Trading volumes will be very less in Asia and even in Europe due to "Eid". There has been lots of news which gives a sense that precious metals are about to move away from the shackles of continued manipulation. I am hopeful that gold and silver will draw more and more short-term investors as well as medium term investors. 1. China has issued travel warning to its citizens travelling t...Read More
South Korean steel majors Posco and Hyundai Steel have both been asked by provincial governments to idle their blast furnaces over pollution levels, market sources told Fastmarkets MB on Tuesday June 4."However, there is no confirmation as to whether both steelmakers will stop their blast furnaces and they...Read More
Volatility could ramp up in the near termI'm old enough to remember when there was only one expiration date per month available for options on stocks. It was the third Friday of each month. That's still the most heavily traded expiration date, but with weekly expiration dates now available on so many stocks, there's less focus on how the third Friday of the month affects stocks. This month, howeve...Read More
A historically bearish signal just sounded for Weight Watchers The diet and weight loss concern Weight Watchers International Inc (NASDAQ:WW) has taken a beating on the charts recently. Since a post-earnings bear gap in late-February had the shares plummeting beneath the $25 level for the first time in two years, the shares have made several attempts at a rebound -- the most successful of which wa...Read More
A 50:50 joint venture between Luxembourg-based trader/steel producer Duferco and United States steelmaker Nucor Corp has announced plans to build a ?,?150 million steel beam rolling mill in Brescia, Northern Italy.The Duferdofin-Nucor mill is expected to be fully operational by mid-2022 and will have an annual production of more than 1 million tonnes of...Read More
Demand for flat steel in Turkey improved in May especially in the export market, after the United States halved its import tariffs for Turkish steel to 25%, market participants told Fastmarkets. And local producers have now filled their order books until August, they said on Friday May 31. Turkish steel prices also began to increase from May 17, when the US duties wer...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
Domestic prices for cold-rolled coil (CRC) have moved up this week despite trading activity remaining slow, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday June 5.The reason behind the increase was a combination of upward sentiment in hot-rolled coil, which is used as the feedstock for CRC, and an expected reduction in flat steel output in Europe.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic CRC in Nort...Read More
By: Richard (Rick) Mills Gold was riding high Monday on bad news regarding the US economy, causing stocks to fall and Wall Street traders to pile into bullion. US markets were choppy on the first trading day after June 1, when the United States increased the tariff on $200 billion of Chinese imports from 10% to 25%. Shares of the so-called 'FAANG' stocks slumped, pulling the S&P 500 and the D...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") today announced the expansion of Isabella Pearl Mine mineralization with intercepts within and outside the current open pit deposit boundary. Drill intercepts outside the pit boundary include 22.86 meters of 1.03 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, including 4.57 meters of 2.02 g/t...Read More
By: Avi GilburtFirst, I want to begin this article by thanking all those who read my articles for the amazing outpouring of support and prayers for my wife who is recovering from a freak accident. So, with her sleeping right now, I thought I would pen another article to at least keep myself somewhat busy.Over the years, I have published many price trend change expectations which have hit quite w...Read More
By: Dave KranzlerAn inverted yield curve has historically been the most accurate indicator of an impending or concurrent recession. The inversion during late 2006 and most of 2007 is a good example. Studies have shown that curve inversions precede a recession anywhere from 6 months to 2 years. I would argue that, stripping away the affects of inflation and data manipulation, real economic activi...Read More
By: Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. The powerful sell signals I have in play for US stock markets at my www.guswinger.com trading service show no signs of abating.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this Nasdaq ETF chart. 3. President Trump unleashed a huge corporate tax cut early in his presidency, and that was very positive news for the stock market. Since...Read More
Every dog has its day, and Tuesday's vicious short squeeze was a pooch-lover's delight. DaBoyz even managed to goose Tesla for a 9% gain. Although that won't be nearly enough to reverse the death spiral in the automaker's shares, it will suffice to spook traders who have been shorting the stock with impunity for the last couple of months. Scandal-plagued Boeing was a relatively modest gainer amo...Read More
Trading volumes will be very less in Asia and even in Europe due to "Eid". There has been lots of news which gives a sense that precious metals are about to move away from the shackles of continued manipulation. I am hopeful that gold and silver will draw more and more short-term investors as well as medium term investors. 1. China has issued travel warning to its citizens travelling t...Read More
Domestic transaction prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) in the EU have moved up over the past week and steelmakers were looking for further price rises, market sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday June 5.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic HRC in Northern Europe was ?,?485-495 ($546-557) per tonne ex-works on Wednesday, up by ?,?5 per tonne week-on-week.The assessment represented tran...Read More
The semiconductor company cut its forecast on Huawei headwindsIt was no secret that the Trump administration's crackdown on China's Huawei would be bad news for Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS), and the company confirmed those fears last night by lowering its third-quarter outlook. The Massachusetts-based semiconductor manufacturer now expects sales between $755 million and $775 million for th...Read More
Guggenheim thinks Roku can rally another 27%Guggenheim upgraded Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) stock to "buy" from "neutral," and boosted its price target to $119 from $75 -- a 27% premium to last night's close, and the second highest on Wall Street. Analyst Michael Morris called Roku's asset value "compelling," and said growth in account and streaming metrics and accelerating third party demand are among...Read More
The benchmark copper price London Metal Exchange ended 1.5% lower on Wednesday June 5, leading the rest of the base metals lower.The three-month copper price closed at $5,807 per tonne, not far above its 2019-to-date low of $5,725 per tonne. "Our technical indicators suggest LME copper is still in a prevailing downtrend. We would not be surprised by renewed selling pressure," Fastmarkets base...Read More
RWLK scored a big FDA win with its exo-suitThe Nasdaq is bookended by two healthcare stocks today. At the top, there's medical device concern ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (NASDAQ:RWLK), a whopping 160% higher to trade at $8.63, after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the company's ReStore Exo-Suit for sale at U.S. rehab clinics. The suit is designed for stroke survivors with mobility issues....Read More