Any journalist who also sold out all his stock while writing on this issue NEEDS to be investigated! The press is fulfilling the very same role they did to create the Communist Revolution - a favorite tool of Lenin.Continue...Read More

Rising concern of virus spread as Wuhan rolls out its mass testing. Videos show worrisome scenes at test sites."China in Focus" is a new Youtube channel created by NTD to provide viewers with fast, compelling, first-hand news from China."NTD is a New York-based global news and entertainment media company founded in 2001. We believe the integrity of our world hinges on the accurate and truthful spr...Read More

The U.S. Commerce Department said it was amending an export rule to "strategically target Huawei's acquisition of semiconductors that are the direct product of certain U.S. software and technology."Continue...Read More

Steady demand from China continued to prop up prices in Southeast Asia's steel billet market over the past week, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 15. Market participants said China remained the preferred destination for suppliers due to their ability to pay higher prices and book larger cargoes than Southeast Asian re-rollers. Demand in Southeast Asia remained sluggish due to restrictions im...Read More

In "freedom and democracy" America there is only official truth, and it is a lie. A person or website that speaks real truth is shunted aside as a "conspiracy theorist," "Russian agent," "racist,"Continue...Read More

1...The Gold and Silver mining and exploration stocks are among the most undervalued of all the investment sectors... the mining and exploration stocks have been and will be the focus for the next several years.. ..............2...Know well that if after our analysis we choose to invest in for example forty precious metals companies even after in-depth analysis, generally at least half fail. Howev...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the session ended Friday May 15.China The UG2 chrome ore market rose once again after Chinese alloy producers with low stocks accepted higher offers. Import charge chrome prices moved up on supply tightness affecting availability. Domestic ferro-chrome spot prices climbed up on bullish sentiment following increases in...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the session ended Friday May 15.China Domestic prices remained stable in an active spot market, with sentiment strengthening after the majority of steel mills raised their tender prices for May deliveries. Hesteel, China's second-largest...Read More

China's crude steel output was largely flat in April, but finished steel production significantly increased to exceed 100 million tonnes, according to data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday May 15.Steel outputAprilCrude steel: 85.03 million tonnes, up by 0.2% from a year earlier and up by 7.7% month on monthHot metal: 72.02 million tonnes, down 1.2%...Read More

Wall Street's "fear gauge," the VIX, enjoyed its best week since mid-MarchA big comeback for the retail sector -- despite this morning's devastating data -- just barely saved the Dow today. The blue-chip index capped off a week of dramatic dips 60 points north of the breakeven. The S&P, also turned its luck around during the 11th hour, ending with a shallow gain, while the Nasdaq also enjoyed a m...Read More

Many gold stocks have climbed amid the broad-market volatilityOne name that has brushed off the broad market sell-off this week is Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (NYSE:WPM), sporting a 5% weekly gain even despite a downgrade to "sector perform" from "outperform" from RBC. Although one analyst has moved to the sidelines, data from Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White suggests WPM is...Read More

AMAT options are incredibly popular todayThe shares of Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) are down 5.3% at $51.52 at last check, after the Apple supplier reported fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that both missed their marks. Following the report, analysts chimed in with mixed sentiment. Three analysts hiked up their price targets -- the highest coming from Stifel to $75 -- while anothe...Read More

Taiwan Semiconductor is up 19.2% year-over-year thoughThe shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) are down 5.1% to trade at $49.73 at last check, even after the Apple supplier confirmed plans -- in conjunction with Qualcomm (QCOM) -- to build a $12 billion chip factory in Arizona. The move represents an attempt to give the U.S. a chance regain global supply chains back from China...Read More

The Nasdaq did notch a six-day win streak earlier in the weekThere was optimism heading into the week as U.S. economies began to reopen, but that sentiment was not replicated on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are on track for ugly weekly losses, as lockdown leniency is met with panic of a second wave of coronavirus. A d...Read More

Some last-minute traders are betting on more upside for TWTR with monthlies Though the reasons are not quite clear, social media giant Twitter Inc's (NYSE:TWTR) options pits are buzzing with bulls today. So far, 93,000 calls have crossed the tape -- more than two times the intraday average -- compared to 15,000 puts. Positions are being opened at the May 29.50 call, which expires later today, as w...Read More

The Dow is down over 160 points middayAll three indexes are eyeing their worst week since late March, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) falls over 160 points midday on the heels of increasing tensions between the U.S. and China. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (ICIX) have also been pushed into the red, as investors digest the worst monthly retail sales decline on record, a 16...Read More

Stifel downgraded SE to "hold" from "buy"The shares of Sea Ltd (NYSE:SE) are down 1.6% at $60.52 at last check, after the software company was downgraded to "hold" from "buy at Stifel. Although the brokerage upped its price target to $62 from $55, the analyst in coverage is positive on the growth of Shopee, the company's e-commerce platform in Asia, and adjusted to "hold" as the stock is "appropri...Read More

Prices for cold-rolled and galvanized steel sheet in the United States held steady while market participants gauged the impact of North American automakers resuming production and the pace of rebound in other steel-dependent manufacturing.Two sheet mill sources said the recent round of price increases has mostly been accepted even though some distributors were slow to restock. For that reason, Jun...Read More

Yum! stock just received an upgrade to "buy" from StifelThe shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) are down 0.9% to trade at $82.51, after the fast food corporation's board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 47 cents per share of common stock, which represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis with a yield of 2.3%. The dividend is set to be distributed to shareholders on June 12...Read More

VF Corp's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue both missed analysts' estimates Apparel name VF Corp (NYSE:VFC) just announced its fiscal fourth-quarter results, with earnings and revenue coming in below analysts forecasts. The North Face parent also forecast a more than 50% drop in revenue for its current quarter, with pandemic-related store closures digging into sales, and did not provide a...Read More