Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
China offered U.S. trade negotiators a six-year boost in imports, officials familiar with the matter tell CNBC.China pegged its proposal to buy more U.S. goods through 2024 to President Donald Trump's hopes of being re-elected to a second term in 2020, the sources told CNBC.Chinese officials made the offer during negotiations in Beijing earlier in January, Bloomberg News reported.Kayla Tausche | M...Read More
Fred Imbert | Silvia AmaroPublished 17 Hours AgoUpdated3 Hours AgoCNBC.com show chapters Stock picking the name of the game for 2019, says Eaton Vance's Barton 2:53PM ET Thu, 17 Jan 2019 |05:54 Stocks rose on Friday as investors cheered potential progress in trade negotiations between China and the U.S.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 336.25 points to 24,706.35, led...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted solid gains on Friday. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq have closed with gains in eight of the past 10 trading sessions.Tesla Inc. (TSLA) fell 13% after the electric vehicle company said it was cutting about 7% of its workforce and warned about fourth-quarter profit.Netflix Inc. (NFLX)...Read More
Getty ImagesNew factory orders hit a six-month high in January, the Philly Fed said. The numbers: The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index rose to a seasonally adjusted reading of 17 from a two-year low of 9.1 in the prior month. Any reading above zero indicates improving conditions. Economists polled by EconoDay expected a 10 reading. What happened: Below the headline, the new orders index rose...Read More
Prices in the base metals complex consolidated higher at the close of trade on Friday January 18 amid continued optimism about trade talks between the United States and China, and increased bullish sentiment overall.The London Metal Exchange 3-month nickel contract closed in Friday trading at $11,820 per tonne, and was the day's biggest mover, up by 1.9% from Thursday's closing price.Nickel was tr...Read More
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Bob Moriarty ArchivesJan 18, 2019I covered GFG Resources pretty well ina piece I did in early September. With a lack of news the shares price dropped about 45% based on shareholders not clearly understanding the incredible progress GDG has made.The biggest problem GFG faced for the last couple of years was shareholders dying of boredom due to a seeming lack of progress and a certain lack of news....Read More
The Comex copper price continued to move higher on Friday January 18 ahead of the US public holiday amid a short-covering rally. There is a public holiday in the United States for Martin Luther King Jr day on Monday. The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 1.60 cents to $2.6960 per lb on Friday. "A short-covering rally in LME copper se...Read More
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Bob Moriarty ArchivesJan 18, 2019It was the bestof times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct t...Read More
ROBOTIC TRADING GONE WILD (ROOMBA'S)I am a Market Maker. I represent Small Cap issues (.01-3.00) on Junior Canadian Exchanges. In simple terms, my role is to help establish an orderly Market for these Securities. I have great respect for the Corporations that pay me a fee to conduct my services on their behalf, which covers my associated costs and of course, risk. They d...Read More
I met Steve Leeb in 1980 while working at a Wall Street firm. I have always found Steve's analysis to be excellent. I would strongly suggest that you listen to the interview from the "King World News" website. You cannot afford to miss it.Dr. Stephen Leeb: Broadcast Interview - Available NowRead More
The bad news for shareholders of the Zimbabwe and Romania-focused miner piled up on Friday afternoon, with lender Bergen Global Opportunity Fund calling on conversion rights worth $500,000, meaning Vast must issue 164 million new shares.The $5.5 million tranche B money was to get the Baita Plai polymetallic mine in Romania up and running, the Manaila operation, and on diamond exploration in Z...Read More
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Adam HamiltonArchivesJan 18, 2019 Gold investment demand reversed sharply higher in recent months, fueling a strong gold rally. The big stock-market selloff rekindled interest in prudently diversifying stock-heavy portfolios with counter-moving gold. These mounting investment-capital inflows into gold are likely to persist and intensify. Both weaker stock markets and higher gold prices will contin...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday January 18. China The domestic ferro-chrome spot price was unmoved amid thin trading activity. Many market participants await February's tender prices, which mills are expected to release next week. Higher trade prices and increased liquidity pushed up the UG2...Read More
Jiangxi Copper has appointed Zheng Gaoqing as its new general manager after the key leadership position had been left vacant for six months, the major Chinese copper producer said on Friday January 18. Zheng is also the deputy director with Jiangxi province's state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and senior management of several provincial electronics companies. He has no pr...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1280.70-$11.10-0.59%Silver$15.33-$0.20-1.73%XAU68.38-1.66%-4.64%HUI150.77-1.96%-5.41%GDM571.03-1.19%-3.24%JSE Gold1330.83-22.76-3.81%USD96.37+0.32+0.73%Euro113.66-0.25-0.90%Yen91.24-0.53-1.04%Oil$53.80+$1.73+4.28%10-Year2.787%+0.041+3.15%Bond144.46875-0.5625-0.88%Dow24706.35+1.38%+2.96%Nasdaq7157.23+1.03%+2.66%S&P2670.71+1.32%+2.87% The Metals: Gold fell $10.50 t...Read More
- History may repeat itself for gold demand and prices as world economy looks set to slow- Three reasons for gold's extended rally from 2008 to 2011 may be making a comeback- As global growth looks to be slowing, hopes grow for repeat of 2008-11 rally that saw gold almost triple in valueby Clyde Russell of Thomson ReutersThe three legs that supported gold's extended rally from just after the 2...Read More
Failure of gold to break and trade over $1304 by the 25th of January will result in fatigue and a fall to $1272 and $1256. This is just a technical view. However sharp dips should be used to invest with a trailing stop loss below $1230 for the end of April and a price target over $1410. The reason for the above cautious view (despite being very bullish on gold even at the current price of $129...Read More