The 2018 trade deficit rose to a 10-year highDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are below fair value this morning, as Wall Street awaits updates on U.S.-China trade talks. A Bloomberg report indicated President Donald Trump is pressuring officials in Washington to reach a deal soon in the hopes of boosting the stock market. Investors are also digesting the latest ADP employment report, whi...Read More
The current bull market rally turns 10 years old this weekExactly 10 years ago today, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) hit its lowest point of the financial crisis. The index has quadrupled since then. On an annualized basis, the S&P 500 has gained 15% per year over the past 10 years, which has only happened a few other times (we have S&P 500 data since 1929). Looking at the chart below, 15% for 10 years i...Read More
The average analyst price target looks way too high on PXD stockPioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) has been in a long-term downtrend since peaking above $210 in May. While the security has bounced from its late-December lows, it's run into a potential wall in the form of its 80-day moving average, which could smack PXD even lower. On the fundamental front, the company is in a transition period,...Read More
Dollar's recent climb is putting pressure on gold prices.Eurozone weakness is also adding to metal's short-term weakness.Improved emerging markets outlook should eventually bail gold out.A counter-trend rally in the U.S. dollar index is providing a headwind for gold and will likely keep the metal range-bound below its recent high for a few weeks. In today's report we'll review the factors...Read More
A free tool can help traders bank big during the upcoming earnings season. Too many investors let their portfolios slip during the busy holiday season, but this is a huge mistake... especially with the market moving events just around the corner!With the crazy market action investors have been seeing lately, right now is the time to prepare to bank big wins.It's important for investors to positio...Read More
The Global Mineral Professionals Alliance (GMPA) announced the launch of the Global Action on Tailings initiative, aimed at dealing with the challenges around mine waste, particularly tailings.The GMPA is an organization comprised of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum; the Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers; the Insti...Read More
Troubadour Resources (TSXV: TR) announced that it signed a letter of intent with Surespan and its wholly-owned subsidiary Privateer Gold to obtain an option to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Privateer Gold.Privateer Gold is the owner of the Surespan gold property, which is made up of crown granted mineral claims and mineral tenures that cover approximately 13 square kilometres...Read More
Troubadour Resources (TSXV: TR) announced that it signed a letter of intent with Surespan and its wholly-owned subsidiary Privateer Gold to obtain an option to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Privateer Gold.Privateer Gold is the owner of the Surespan gold property, which is made up of crown granted mineral claims and mineral tenures that cover approximately 13 square kilometres...Read More
* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Updates with closing prices)By Eric OnstadLONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Aluminium and other industrialmetals drifted lower on Wednesday as investors awaited moresigns on whether demand in top metals consumer China wouldrebound after the Lunar New Year.So far, signs of metal demand in China have been lacklustre,with rising inventories in the world's second-largest econo...Read More
A crazy Friday in the gold market - nothing new.A bullish trend since August - markets rarely move in a straight line.Gold needs to find a higher low.Buying the dip in gold tends to be preferable to buying a rally.Get more aggressive with leveraged products on price weakness.Gold provided market participants with a reminder that the yellow metal loves to crawl higher and tumble lower during price...Read More
How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More
Published 23 Hours AgoUpdated6 Hours AgoReuters Getty ImagesGold bullion bars and coins.Gold steadied on Wednesday just above a five-week low touched in the last session as the dollar retreated slightly and stocks edged lower, with investors awaiting further signals on the health of the global economy.Spot gold was down 0.11 percent at $1,285.70 per ounce as of 2:09 p.m. ET, trading in a narrow...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down Tuesday, extending Monday's decline.Kohl's (KSS) earned $2.24 a share on an adjusted basis in its fourth quarter, beating analysts' estimates by 6 cents. The stock rose 7.33%. Target (TGT) posted stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings after a solid holiday shopping...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesMar 6, 2019This may come as a total shock to anyone who hasn’t read Nobody Knows Anything or my latest best seller, Basic Investing in Resource Stocks, but guys running junior resource companies lie a lot. They either flat out make up porkies or they forget to tell you the SEC is going through their books or something else just as interesting.Last year I read the most in...Read More
The $22 trillion official national debt is a much discussed problem, even as politicians exhibit zero motivation to do anything about it. But as big an economic overhang as it is, government debt isn't likely to trigger the next financial crisis.Yes, servicing the growing federal debt bubble will depress GDP growth, cause the value of the dollar to drop, and raise inflation risks. But the bubble...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinApril Gold - continuation of thrust to the downside. Some big dumping of positions in this market. Where the market is looking to gain traction is near its 100DMA and..Read More
By: Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTAThe recent rally showed quite a bit of promise.Gold stocks surged past their long-term moving averages while breadth indicators surpassed all prior bear market peaks (excluding 2016). 71% of the HUI and 81% of GDXJ closed above the 200-day moving average.GDX and GDXJ looked to be on their way to $25 and $37, with Gold approaching $1360/oz and those breadth figures...Read More
By Avi GilburtWhile there is some religious significance in Roman culture, the Ides of March is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC at a meeting of the Roman Senate.At the time, a seer named Plutarch (some claim that the seer was named Spurinna) had warned that something would happen to Caesar by that date. For those that know their Shakespeare, on his way to...Read More
It could be the beginning of the global "currency war" after the so called the end of the "trade war". The reason is in the paragraph below. Indirectly nations fight currency war day in and day out. Trump is making it open. Currency war induced by Trump will only speed up the decline in the purchasing power of the US dollar. Trump is the US president for less than two years. By then nations will...Read More
It's no longer a "conspiracy theory" that big brother is watching everything we do, in fact this is now common knowledge yet most people still comply with going along with this Orwellian Nightmare! Apple's iPhone is tracking your every move and is storing this information right on the device itself and most people are completely unaware that this is even happening! In this video Dan Dicks of Press...Read More