Three things have tweaked the fundamentals for gold.1) Bitcoin is not attracting the hot cash, unlike 2016.2) Fed's Powell dovish switch, now less expectations for interest rate hikes in 2019. 3) China to import more goods from the USA, hence more US Dollars required.The question now is will this move gold back to resistance before year end? Gann angles look good, cycle looks attractive, now we wa...Read More
Could this be 9 times more valuable than Google, Facebook, and Amazon combined?It's a gadget you could conceal in the palm of your hand. A gadget that could easily pass through airport security. A gadget that could be mass produced quickly.And a gadget that holds the technology set to blow the lid off a breakthrough $15 trillion tech revolution...Of course, this gadget could stand to make a lot of...Read More
The 10-year Treasury yield spooked investors todayIt was a bloodbath on Wall Street today, with the Dow closing nearly 800 points lower as trade tensions between the U.S. and China reared their ugly head again. Concerns remain that the two global superpowers are actually quite far from any concrete trade deal, despite a 90-day cease-fire, as President Donald Trump took to Twitter today to proclaim...Read More
How oil and stocks perform after a sharp drop in crude pricesOil has been in the headlines lately as prices have collapsed over the past couple of months. For us, the question is always, "How will this impact stocks?" To answer this, I'm going look at how the stock market has performed after prior instances of oil declines of 30% or more. Additionally, I'll look at individual stocks that might do...Read More
The financial sector is falling alongside the 10-year Treasury yieldBank stocks are getting blasted today, as the 10-year Treasury yield sinks. At last check, the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) was down 4.5% to trade at $25.99 -- pacing for its biggest one-day loss since Feb. 8. Against this backdrop, put volume is popping, with one trader targeting even bigger short-term losses.At last c...Read More
Meanwhile, RVNC stock is soaring on upbeat data for its Botox-like injectionU.S. stocks are swimming in red ink today, as bank stocks decline with Treasury yields and Apple (AAPL) falls on re-emerging concerns about demand. In fact, Apple supplier Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRUS) is in the spotlight today, after the company cut its guidance. Meanwhile, concerns about a different FAANG member have...Read More
Wall Street is also monitoring a flattening yield curveThe stock market is pulling back today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) down more than 200 points at midday. The fuzzy feeling surrounding trade talks between the U.S. and Chinahave been replaced by skepticism that actual progress has been made. Also pressuring the blue-chip benchmark is FAANG stock Apple (AAPL), which is lower aft...Read More
Please Note: Most US markets will be closed tomorrow for a national day of mourning. "Meanwhile, futures giant CME Group CME will shut down trading of interest-rate and futures and options products for the day, though electronic trading and trading in energy and metals futures will have a regular session, including those for oil and gold. "We are deeply saddened by the passing of President Geor...Read More
AMD competition and China trade woes have created a top for the Dow nameNorthland Capital downgraded Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) to "market perform" from "underperform," and cut its price target on to $42 from $46 -- a more than 16% discount to last night's close at $50.13. The brokerage firm cited weak demand from Apple (AAPL), and said with competition from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and U...Read More
By Craig HemkeCopper is often referred to as "Dr. Copper" for its ability to foreshadow moves in other markets and the global economy in general. Today we coin the term "Mr. Palladium", as this particular metal may be offering its own bit of foreshadowing. And what might that be? Perhaps the end of the entire LBMA/COMEX Digital Derivative and Fractional Reserve Pricing Scheme. You may recall tha...Read More
AZO is pacing for its best day since March 2009Shares of AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) stock are up 7.2% to trade at $884.04, and just touched a record high of $894.37, as traders applaud the firm's earnings. The company reported stronger-than-expected fiscal first-quarter earnings, and same-store sales also beat estimates. As such, AZO is pacing for its best day since March 2009.Since its April 20 lo...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold continues to look good as stock indices sink and US Dollar weakens. https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
A quick recap of the past couple of months: Stocks plunge.The politicians, bureaucrats and bankers who depend on artificially-elevated financial asset prices start to panic.The Fed announces that maybe it won't have to raise interest rates any more, and the president announces a truce in the trade war with China. The markets bounce, leading some to conclude that the worst is over and it's time t...Read More
The shares have already doubled in the past yearBioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) stock has been on fire lately, more than doubling in the past year. What's more, analysts at RBC see lots more upside in store for BCRX shares, hiking their price target to $16 from $10 -- representing a premium of about 73% to the security's close of $9.27 on Monday, and in territory not charted since mid...Read More
By Stefan GleasonU.S. government agencies could run out of operating funds starting on midnight this Friday, December 7th.At issue: President Donald Trump's proposed border wall. He wants Congress to commit $5 billion for construction of a wall along portions of the U.S.-Mexico border.The migrant caravan that recently attempted to crash the border near Tijuana has helped rally Republicans to sup...Read More
The shares recently broke below long-term supportBack in October amid the broad-market sell-off, beer maker Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE:STZ) broke below a trendline that had supported its rise since 2012. The stock was swiftly rejected after rallying back to this trendline earlier this month, and the $200 area -- site of the August lows -- has also emerged as resistance. Now down more than 14...Read More
Graceland UpdatesBy Stewart Thomson 1. The double bottom is the world's most stressful chart pattern. It forms after a significant price decline. The first low in the pattern creates substantial panic and fear in most investors. 2. The second low in the pattern is "softer", but no less dangerous to emotionally vulnerable investors. The volume is generally weak and the price...Read More
Positive developments in the US-China trade dispute kept London Metal Exchange base metals prices mostly elevated at the close on Tuesday December 4, although broad strength in the dollar is capping price rallies. Climbing more than 2%, the three-month lead price was the strongest performer over the afternoon, closing above $2,000 per tonne for the first time since November 21. Meanwhile, the thre...Read More
Originally posted at http://plata.com.mx/enUS/More/365?idioma=2 By Hugo Salinas PriceAs I was shuffling papers in some old files, I came across a slip of paper on which I had written down the price I had paid for a Mexican $50 gold peso coin: $717 Mexican pesos.Judging from the price, I figure that the purchase was made sometime in 1972, when the price of a Troy ounce of gold was $46 dollars. T...Read More
Gold continues to make headway in herky-jerky fashion, failing to satisfy bulls but also denying bears something to cheer about. On Monday, the February Comex contract rallied to within a millimeter of the 1240.20 Hidden Pivot target shown. The pullback so far has been mild, encouraging the thought that the next pop will be good for a ride to 1259.80. Another encouraging sign is that some recent...Read More