Taiwan will defer the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on five Chinese steel and stainless steel products, the island's customs administration said last week. The decision to delay the tariffs was made after considering the recommendation of Taiwan's International Trade Commission (ITC), the impact on Taiwan's economic interests and the global economic situation, Taiwan's Custo...Read More

A look at two historical underperformers with attractively priced optionsStocks are off to a rough start in October, as lackluster economic data spooks investors. What's more, several stocks could be in for a rough month, or quarter, if recent history is any indicator. Among the worst stocks to own in October and the fourth quarter, respectively, are semiconductor concern Advanced Micro Devices, I...Read More

LYV shares are testing the 160-day moving averageLive Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:LYV) looks like it could be ready to bounce on the charts. After hitting an all-time high of $73.72 on July 26, the shares have gradually pulled back slightly to test the 160-day moving average, as well as a trendline connecting its lows from June and February -- hinting at potential chart support. Analysts at J...Read More

What has beenwill be again,what has beendone will be done again;there is nothingnew under the sun.Ecclesiastes1:9Historyrepeats itself. Not always, and not 100%, but often enough and to an extentthat’s significant enough to make these repetitions potentially profitable. Inorder to take advantage of this tendency, we created a tool called TrueSeasonals (and we are now providing it free ofchar...Read More

The firm just announced a CBD collaboration with International Flavors & FragrancesThe shares of Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:NEPT) are surging after the health and wellness company announced a strategic collaboration with International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) to co-develop hemp-derived CBD products for the U.S. market. While the stock initially jumped on the news, it was last seen do...Read More

Gold and silver investors have been watching the Department ofJustice investigation of criminal price rigging at JPMorgan Chase andother bullion banks carefully. Several crooked traders have pled guilty to“spoofing” the markets and more have been indicted. The DOJ has even suggested the banks have been engagedin racketeering. Prosecutors may use RICO laws designed f...Read More

The brokerage firm can't justify ATVI's stock price with its fundamentalsBernstein downgraded Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) to "underperform" from "market perform," saying, "the market is paying too much on the hope that this is the trough." The brokerage firm went on to say that it "cannot reconcile the current stock price with ATVI's risk-adjusted fundamentals," but raised its price ta...Read More

Adjustments to EU safeguard measures will "stabilize trade flows by containing import concentrations from certain exporting countries," the European steel association Eurofer said on Tuesday October 1.Although the changes will result in improvements, "the result is still not sufficient for a large part of the sector, especially given that it is facing depressed domestic steel demand," Eurofer said...Read More

MNST is heading for its lowest close since AprilThe shares of Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:MNST) are lower this morning, after Guggenheim cut its rating to "neutral" from "buy." The analyst in coverage also slashed their price target to $60 from $74, and noted that they see Coca-Cola's (KO) foray into the energy drink business as a big headwind. At last check, Monster Beverage stock was down 2....Read More

Dow futures are sharply below fair valueDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading below fair value this morning, pointing to a more than 100-point drop for the index, as U.S. stocks look to extend their weak start to the fourth quarter. The Dow and S&P 500 Index (SPX) experienced sharp losses on Tuesday due to bleak manufacturing data, and economic data is in focus again today, with t...Read More

Stocks tend to underperform after the gap between bulls and bears gets this wideIt was just about seven months ago -- and roughly 6% ago, in terms of S&P 500 Index (SPX) returns -- that we last discussed the significance of the so-called "bulls minus bears" measure in the weekly Investors Intelligence (II) sentiment survey. This metric, as literally as the name suggests, tells us how wide the gulf...Read More

The price of steel rebar in the Southern European domestic market was stable this week but further decreases were likely because of continuing losses in the ferrous scrap market, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday October 2.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Southern Europe, was ?,?455-465 ($496-507) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged week...Read More

Traders should target underperforming stocks with a high number of "buy" ratingsThis week I'm going to do a basic sector analysis using our contrarian philosophy. For those unfamiliar with our contrarian approach, we look for stocks which have performed well but are despised by investors. The pessimism is an indicator of sideline money. As a stock outperforms, it starts to become clear for the bea...Read More

David BeckerOct 01, 2019 7:11 PM GMTGold Price, Commodities InvestmentGold prices whipsawed, initially moving lower but rebounding sharply during the North American trading session following a weaker than expected ISM manufacturing report. The unexpected reading put downward pressure on US interest rates, which in turn weighed on the US dollar. This paved the way for higher gold prices. The dollar...Read More

The price of steel rebar in the Northern European domestic market has moved down this week becai=used of the continuing losses in the ferrous scrap market, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday October 2.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?460-475 ($502-518) per tonne on Wednesday, down by ?,?10-15 per tonne from the w...Read More

David H. Smith The people who are prepared are going to reap rewards such as they have never dreamed. We're going to have the biggest transfer of wealth in history - from the fools - to those who are prepared. - Bob MoriartyThe run up of the last few months to $1,565 gold and $19 silver has stalled out into a relatively high-level correction, giving back less than might be expected after such a...Read More

Donald Trump has become only the fourth president in U.S. history to be the subject of a House impeachment inquiry. The details are still unfolding, and it's an extremely divisive topic. If history is any guide, it's highly unlikely that Trump will be convicted of any impeachment charges, especially with Republicans in control of the Senate. The only two presidents who have ever faced such charg...Read More

A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that broker Marex Spectron must pay up to $32 million in losses to French bank Natixis stemming from a case of forged warehouse receipts more than two years ago.The court found both Marex Spectron and Glencore-owned Access World negligent.Natixis sued Marex Spectron and Access World in 2017 over fraudulent receipts. Marex rejected the lawsuit, and a trial wa...Read More

Craig HemkeYou didn't actually think that a couple of indictments were going to change things, did you? By now you must understand that The Banks will continue to manage and rig prices until the time comes that it is no longer profitable for them to do so.In case you need a summary of recent events, please take time to review these three links:o https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/20/another-ex-jp-mor...Read More

- Dave Kranzler"[Whatever] the repo failure involved, it is likely to prove a watershed moment, causing US bankers to more widely consider their exposure to counterparty risk and risky loans, particularly leveraged loans and their collateralised form in CLOs. a new banking crisis is not only in the making, for which the repo problem serves as an early warning, but it could escalate quite rapid...Read More