Wall Street expects the Fed to stand pat on WednesdayThe Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will convene for its two-day policy meeting tomorrow, withnearly 99% of investors expecting the central bank to stand pat on interest rates, per CME Group's FedWatch tool. Further, 1.3% expect the Fed to reduce its benchmark rate, with 0% expecting a rate hike from Fed Chair Jerome Powell & Company on Wed...Read More

The shares are just off a new high, but could cool off soon, if history repeatsExelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL) shares are fresh off a new high, thanks to some upbeat analyst attention. Specifically, Morgan Stanley upgraded the biotech stock to "equal weight" from "underweight," and hiked its price target to $28 from $20, citing strong prescription trends among other reasons. However, if recent histor...Read More

Stocks extended their short-term uptrend on Friday, as investors' sentiment remained bullish following the recent advances. The S&P 500 index was the highest since the early October. But will the rally continue despite some short-term technical overbought conditions?The U.S. stock market indexes gained 0.5-0.8% on Friday, as investors' sentiment remained bullish following the recent rally. The...Read More

We checked in on PYPL following big M&A news out of the payments space and the data was surprisingPayment processors are in focus today on Wall Street following Fidelity's $35 billion buyout deal for Worldpay (WP). Sector peer PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) earlier hit a record high of $101.83, but has since pulled back to trade at $99.47, as it tests the significant round-number $100 level. De...Read More

Newly downgraded Facebook is keeping Nasdaq gains in checkThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is once again feeling pressure from Boeing (BA), which is down on reports of a Department of Transportation probe into the company's grounded 737 MAX 8 planes. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) arefloating just above breakeven, paring earlier gains as Facebook (FB) dips on a downgra...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

Russian state-controlled miner Alrosa will assess the quality of Zimbabwe's diamond reserves over the next six months but would only start mining if it can take a majority stake in such a project, the company's chief executive said on Monday.Zimbabwe is seeking to attract investment and has scrapped legislation that restricts foreign participation for some commodities. It has yet to do so for diam...Read More

Russian state-controlled miner Alrosa will assess the quality of Zimbabwe's diamond reserves over the next six months but would only start mining if it can take a majority stake in such a project, the company's chief executive said on Monday.Zimbabwe is seeking to attract investment and has scrapped legislation that restricts foreign participation for some commodities. It has yet to do so for diam...Read More

Both stocks are assailing new heights Two biotech stocks have nearly doubled in value today, and sit near the top of the Nasdaq. First up, PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PHAS) is up 75.3% to trade at $6.52, and earlier nabbed a record high of $8.88 -- more than double Friday's close of $3.72 -- after the company's appearance at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) conference this weekend...Read More

Tanzania has ordered all mineral-producing regions in the East African nation to set up government-controlled trading centres by the end of June, accelerating efforts to curb illegal exports of gold and other precious minerals.The trading centres will give small-scale miners direct access to a formal, regulated market where they can go and directly trade their gold. They currently struggle to acce...Read More

DGX has managed to take back its 80-day moving averageShares of Quest Diagnostics Inc (NYSE:DGX) are down 0.2% at $88.28 this morning, after Credit Suisse downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "outperform" andcut its price target to $91 from $101. Though it sees near-term headwinds, the firm said it was optimistic toward Quest Diagnostic's long-term outlook saying, "reimbursement pressures and r...Read More

LL just hit a new 10-year low The shares of Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE:LL) are taking a beating this morning, on a wave of bad news for the hardwood flooring concern. The company reported fourth-quarterrevenue that fell short of expectations, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Martin Agard announced that he is leaving the company effective April 5. As a result, LL stock is down 9% at $9....Read More

Mark Bristow taking over the leadership of Barrick Gold Corp. facilitated negotiations with Tanzania about a multibillion-dollar tax dispute that could be resolved by May, the country's attorney general said.Barrick unit Acacia Mining Plc has been at odds with Tanzania's government since July 2017, when the state handed it a $190-billion tax bill, saying the gold producer falsely declared bullion...Read More

SYNA stock is heavily shortedHuman interface technology expert Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) is watching its stock price plummet today, last seen down 17.1% at $35.78. The sell-off comes after the company, on Friday evening, said CEO Richard Bergman is leaving the firm, and its fiscal third-quarter revenue will come in at the lower end of its expected range due to weakness in the Chinese m...Read More

There are reports a U.S.-China meeting could be pushed back againDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are pointed modestly lower this morning, under pressure once more from embattled blue chip Boeing (BA). Shares of the aerospace stock are down 2.5% ahead of the bell after The Wall Street Journal reported that Department of Transportation (DOT) officials and federal prosecutors are probing...Read More

A deep dive into spring seasonality tells us what to expect through the end of AprilLast week's bullish price action during March options expiration week appears to have taken out technical resistance at the S&P 500 Index (SPX - 2,822.48) 2,820 level by a sliver, which happens to be 20% off the December 2018 lows. While last week's rally was propelled by a few factors, the dollar's failure to brea...Read More

A Brazilian court has ordered iron ore miner Vale (NYSE:VALE) to freeze 1 billion reais (about $260 million) in funds as compensation for affected communities following the January dam disaster at the company's Corrego do Feij??o mine, which left at least 300 people dead."In addition to the block of funds, the decision also requires that Vale pays for the sheltering, lodging, maintenance and feedi...Read More

A Brazilian court has ordered iron ore miner Vale (NYSE:VALE) to freeze 1 billion reais (about $260 million) in funds as compensation for affected communities following the January dam disaster at the company's Corrego do Feij??o mine, which left at least 300 people dead."In addition to the block of funds, the decision also requires that Vale pays for the sheltering, lodging, maintenance and feedi...Read More

Shipments to China came in at 14.5 million units for February, down 19.9% from last year - a six year low. Read full newsRead More

Botswana's Debswana Diamond Mining, a joint venture between De Beers and the southern Africa country's government, have awarded Thiess' subsidiary CIMIC a $1.2-billion contract to extend the lifespan of their Jwaneng mine.Jwaneng, which began operations in 1982, is currently 650 metres deep, but its owners want to deepen the pit to 830 meters (2,700 feet), which will allow continuing operations f...Read More