(Kitco News) - Largespeculators have continued to exit from their one-time large net-bearish post ingold futures, trimming this by roughly two-thirds over the course of the lasttwo reporting weeks for data compiled by the Commodity Futures TradingCommission.“The gold price continued to recover accordingly in theperiod under review,” said analysts with Commerzbank. The move has occurred...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices remained slightly softer, moving little after the government reported U.S.personal spending rose 0.4% in September, while the core personal consumption priceindex rose 0.2%. Spot gold was last down $2.60 to $1,230.20 an ounce. The governmentalso reported that income also rose by 0.2% in September. Ahead oftime, most consensus forecasts compiled by news organizations call...Read More
GoldcorpInc. (TSX: G, NYSE: GG) announces plans to buy back shares for cancellation.The company says it has received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange forits “notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid." This wouldallow Goldcorp to purchase for cancellation up to 43.5 million common shares,representing 5% of its 869.5 million outstanding shares as of Oct. 26 over a12-...Read More
Mr. Derek White of Ascot reports ASCOT COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF THE ADJACENT SILVER COIN PROPERTY IN NORTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIAAscot Resources Ltd.has completed the previously announced purchase of the Silver Coin propertylocated immediately adjacent to Ascot's Big Missouri project in northwestern British Columbia held by Jayden Resources Inc. and Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. Derek White, presid...Read More
Gold’s near-term fortunes may well hingeon U.S. equities, says INTL FCStone. The metal closed higher last week for thefourth straight week for the longest such winning streak since January, thefirm points out. Meanwhile, stocks were on pace for their worst monthly declinein October in eight years, although the futures market is pointing to a higheropen for equities on Wall Street Monday morn...Read More
Mr. David Wolfin reportsCORAL GOLD PROVIDES 3RD QUARTER 2018 EXPLORATION UPDATE ON ROBERTSONCoral Gold Resources Ltd. and Barrick Cortez Inc. have provided an update on their continuing work at the Robertson property in Nevada during the third quarter of 2018. The update includes the following: The Robertson Minex, PFS Engineering and Permitting Stage II AFE was approved. Work completed or in prog...Read More
Editor's Note: Welcome to Kitco's new Bitcoin Daily Technical Alert. Every trading day veteran Kitco technical analyst Jim Wyckoff will provide you with a concise and easy-to-understand near-term technical brief on Bitcoin. Importantly, Jim will glean the short-term charts and technical studies, and then alert you to the signals he sees regarding upcoming potential bigger price moves or price tren...Read More
Here Are 4 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now Dow logs eighth losing session in past 11The Dow remains in the red for the year. The S&P 500 also declined more than 2%.Shares of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) fell 4.8% on Monday after $34 billion deal for Red Hat Inc. (RHT) Tesla Inc. (TSLA) jumps after one of the electric car company's shareholders s...Read More
Bloomberg News/LandovA 'For Sale' sign stands outside a newer home in Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S., Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. Photographer: Tim Boyle/Bloomberg News Rates for home loans ticked up, and may be starting to take a toll on buyer demand, according to data out this week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.86% in the Oct. 25 week, up one basis point, mortgage finance provider...Read More
(Reuters) - The United States is preparing to announce tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports by early December if talks next month between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping fail to ease the trade war, Bloomberg reported on Monday.The list would apply to imports from China that aren't already covered by previous rounds of tariffs, which may be $257 billion using last year's import figures,...Read More
Gold and its miners' stocks have proven rare bastions of strength during recent weeks' market carnage. They are powering considerably higher while nearly everything else burns. The markets' major sentiment shift is accelerating a young gold upleg, which ought to grow much larger as speculators and investors continue returning. Their collective gold positioning remains very low, making for abundant...Read More
(Reuters) - Declines in big tech and Internet stocks such as Amazon pushed the Nasdaq lower on Monday, while strength in financial shares mitigated declines for the S&P 500 as investors grappled with a recent spike in market volatility.The three major U.S. stock indexes lost their initial solid gains from earlier in the session.Major tech and growth stocks, such as Amazon (AMZN.O), Google pare...Read More
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said on Monday it expects to borrow $15 billion less during the fourth quarter than previously estimated. The department said in a statement it expects to issue $425 billion through credit markets during the October-December period, assuming an end-December cash balance of $410 billion. Treasury also expects to issue $356 billion in net marketable d...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks pared their gains Monday as investors remained cautious despite IBM’s $34 billion deal to purchase Red Hat Inc and Standard & Poor’s decision to keep Italy’s credit rating unchanged.The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 133.78 points, or 0.54 percent, to 24,822.09, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 19.91 points, or 0.75 percent, to 2,678....Read More
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow industrials rebounded on Monday, helped by gains in lagging financial shares, but declines for big tech and Internet stocks kept the Nasdaq in check as investors grappled with a recent spike in market volatility.The healthcare .SPXHC and consumer staples .SPLRCS sectors also supported the S&P 500. Shares of software maker Red Hat Inc (RHT.N) gave among t...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday said it has restricted U.S. exports to Chinese semiconductor maker Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co Ltd, citing a “significant risk” that its new memory chip capacity will threaten the viability of American suppliers of chips for military systems.In a press release, the Commerce Department said it has placed Fujian Jinhua...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices aremodestly down in early U.S. trading Monday, on a normal corrective pullbackthat saw prices hit a more-than-three-month high on Friday. A firmer U.S.dollar index to start the trading week is also working against the preciousmetals market bulls. December gold futures were last down $3.50 an ounce at $1,232.30.December Comex silver was last up $0.015 at $14.72 an ounce....Read More
Want to be rich? The answer is education, education, education. But probably not the kind you're thinking of. That's according to personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki, who wrote the best-selling "Rich Dad Poor Dad" 20 years ago this month. He visited MarketWatch on Tuesday to talk about what has changed since its publication in 1997, plus his new book coming out in May, "Why the Rich Are Gettin...Read More
(Adds graphic, no change to text)By Richard LeongNEW YORK, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The increase in a key gauge of interbank borrowing costs for dollars slowed on Monday, while another measure of what banks borrow from each other remained elevated, raising speculation on what steps the Federal Reserve would take.The London interbank offered rate for banks to borrow three-month dollars from each other ro...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of trading on Monday October 29, with strong consumer spending figures from the United States fueling broad strength in the US dollar index and adding downward pressure on prices.In a report released by the US Commerce Department, consumer spending increased by 0.4% over October, however, this is the smallest gain in 15...Read More