Stocks extended their hot streak ahead of Trump's speech tonightThe Dow posted another solid session today thanks to a strong showing from Boeing (BA) and tech stocks. It was a similar showing from the Nasdaq and S&P 500 Index, as Wall Street digested a busy day of earnings. Going forward, stocks will try to keep their hot streak going in the aftermath of tonight's State of the Union speech, with...Read More
Last year was disappointing, but the Silver Institute is predicting a "more supportive" climate for silver this year. Sales of the US Mint's American Eagle coins rose 12% in January 2019, compared to the same month a year earlier. Silver should also benefit as the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to ease off interest rate hikes.The demand for physical silver investment should grow by 5%.On the dem...Read More
South Africa-based Gold Fields has announced plans to build one of the world's largest solar power and battery facilities at its Granny Smith gold mine 400 km northeast of Kalgoorlie. The system will be powered by more than 20,000 solar panels. Backup will be provided by a 2 MWh/1 MWh battery system.Gold Fields has contracted Aggreko, a mobile and modular power company, to design, build and operat...Read More
Over the last four years, Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) has doubled the indicated resource for its Madsen gold project in Red Lake, Ontario-one of the highest grade undeveloped gold deposits in the world."We think the build would be fairly short so sometime in 2020 you could conceivably see the mill turning"The company released an updated resource estimate today that sees Madsen's indicated resourc...Read More
Construction of the Gold Bar mine near Eureka, Nevada is on time and on budget. Owner McEwen Mining of Toronto says the first gold pour will happen this month, and the $81.4 million budget has not increased. Commercial production is expected by the end of Q1 2019.McEwen has placed about 136,000 tonnes of ore on the leach pad, and anticipates producing 55,000 oz. of gold this year at an all-in cost...Read More
Corcept Therapeutics issued a white paper to refute "offensive nonsense" from shorts Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT) has had a roller-coaster day. The drugmaker started the day off touching new lows, after Blue Orca Capital disclosed its short position on the stock, echoing last week's scathing report from the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation (SIRF). However, CORT pivote...Read More
Gold traders and investors should be worried - gold-market timers have become extremely bullish. Gold timers on balance are more bullish today than on more than 96% of the trading days since 2000. That doesn't bode well from a contrarian perspective. To be sure, contrarian analysts were worried about gold several weeks ago, the last time I devoted a column to gold market sentiment. Yet gold bullio...Read More
Canada-listed junior miner Thor Explorations (TSX-V:THX) is getting ready to begin construction at its Segilola project in Nigeria, poised to become the country's first large-scale gold mine.Delivering the results of an independent definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the proposed gold operation, Thor said it planned to build an open pit mine as well as a new 625,000 tonnes per annum processing...Read More
Meanwhile, BOX stock is bouncing on a new "buy" endorsementU.S. stocks are higher today, as traders gear up for the State of the Union address tonight. Meanwhile, three names making sharp moves today are cloud concern Box Inc (NYSE:BOX), telecom issue CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL), and poultry producer Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN). Here's what's moving shares of BOX, CTL, and TSN today. Analyst: Bu...Read More
ETSY is having a monster sessionEtsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) is having a huge day on the charts, and call trading is surging as a result. Call volume is set to hit a 52-week high, with four times as many crossing compared to their put counterparts. New positions are opening at the February 60 and 65 calls, the most popular contracts today. Anyone buying to open positions here is wagering on ETSY stock p...Read More
Newfoundland-headquartered gold junior Aurion Resources' (TSX-V: AU) stock soared over 27% on Tuesday after reporting new high-grade assay results from drilling at the Aamurusko prospect on its Risti project in northern Finland.Two of the first three drillholes intersected high-grade gold mineralization near surface, with 42.28 g/t Au over 4.00 m intersected in one drillhole and 24.50 g/t Au o...Read More
In December President Trump pounded out a tweet that raised a lot of eyebrows in the Twitterverse. It had to do with America's defense spending, perceived by Trump to be much too high. He wrote:Didn't Trump campaign on a stronger military, to crack down on ISIS? To make America safer again? He did, and so the head-scratching began. It was especially odd considering that Trump signed off on a HUGE...Read More
Wells Fargo stock has encountered multi-layered resistance latelyFinancial firm Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) rallied off its late-December multi-year lows only to run into a ceiling at the round $50 mark -- a previous level of support throughout most of 2017 and 2018. This region is also home to WFC's 80-day moving average, and resistance could further be reinforced by a heavy accumulation of call open...Read More
Amyris disclosed a cannabinoid partnershipBiotechnology stock Amyris Inc (NASDAQ:AMRS) is near the top of the Nasdaq today, after the company announced a big weed deal. Specifically, Amyrissaid it's partnering with an undisclosed party in a cannabinoid development, licensing, and commercialization plan valued at as much a $255 million. AMRN stock was up 39.1% at $4.40, at last check, and is pacing...Read More
• Over the past 24-hours or so, the precious metal has been oscillating in a narrow range and consolidating the overnight bearish break through confluence support. • The mentioned region - comprising of 100-hour SMA and 23.6% Fibo. level of the $1277-$1326 recent upsurge, might now act as a key pivotal point for short-term traders. ...Read More
The Nasdaq is higher despite a down day from Alphabet (GOOGL)The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is confidently higher at midday, up triple digits thanks to a fresh batch of upbeat corporate earnings.The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are firmly in the black, too, with the latter shaking off rising cost concerns from Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL). Investors are also gearin...Read More
The S&P sank in the days after last year's speechSo far it's been a solid year for U.S. stocks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) just wrapping up impressive six-week win streaks. While we're now in the thick of earnings seasons, investors tonight will be focusing in on President Donald Trump's second State of the Union speech. Some traders may use the occasi...Read More
It comes at a time when political tensions in Venezuela are reaching boiling point, with the oil-rich, but cash-poor, country in the midst of the Western Hemisphere's worst humanitarian crisis in recent memory.In a statement published Monday, 11 of the 14 members of the Lima Group called for world powers to "take measures to prevent the Maduro regime ... from doing business in oil, gold and other...Read More
Zambia has received bids from Canada's First Quantum Minerals (FQM) and others for a 17 percent stake in state mining investment arm ZCCM-IH, the finance minister said on Tuesday."There are multiple unsolicited offers on the table, including from FQM, which are based on preferential share conversions," said Margaret Mwanakatwe on the sidelines of a mining conference in Cape Town."The offers rela...Read More
MRK stock is eyeing its best win streak in at least a yearMerck & Co, Inc. (NYSE:MRK) is trying to extend its hot streak today, trading up 1.7% early on at $78.16, setting it up for a sixth straight daily win -- its best in at least a year. Traders are responding to a note out of BofA-Merrill Lynch that named MRK stock as the firm's top pick out of the pharma sector. The analyst note predicted mor...Read More