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
Turkish steel producers remained silent in the deep-sea scrap markets for the second consecutive day, while offers for scrap stayed firm, sources said on Tuesday October 22.Steel mills have been largely active in the deep-sea markets in previous weeks, booking material for November deliveries. Turkish steelmakers have booked 16 deep-sea cargoes since the start of the month, totaling...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices increased on Tuesday October 22 after Vale lowered its sales expectation, while the spread between 65% and 62% Fe indices continued to widen.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $86.68 per tonne, up $1.28 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $86.33 per tonne, up $1.28 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $85.27 per tonne, up $1.0...Read More
Import prices for steel billet and rebar in the United Arab Emirates increased over the past week, with domestic rebar prices remaining stable, market sources said on Tuesday October 22.Domestic prices for rebar for the month were announced by the country's producers on October 21. Both Emirates Steel and Conares Steel kept their prices unchanged.Billet importsBillet bookings were made from Oman a...Read More
Earnings disappointments from McDonald's and Travelers knocked the Dow lower With earnings season at full tilt, a mixed day of of blue chip reports wound up sending the Dow lower during that last hour of trading. The index initially inched higher after Procter & Gamble (PG) and United Technologies (UTX) both posted well-received quarterly reports, but eventually succumbed to disappointing results...Read More
China's domestic prices for rebar held steady for a second day on Tuesday October 22 despite gains in the futures market, with participants taking a wait-and-see approach before deciding whether to engage in arbitrage trading.Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,580-3,610 yuan ($505-510) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 3,550-3,590 yuan per tonne, unchangedRebar futures went from a low of 3,28...Read More
Travelers Companies posted profits of $1.43 per share, which came in lower than analysts' estimates Blue chip name Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) is trading back near its early April levels this morning following a disappointing third-quarter earnings report. The firm posted adjusted profits of $1.43 per share, coming in lower than analysts' estimated $2.35 per share. The property and casualty...Read More
MRK is trading down on rival BMY's successStocks are hovering near breakeven today as traders digest a huge round of earnings releases. Two names to watch today are drugmaker Merck & Co, Inc. (NYSE:MRK) and real estate concern Howard Hughes Corp (NYSE:HHC). Here's what's moving the shares of MRK and HHC today. Options Trades Take Sides on MerckMRK has pulled back 3.6% today to trade at $81.47, fol...Read More
China's ferro-silicon market was split between a weakening export price and a steady domestic price last week, with exporters battling soft demand and supplier competition while production cuts supported domestic rates.In Europe, prices have consolidated recent price gains, although the recent rally looks short-lived because export offers into Europe have appeared from Kazakhstan. There are no ant...Read More
Clint SiegnerThe Wall Street Journal's Jason Zweig famously referred to gold as a "Pet Rock" in 2015. He was blasted by people who understand that gold is no passing fad, and it serves some very important roles in an investment portfolio.The valuable roles played by gold have been well covered here. It's a hedge against both inflation and deflation, it represents true diversification for por...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold might be heading back to $1475 support area, the daily chart shows no-man's land..Read More
Credit Suisse slashed its price target on Freeport-McMoRan to $11 from $13The shares of Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) are down 1.1% to trade at $9.71, ahead of tomorrow's before-the-open third-quarter earnings report. Credit Suisse already came in with a price target cut to $11 from $13 and slashed its Q3 EBITDA estimate to $610 million, and the analyst predicted that the broader metals and mini...Read More
Weekly 10/25 options are flying off the shelves todayThe shares of Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) have skyrocketed today, after the company surprised investors with plans to submit its Alzheimer's treatment for regulatory approval in the U.S. Biogen discontinued two late-stage trials of aducanumab earlier this year, but said later data showed encouraging results in memory, language, and orientation amon...Read More
Hershey stock has been a strong outperformer on the chartsThe shares of candy king Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) have been on fire in 2019, up 43% so far this year. After notching an all-time high of $162.20 in early September, the security has taken a breather on the charts, pulling back to support at its 80-day moving average. Against this backdrop -- and considering Wall Street seems late to the prover...Read More
PG and UTX are propping up the Dow todayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is modestly higher at midday, as investors sift through the latest batch of corporate reports. So far, the blue-chip index is shrugging off lackluster earnings from Travelers (TRV) and McDonald's (MCD), and is instead propped up by post-earnings gains from Procter & Gamble (PG) and United Technologies (UTX). Boeing (B...Read More
It's a major shift in sentiment among STMP options tradersStamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP) stock is near the top of the Nasdaq today, on news the online shipping concern is teaming up with delivery giant United Parcel Service (UPS). The partnership will offer Stamps.com customers up to 55% off daily UPS shipping rates, as UPS attempts to woo small business customers. At last check, STMP shares are up...Read More
UAA options traders could be using calls to hedgeThe shares of Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UAA) are in focus today, after founder and CEO Kevin Plank announced he will step down in 2020. Replacing him will be current Chief Operating Officer Patrik Frisk, who joined the company in 2017 and has been a key part in the retailer's recent three-year transformation plan.The shakeup has Under Armour stock up 1...Read More
Cloud stocks have struggled lately, but today analysts have been bullishDropbox Inc (NASDAQ:DBX) is one stock seeing bullish analyst attention this morning, with Instinet upgrading its opinion to "buy" from "neutral" and upping its price target by $1 to $25. The brokerage firm cited an attractive valuation and said revenue growth could begin to accelerate. DBX shares are up 3.7% in response to tra...Read More
There's a ton of big-name companies releasing quarterly reports todayU.S. stock futures are pointing to a mixed open for a huge day in earnings. Several big names have already reported this morning, including Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) components McDonald's (MCD), Travelers (TRV), United Technologies (UTX), and Procter & Gamble (PG), with the latter stock in particular seeing notable stren...Read More
Broad-based VTI is raking in cash month-to-date, even as traders flee S&P trackersThe month of October has a (somewhat deservedly) "spooky" reputation for stocks -- and although the S&P 500 Index (SPX) is narrowly above breakeven on a month-to-date basis, as of this writing, investors have been pulling capital out of its well-known exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracker, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NY...Read More
Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsWe talk a lot about the falling interest rate, the too-low interest rate, the near-zero interest rate, the zero interest rate, and the negative interest rate. Hat Tip to Switzerland, where Credit Suisse is now going to pay depositors -0.85%. That is, if you lend your francs to this bank, they take some of them every year. Almost 1% of them.A bank deposit comes wit...Read More