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
For many of the world's companies, the best investment opportunities aren't always located within their own domestic borders. Whether it is building a new Starbucks store in Abu Dhabi or Tata Motors acquiring Land Rover, foreign direct investment (FDI) is a measure of how much business capital is flowing in and out of countries. In 2017, total foreign direct investment was $1.43 trillion glo...Read More
Billionaire Sam Zell just announced that he bought gold for the very first time in his life because, as he puts it, "it is a good hedge." In a recent Bloomberg interview, the Equity International founder and creator of the real estate investment trust (REIT) admitted to seeing an opportunity in gold's increasing supply shortage."For the first time in my life, I bought gold because it is a good h...Read More
January 24th, 2019, Vancouver, B.C. - Northern Vertex Mining Corp. (TSX.V: NEE) (OTC Nasdaq Intl.: NHVCF)(the "Company" or "Northern Vertex") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Geoff Burns to the Company's Board of Directors.Mr. Burns is Chairman of Maverix Metals Inc. ("Maverix"), an emerging precious metals royalty and streaming company he co-founded in 2016. Prior to Maverix...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold making lower highs, Bollinger Bands narrowing:Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Financial blogger Don Swenson today reports disappointedly on his attendance at the Vancouver Resource Investment conference a few days ago. In commentary headlined "Digital Currencies, Electronic Trading, Robots, and Algorithms! Repeat!" --https://kingdomecon.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/digital-currencies-electron...-- Swenson complains that the conference took no noti...Read More
DaBoyz more than held their own Wednesday, keeping the Dow airborne for six hours even though buying interest was practically nil. This is an achievement of sorts, and it suggests that although upside potential will be limited to whatever the stock market's masters can milk from daily mood swings, there would appear to be little enthusiasm for a hard selloff at the moment. In such circumstances,...Read More
PANW is already up more than 10% year-to-datePalo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW) has gotten off to a great start to 2019, and that strength is continuing today thanks to another round of bullish analyst attention. Wedbush upgraded the cybersecurity stock to "outperform" from "neutral" and boosted its price target to $265 from $225, saying conversations with those close to the company have allayed f...Read More
The company issued disappointing full-year guidanceThe shares of McCormick & Company (NYSE:MKC) are down nearly 12% at $121.25 in early trading, after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings below analysts' expectations, and issued weaker-than-expected full-year guidance. The stock is now the lowest it's been since August, and is pacing for its biggest one-day loss ever. MKC stock touched an...Read More
The export price for steel billet from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has surged toward the end of this week, spurred by rising offer prices after most mills filled their February order books with large sales in previous weeks, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday January 24.The recovery in import scrap prices in Turkey has also added to the positive sentiment among CIS suppliers.Offers of...Read More
The similarities are eerie, and Republicans could be facing a crisis.He's a successful businessman who never held public office before winning the Presidency...He's coming into power after an electoral college landslide...And he did it by beating an out-of-touch New Yorker opponent.Once in office, he launches a vast trade war, promising to stand up for America's heartland, with 890 increased tarif...Read More
BMY gapped lower to a five-year bottom at the start of 2019 The shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY) are down 3% in electronic trading, after the pharma name pulled the U.S application for its combo lung cancer treatment of Opdivo and Yervoy. This comes as the company has struggled to keep up with sector peer Merck (MRK) and its rival cancer drug Keytruda. What's more, the news is oversh...Read More
The chipmaker's fiscal 3Q results beat estimatesThe shares of Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) are set to soar 9.4% out of the gate-- and could take aim at its June 2000 record high of $98.31 -- after the chipmaker reported fiscal third-quarter adjusted earnings of 92 cents per share on $800 million in revenue -- more than analysts were expecting. Plus, the San Jose-based company said it expects current...Read More
Dow component Intel will be in the earnings spotlight post-closeDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are indicating a lower open this morning, as traders prepare for a huge day of earnings. While no blue-chip numbers are set to come through untilIntel (INTC) reports after the close, there are still plenty of other quarterly updates to digest this morning. Adding to the busy backdrop are fres...Read More
Lead outperformed the other base metals on the London Metal Exchange on Thursday January 24, closing 2.2% higher, while both zinc and tin also gained amid continued falls in LME stocks. For lead, on-warrant metal remains at its lowest since 2009 at just above 41,000 tonnes. And in tin, persistent outflows and fresh cancelations are propelling the price higher; the exchange's total tin inventory is...Read More
How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.With the market action of the last few weeks, some traders may feel like they're working blind -- after all, who knows what the Dow will do next? With bulls and bears butting heads in their predictions, many investors are looking for a way to try and predict what's to come, to avoid losing any of their capital to sudden corrections a...Read More
Is it time to prepare for the next financial crisis?Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is going on?Former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, one of the most widely-followed financial analys...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap market remained quiet on Thursday January 24, with steel mills unwilling to pay high prices while finished steel demand is weak, local market sources told Fastmarkets MB.Offer prices for HMS 1&2 (80:20) have already increased to more than $290-295 per tonne cfr from suppliers, who cite increasing collection costs for the rise.Two cargoes were sold to a steel mill in the...Read More
Appetite growing for the precious metal, not just from investors but also central banks, which have been net buyers since 2010.The number of ounces in major gold discoveries has been falling for years, and exploration budgets are still far below the 2012 peak.CIBC raised its gold price forecast this year to $1,350 an ounce, up from $1,300. The bank is also looking for $1,400 an ounce in 2020. Bill...Read More
Since middle December 2018, Detour Gold is run by new management.A few days ago the new management team released production guidance for 2019.At first sight this guidance looks pretty gloomy but, in my opinion, the bigger picture is not that bad.For example, I think that an all-in sustaining cost of production planned for 2019 is a bit overestimated.I share the investors' optimism pushing Deto...Read More
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per tonne on an ex-works China basis. Delivered prices are netted back. Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets price assessment for lithium carbonate min 99.5% Li2CO3 battery grade, spot price range, ex-works China, yuan per tonne.Fas...Read More