Square stock is trading lower middayThe 20 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. Stocks highlighted in yellow are new to the list. Standing out this week is mobile payment platform, Square Inc (NYSE:SQ). Below, we'll take a closer look at the opti...Read More
Call options are incredibly popular todayThe shares of Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) are up 6.3% to trade at $116.15 today, after the company announced a small part of its U.S. theme park landscape will reopen on Wednesday with sanitary policies and social distancing rules in place. Disney Springs, a shopping and entertainment complex that is part of the Walt Disney World theme park, will open a sma...Read More
Urban Outfitters is set to post earnings after the close tomorrowToday's broad-market burst hasn't been lost on clothing retailer Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN). The stock broke north of its 60-day moving average today for the first time since February, and is now up 11.7% to trade at $18.59 in a solid attempt to break free of the sideways trading many in the retail sector have been sufferin...Read More
The Dow is up around 860 points middayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is soaring in afternoon trading, coaxed upwards by Moderna's (MRNA) positive COVID-19 vaccine trial data. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also in the black, as investors happily digest comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on "60 Minutes." Plans to ease lockdowns further within the U....Read More
The news is giving the broader market a massive boost, tooThe shares of Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) are trading at new record highs, up 28.2% at $85.52, after its COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, produced antibodies in all 45 participants during its early-stage human trial. The news has injected Wall Street with an extreme amount of optimism, as the company looks to move on to late-stage trials. Moder...Read More
Most of the analyst community is bullish on the movie theater stockThe shares of Cinemark Holdings, Inc (NYSE:CNK) are up 5.2% at $12.65 at last check, shaking off a downgrade from B. Riley to "neutral" from "buy," with an added price-target cut to $13 from $16. The analyst in coverage is skeptical about a rebound for the second half of 2020, and is also concerned by CNK's exposure to Brazil, wher...Read More
Telsey Advisory Group lifted its rating on Best Buy to "outperform" from "market perform" Tech retailer Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) is up 7.8% to trade at $84.63 this morning, after Telsey Advisory Group lifted its rating on the security to "outperform" from "market perform." The analyst said the big box name will come out on top after the coronavirus pandemic, citing strong cash flow generation an...Read More
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine reported positive phase one trialsDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are up over 650 points at last check, surging after news that Moderna Inc (MRNA) reported positive phase one trial results for its potential COVID-19 vaccine. Futures on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also set to open confidently above fair value, after Federal Res...Read More
The major gold miners’stocks have rallied dramatically out of mid-March’s stock-panic lows, soaringto new bull-market highs. Theirjust-reported Q1’20 operational and financial results reveal whether today’shigher gold-stock prices are fundamentally justified. They also illuminate whether this gold-stockupleg is likely to continue powering higher, despite the cat...Read More
"2,907: this is coincident with the round -10% year-to-date (YTD) return and vicinity of the 2,900-century mark. (In 2019, the +10% YTD return marked brief resistance in February and support in early March and early June)" -Monday Morning Outlook, April 20, 2020Additionally, on the hourly chart of the SPX's year-to-date (YTD) percentage gain/loss immediately below, note the i...Read More
Gold, silver, copper and crude oil are all very bullish. Gold can rise to $1800+ by tomorrow if the rise continues. Silver can break past $20.00+ if the rise continues. Crude oil will if it floats over $30.00 this week will rise to $37.60 and more. Copper is bullish as long as it trades over $228. Speculation of negative interest rates by the bank of England will only increase the pace of rise o...Read More
German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp is seeking a partner to consolidate its loss-making steel business, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday May 18.The company was reported to have started negotiations with a number of companies over the sale of a share in its steel business.Thyssenkrupp neither confirmed nor denied this information."No further comment at this moment," a spokesperson for Thyssenkrupp sai...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanChief Strategist, Enriched Investing Inc.Phone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.comTwitter: @Davcha12May 18, 2020 "The pandemic has morphed into an economic crisis far greater than the Great Recession of 2008, because major Western governments' response to the coronavirus was late, especially in the U.S. w...Read More
By Clint SiegnerNervous investors have been pouring into the gold and silver markets over the past two months.Money Metals Exchange is proud to have helped almost 20,000 new customers with a precious metals purchase in recent weeks, many of whom came over from other dealers struggling with inventory shortages and ridiculous delivery delays.A new wave of investors is getting the message; the Fede...Read More
Strengths? The best performing precious metal was silver, up 7.30 percent. Gold had a strong week and held above $1,700 an ounce. Bullion rose the most in a week on Wednesday after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said that the U.S. economy is facing unprecedented downside risks that could do lasting damage. Powell pushed legislators to take more action to support the economy. The poss...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:GATA today asked the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission whether it has ever audited the gold reported to it by the New York Commodities Exchange as being eligible or registered for sale and delivery on the exchange.In a letter to commission Chairman Heath P. Tarbert, your secretary/treasurer and GATA consultant Harvey Organ wrote:"Recent turmoil in the gold ma...Read More
Gold, silver, copper and crude oil are all very bullish. Gold can rise to $1800+ by tomorrow if the rise continues. Silver can break past $20.00+ if the rise continues. Crude oil will if it floats over $30.00 this week will rise to $37.60 and more. Copper is bullish as long as it trades over $228. Speculation of negative interest rates by the bank of England will only increase the pace of rise o...Read More
Brazilian steel and iron ore producer Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) expects to ship 32 million tonnes of iron ore in 2020, chief financial officer Marcelo Ribeiro said on Friday May 15.The company aims to increase its output rate through the remainder of the year, after heavy rainfall cut production in the first quarter. CSN changed its 2020 output guidance to include third-party purchases...Read More
Market focus is on the annual sittings of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or "twin sessions", later this week, with the fate of ferrous supply chain prices depending on its aftermath. The annual gatherings of China's national legislature and top political advisory board are the major risk events market par...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 18 that are worth another look.The departure of the chief executive officer of Tata Steel Netherlands, Theo Henrar, will result in job losses at the company's operations in the country, trade union FNV Metaal said on May 18.How long it will take the global economy to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic is anyone's guess right now...Read More