against an opponent he did not understand. Based on his views about the fast-emerging trade war with China, it looks to me that Donald Trump, another blonde with a very high opinion of himself, is charging into an economic version of the Little Bigh...Read More