Three rockets struck the US embassy in Iraq's capital on Sunday in the first direct hit reported after months of near misses, as thousands of protesters continued to marchContinue...Read More

Vanadium prices took another move higher in Europe during the second half of last week, supported by an increase in inquiries and trader restocking, Fastmarkets heard. Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-vanadium, ddp Europe stands at $26-27.15 per kg as of January 24, up by 3.6% from the midweek assessment, and now at its highest level since the beginning of October. Fastmarkets' price assess...Read More

In part three of the series, "All About Private Placements," Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable talks with Tekoa Da Silva, a financial adviser with Sprott USA, about details of private placements, including removing restrictive legends, exercising warrants, timing of private placement tranches, and understanding corporate share structures. Maurice Jackson: Thank you for joining us for the thi...Read More

The company's vice president was recognized for her role in advancing a deposit in Nevada. Liberty Gold Corp. (LGD:TSX; LGDTF:OTCQB) announced in a news release that its vice president of exploration and geoscience, Dr. Moira Smith, received the Association for Mineral Exploration 2019 Colin Spence Award for her "essential contribution" in discovering and delineating the Long Canyon gold deposit...Read More

The chief geologist believes the deposits are part of a large, emerging trend. Megastar Development Corp. (MDV:TSX.V; MSTXF:OTC; M5QN:FSE), a small-cap exploration company focused on the emerging Oaxaca Gold-Silver Belt in Mexico, has conducted fieldwork over two months that has revealed multiple targets for further exploration. The fieldwork is being overseen by David Jones, chief geologist and...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger examines the possible effects the emergence of the coronavirus in China may have on markets, and offers his observations on January's market performances. There is a local casino just "up the road" from where we reside that we visit (once in a blue moon), small sums of pocketed cash in hand, to play a few favored slot machines to see if we can defy the house odds...Read More

Bob Moriarty of 321gold reflects on how government actions in the financial and public health spheres will pop market bubbles. The "Everything Bubble" just burst. Here's why.I was in Vietnam from July 1968 until March 1970. From November 1968 until July 1969 I was flying the O-1 Birddog as a forward air controller (FAC). Back then I used to believe all the bull our government puts out. Now, when...Read More

The Dow is in the middle of its worst losing streak since AugustThe Dow was down more than 500 points at its session low, before settling with a 453-point thud, its worst single-session drop since since Oct. 2. It was the blue-chip index's fifth straight decline, marking its longest losing streak since early August, ascoronavirus panic intensified. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also sold off sharply, the...Read More

Denny's will expand the launch of Beyond Meat's plant-based burger to 1,700 locationsBeyond Meat Inc (NASDAQ:BYND) is bucking the broadmarket trend today with a 7.1% pop to trade at $127.92 after the faux-meat producer announced that Denny's (DENN) would be widening its launch of its plant-based burger to 1,700 locations in the U.S. and Canada, following a well-received trial run in Los Angeles....Read More

The market's "fear gauge" spiked out of the gate this morningWorries of a coronavirus outbreak have sparked panic selling on Wall Street today, with the major stock indexes all staring at intraday losses of 1% or more. This fear is being seen in the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX), too, which earlier spiked to levels not seen since October -- and sounded a signal seen just 10 other times in the last 1...Read More

ISRG is trading below the 80-day MA for the first time in monthsThe shares of Intuitive Surgical, Inc (NASDAQ:ISRG) are trading down 3.5% today at $568.44, extending the sell-off stemming from last Thursday's earnings showing. As of now, ISRG stock is trading below the 80-day moving average for the first time since October, but remains above a trendline that starts at the June low and catches a se...Read More

The stock's 40-day moving average has spelled trouble in the past Streaming concern Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) has taken a breather recently, off roughly 15% in the past three months after an early December bear gapput the shares back below familiar pressure at the $150 region. Today, the stock is gearing up for its lowest close in almost three months -- down 3.4% to trade at $125.55 at last check --...Read More

TEAM has surged since last week's impressive earnings reportSoftware development firm Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ:TEAM) is down 1.6% at $144.73 this morning. However, now might be the perfect time to take a risk on TEAM. Not only is the stock up 20% in 2020, fresh off the long-term support of its 180-day moving average and still enjoying the aftermath of a notable earnings beat, but data from S...Read More

LK has shed 23% in the last seven daysThe20 stocks listed in the table below have attracted the highest weekly options volume during the past 10 trading days, with data courtesy of Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White. The stocks highlighted in yellow are new to the list. Below, we're going to take a closer look at Luckin Coffee Inc (NASDAQ:LK) and Walt Disney Co's (NYSE:DIS), as w...Read More

The Dow, S&P and Nasdaq are all eyeing their biggest slides since October The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is continuing its steep slide today, giving up over 400 points at the midway mark as the quickly spreading coronavirus continues to dominate traders' attention. Should these losses hold, the blue-chip index could be on pace for its biggest one-day drop since early October. The S&P 500...Read More

A new day, a new record in palladium! Is there any stopping it fromreaching another high? What’s next in store for the white metal? If you thought gold had a goodyear, you were wrong. OK, maybe not wrong, but palladium enjoyed larger gains. Just look at the chart below, whichshows the price of palladium. As you can see on the chart below, this metalgained almost 50 percent in 2019, rising fr...Read More

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Friday's nasty stock-market reversal was the most interesting we've seen in a long while. The ostensible cause of the selloff was mounting anxiety over the spread of the deadly coronavirus from China to the U.S. and elsewhere. Three cases have been reported so far in the U.S. and 2,000 worldwide, and although no one seems to expect a major outbreak in North America, it's not hard to imagine a me...Read More

Gold and silver will remain firm as long unless a vaccine to the Chinese corona virus is found. Treatment is there for the virus but there is no vaccine. The quicker the spread of the corona virus globally the quicker will gold and silver rise. Yen will also fall sharply if the numbers zoom. Numbers (of people affected by the corona virus) are suppressed or fudged globally to prevent a panic. Sp...Read More

Susquehanna upped its price target on AMD to $50 from $45 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) is struggling to capitalize on a bull note from Susquehanna today. The analyst lifted its price target to $50 from $45, just one session after the equity hit an all-time high of $52.81. Despite this AMD is down 4.1% to trade at $48.29 this morning, pacing for its first close below its 20-day moving...Read More