- Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. Gold stocks tend to become extraordinarily volatile during weeks that feature multiple key fear trade events.2. As the month of May begins, gold stocks are faced with a FOMC meeting and the US jobs report.3. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this daily gold chart. 4. Gold itself is quite stable ahead of these key eve...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold near resistance area, back to neutral:Read More
"Hey Marin, we don't invest in gold companies for yield. We invest in gold stocks as a hedge to the overall markets. And for leverage on the price of gold."What a bunch of nonsense.Have you ever heard the phrase, "What a gold mine!"?That common, age-old expression was actually a positive reference to having something very valuable. Notably, a gold mine that paid its owners very well by producin...Read More
"Investors" could be pardoned for wondering why IPO underwriters for Lyft and Uber have used accounting trickery that smells worse than ten-day-old fish in order to promote the deals. Is bogus too strong a word? Judge for yourself. In their prospectuses, neither firm subtracted promotional incentives and refunds from sales totals, as is customary. This allowed them to grossly overstate revenues...Read More
Fellow FAANG stock AAPL is sinking ahead of earningsThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is down roughly 50 points, erasing early gains stemming from well-received blue-chip earnings. Apple (AAPL) is the leading laggard on the Dow, dropping ahead of earnings tonight, as fellow FAANG stock Alphabet (GOOGL) sinks on weaker-than-expected first-quarter revenue. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite (IXIC...Read More
Ford stock just saw its best day in years last FridayShares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) are moving higher in this morning's trading, last seen up 0.8% at $10.40, after receiving a price-target hike to $12.50 from $11 at Jefferies, and announcing a new partnership with Amazon.com (AMZN), where deliveries will be made to qualifying Ford and Lincoln vehicles. Jefferies said strong first-quarter r...Read More
The internet stock is trading near key technical supportThe shares of internet name Altaba Inc (NASDAQ:AABA) just pulled back to their 40-day moving average and a pennant breakout trendline before bouncing higher. The stock has since consolidated beneath the $76.50 area, which happens to be the 10% year-over-year level. Currently, AABA's Schaeffer's put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) of 0.97 sits...Read More
Jefferies analysts believe MHK's downside is limited from hereFlooring expert Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MHK) has seen its stock struggle mightily ever since a late-2017 peak near $287. As such, it's not surprising to note that the majority of covering analysts have skeptical outlooks on the shares, with nine of 15 handing out "hold," "sell," or "strong sell" recommendations. However, Jefferies...Read More
The FAANG stock unveiled first-quarter revenue that didn't live up to expectations Google parent Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) highly anticipated first-quarter earnings were released after the close last night, with mixed results. The FAANG name posted a better-than-expected adjusted profit, but revenue that fell below estimates. In a subsequent conference call, Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat...Read More
Most analysts remains wary, thoughThe shares of JD.com Inc (NASDAQ:JD) are up 2.4% to trade at $30.60 this morning, after J.P. Morgan Securities raised its rating to "overweight" from "neutral." The brokerage firm also upped its price target to $38 from $30, while noting several positive catalysts for JD stock, including improving demand, new product launches, and Chinese government stimulus plan...Read More
The company is expected to report quarterly figures this weekEvelo Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:EVLO) will report quarterly earnings on Thursday, May 2. Ahead of the event, analysts at Jefferies initiated coverage of the biotech stock with a "buy" rating and $18 price target -- more than double EVLO's closing price of $8.44 yesterday. Due to Evelo's "strong platform and promising data to date," the bro...Read More
Earnings out of Dow components have been strongDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are pointing to a positive open this morning ahead of a huge day of earnings on Wall Street. Strong quarterly reports from blue chips McDonald's (MCD), Merck (MRK), and Pfizer (PFE) are getting the ball rolling for the 30-stock index, while former Dow component General Electric (GE) is also set to soar after...Read More
As Tokyo traders go on holiday, EWJ just rallied into a potentially formidable layer of chart resistanceJapanese stocks were a remarkably hot commodity among investors last week, according to the latest fund flows data (via Bank of America-Merrill Lynch). BAML reports inflows of $5.4 billion into Japanese equity funds during the week ended April 24, yielding their biggest one-week take since March...Read More
With LME Asia Week fast approaching, Fastmarkets MB takes an in-depth look at one of the topics likely to dominate discussions at this year's event: What is keeping aluminium prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange elevated following the cut to China's value-added tax (VAT) early in April?The SHFE's front-month aluminium price climbed to its highest since October 2018 at 14,225 yuan ($2,113) per t...Read More
Gold prices rose on Tuesday as disappointing Chinese factory activity data brought back concerns about the health of the global economy, denting risk appetite. Traders and investors now await the FOMC statement on Wednesday to determine the future trajectory of interest rates in the United States. Meanwhile Hedge funds and money managers increased their bearish wagers on COMEX gold in th...Read More
Tower Resources (TSXV: TWR) announced this week that its team of geologists started an exploration program on the Nechako property, located in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.In a press release, Tower said the campaign will begin with infill reverse circulation or RC drilling at the head of the Nechako dispersal train.In the current RC drilling program, six to eight infill holes...Read More
The London Metal Exchange cash/three-month aluminium contract fell $30.50 to trade below its psychological $1,800-per-tonne price level at $1,779.50 per tonne by close of play on April 30.This is the lowest price level recorded for the LME three-month aluminium contract since January 13, 2017, when it was trading at $1,792 per tonne.The aluminium three-month contract ignored a significant 34% inve...Read More
Comex copper staged a modest increase on Tuesday April 30 morning in the United States amid a weakening dollar and market hopes that a US-China trade resolution is upcoming.The copper price for July settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange increased 1.10 cents to $2.9080 per lb. The red metal has been unable to set a clear price direction over the past few weeks, with a...Read More
The seaborne coking coal spot market was stable on Tuesday April 30 amid thin trading ahead of a three-day Labor Day break in China."Our indicative offers for premium hard coking coal were around $207-209 per tonne cfr China since last Friday but they failed to garner much interest. We will offer our cargoes again next week, after the public holiday in China," a Chinese trader said.The Port of Jin...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices gained on Tuesday in Asia on the back of weaker-than-expected China PMI data for the month of April.Gold futures for June delivery, traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, were up 0.3% at $1,285.75 per ounce by 1:30 AM ET (05:30 GMT).The official manufacturing PMI and the Caixin PMI for the April period both came lower than expected.Asian stock...Read More