Bill Murphy is a former American professional football player, financial commentator, and the chairman and director of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA), which was founded as a result of Murphy's essays on collusion among large financial institutions to suppress the price of precious metals. Murphy believes the price of gold is artificially low and has spent years lobbying the U.S. gover...Read More
Vancouver-based Tasca Resources (TSX.V:TAC) expanded its New Princeton Gold discovery area in British Columbia to 14,650 hectares by completing a staking program of 10,637 hectares surrounding the project.In a media statement, the company said the expansion made sense following a recent gold discovery from the bedrock trenching.Tasca explained that 51 bedrock samples and five float samples were ta...Read More
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The Chinese ferro-silicon market was stable in the week ended Friday November 16, extending a steady trend in line with supply and demand, while the European price moved downward because the quiet market encouraged lower offer prices. China prices supported on stable fundamentals European prices fall amid quiet market US spot market inactive, focus remains on long-term contract negotiations.China...Read More
HARARE - Zimbabwe will allow gold and platinum mining companies to retain up to 55% of their earnings in dollars, government and central bank officials said on Monday, as authorities in the southern African nation move to ensure operators remain viable.Mining accounts for more than two-thirds of Zimbabwe's export earnings but the sector has seen some companies close due to a dollar crunch that has...Read More
Right now, the most explosive profit opportunity is concentrated in one segment of the legalized pot industry, and this extraordinary pot stock is getting ready to blow up. The marijuana industry is close to wrapping up a very exciting year for investors. Many solid cannabis companies hit major markets expanding their exposure.Also, with former attorney general Jeff Sessions out of office, this co...Read More
Don't miss out on the multi-billion-dollar "Marijuana Buyout Boom."One Fortune 500 company is betting over $4 BILLION on "legal weed."Constellation Brands already owns Corona, Robert Mondavi, Canadian Whiskey, and Svedka.And now they're getting into cannabis.They recently made a HUGE investment in major pot company called Canopy Growth.Why?Because they anticipate massive growth and profits once...Read More
Oil prices rose on reports the EU will back French sanctions on IranThe Dowdropped out of the gate and didn't look back, ending with a loss ofnearly 400 points. FAANG stocks continued to drag down the market, withFacebook (FB) and Apple (AAPL) among the worst hit. The former touched an annual low on more negative media attention, while the latter plummeted amid renewed concerns about iPhone deman...Read More
The WSJ is the latest media outlet to report on leadership trouble at FBThe shares of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) are down 5.8% today to trade at $131.40, fresh off a 22-month low of $131.27. In addition to a broader FAANG stock sell-off, the social media name could be reacting to another PR disaster, with the Wall Street Journal the latest media outlet to weigh in on CEO Mark Zuckerberg's leadersh...Read More
AAPL stock is on pace for its worst month since the financial crisisAn ongoing decline in the shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been the biggest story on Wall Street today, as the Dow stock falls on another concerning news story about iPhone production cuts which follows a string of bearish analyst notes. Last seen down 3.9% at $185.97, AAPL is on pace for its lowest close since July, and its...Read More
Raymond James likes the potential of VKTX's liver disease drugThe shares of Viking Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VKTX) are up 1.8% to trade at $11.86, getting a boost from Raymond James, who upgraded the biotech name to "strong buy" from "outperform. The analyst in coverage waxed optimistic on the potential of the company's liver disease drug. And in response to the bull note, options traders today a...Read More
Walt Disney, meanwhile, is getting hit by broad-market headwindsThe U.S. stock market is spiraling today on tech sector weakness. While entertainment name Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) is getting hit with broader headwinds, Chinese stocks Nio Inc (NYSE:NIO) and Yulong Eco-Materials Ltd (NASDAQ:YECO) are bucking the bearish bias. Here's a closer look at what's moving shares of DIS, NIO, and YECO.Disney...Read More
While the stock market has struggled, this equity has muscled higherWhile battered PG&E (PCG) has been dominating headlines recently due to its role in the California wildfires, one other utility stock made a blip on our radar: Dominion Energy Inc (NYSE:D). While most other stocks have swooned since October, shares of theelectric and natural gas supplier have muscled higher. However, that could ch...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1223.20+$1.30Silver$14.42+$0.01XAU65.70-0.57%HUI148.27-0.19%GDM539.96+0.11%JSE Gold1141.62+20.05USD96.21-0.23Euro114.50+0.33Yen88.76+0.11Oil$56.76+$0.3010-Year3.053%-0.018T-Bond139.8125+0.25Dow25017.44-1.56%Nasdaq7028.48-3.03%S&P2690.73-1.66% The Metals: Gold fell $3.80 to $1218.10 in Asia, but it then rallied back higher in London and New York and end...Read More
Gilts are on a tear as investors escape U.K. stocks and the pound. But a no-deal Brexit or a Corbyn government would soon change their status.By Mark Gilbert and Marcus Ashworth (via Bloomberg.com)British investors have been fleeing their domestic stock market in droves all year, and everyone and their dog lined up to sell sterling on Thursday as the tally of resignations from Theresa May's...Read More
Thanksgiving week has been marked by abrupt moves and long-term trend changing moves in metals and energies. This has happened most of the time (not all of the time) over the past fifteen years. I will prefer to be cautious in metals, natural gas and the US dollar Index this week. Technicals are fine but one should see signs of a trend changing technically. Global stocks could sink once again...Read More
Strongwords, aren’t they? And yet, we are not afraid to put them right in the title.The number of factors (and their importance) that point to a nearby reversaland continuation of the major decline is too significant to believe in thebullish case, even though gold, silver, and mining stocks moved higher in thelast few days.Weemphasized it many times and we will continue to do so, as it&rsquo...Read More
But AKER is running out of steam today at a key trendlineThe top stock on the Nasdaq so far today is Akers Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:AKER), up 70% to trade at $2.12, after the company announced plans to enter the cannabis industry. More specifically, the medical device maker's board met with numerous marijuana-related companies recently at a conference in Las Vegas.This is shaping up to be AKER's b...Read More
Apple is near the bottom of the Dow at middayA sharp sell-off in tech stocks is weighing on the broad market at the start of the short Thanksgiving week. With Apple (AAPL) among the worst stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) at midday on fresh iPhone production concerns, the blue-chip index is down more than 300 points. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are wallowing...Read More
JD stock is down after third-quarter sales fell short of expectationsJD.com Inc (NASDAQ:JD) stock is lower after the company stepped into the earnings confessional. Shares of JD are dangerously close to new lows, after the Chinese e-commerce giant missed the mark on third-quarter revenue. The company also forecast fourth-quarter sales growth below expectations. It has been a rocky year for JD sto...Read More