All three benchmarks logged their first weekly loss in a monthThe Dow traded in a 268-point range on quadruple-witching expiration, eventually slumping to a triple-digit loss. U.S.-China trade headlines drove today's price action, with stocks initially rising after President Donald Trump revealed a lengthy list of Chinese goods exempt from tariffs. However, the Dow pivoted sharply lower in afterno...Read More

Reports the company could explore a sale are driving FIT higherFitbit Inc (NYSE:FIT) call options are flying across the tape today, with roughly 19,000 contracts exchanged so far -- already almost doubling the stock's average full-day volume of 9,991 contracts, per Trade-Alert. Front-month options expiration is just hours away, and traders are keying in on FIT's soon-to-expire September 4 call, wh...Read More

Prices in Southeast Asia's steel billet market fell on Friday September 20 on expectations that prices could soon sink below the psychological floor of $400 per tonne cfr Southeast Asia, a level not breached since May 2017.Bearish sentiment has been exacerbated by the decline in the price of ferrous scrap in the bellwether Turkish market - a major indicator because the country is th...Read More

Oil had its best day in over a decade on MondayThe week started off with a bang, as oil prices staged their biggest one-day surge in a decade following airstrikes on Saudi Arabian crude production facilities. The stock market's reaction was negative, though, with the Dow snapping its eight-day winning streak. The blue-chip index continued to struggle as the week wore on, and appears on pace to log...Read More

Bofa-Merrill Lynch downgraded Xilinx, while Etsy was upgraded at RBCStocks are mixed at midday, as investors eye the latest U.S.-China trade updates. Three specific stocks on the move are tech issue Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), laser manufacturer II-VI, Inc. (NASDAQ:IIVI), and e-tail name Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY). Below, we'll look at what's driving the shares of XLNX, IIVI, and ETSY. CFO Resignatio...Read More

Stainless steel prices in Europe were stable this week amid expectations of dramatically increased alloy surcharges for October, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 20.October alloy surcharges will be based on nickel prices between August 21 and September 20. During this time, the average price for nickel, 3-months, London Metal Exchange Daily Official, was $17,178 per tonne, up by $2,183...Read More

The White House ordered sanctions against the Central Bank of IranThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is slightly higher at midday, propped up by encouraging U.S.-China trade rhetoric. In addition to releasing a list of exempted Chinese goods, President Donald Trump told reporters that the U.S. is "making a lot of progress" on a trade deal -- with these moves suggesting to some that the adminis...Read More

The amount of global debt with negative yields soared to $16 trillion, or more than 25 percent of the market. This number has nearly tripled since October 2018. In July, even the 30-year German government bonds went negative for the first time ever, while Nordea Bank, a leading Danish bank, said it will begin offering 20-year fixed-rate mortgages with zero interest, as well as 30-year mortgages at...Read More

After the automaker's sharp pullback, one spread trader adjusted a four-legged tradeOptions are unusually active today on Italian automaker Ferrari NV (NYSE:RACE), with call volume surging to 3,155 in the first 90 minutes of the session -- nearly nine times the stock's average daily volume of just 355 contracts. In focus are a pair of out-of-the-money October strikes, with some of the volume tied...Read More

Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 341,51158,91265,382163,008481,407569,901605,701 Change from Prior Reporting Period 7,397-5,4774,3456,94719,73518,68918,603 Traders 21167785256291177 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 61,08925,289630,990 -2,452-2,36616,237 non report...Read More

The Federal Reserve's endless machinations really affect the gold price, sometimes confounding traders with seeming illogicalness. This week the Fed cut rates again, which has really boosted gold in the past. Yet it plunged 1.7% in less than an hour after this latest decision! While gold's Fed reactions often look capricious, there's a method to this madness. Traders need to understand...Read More

Michael Pento Ph.D. & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - September 19th, 2019. * .Mp3 format.HighlightsMichael Pento, President and Founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies LLC returns to Goldseek.com. The duo concur that the US PODUS is attempting improve the position of the domestic economy. The EU and related economies may be on the cusp of a new Great Recession. The EU enacted QE operations via 20 bil...Read More

GE stock has run up to its 120-day moving averageGeneral Electric Company (NYSE:GE) stock rallied hard off its late-August lows near $7.80, and is now pacing for its fourth straight weekly win, up 0.2% at $9.43, at last check. The surge is running out of steam near the psychologically significant 200-day moving average, while just above here is GE's 120-day trendline, which has had bearish implica...Read More

Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. Please click here now. The Fed just cut interest rates again. It also cut the rate it pays banks on their excess reserves. 2. What does this mean for gold? Well, the 30basis point cut on excess reserves is bigger than the 25basis point cut on the fed funds rate. That could incentivize banks to loan money to the private sector rather...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold in a correction but on a weekly basis remains in an up-thrust, but I am concerned gold is challenging short-term lows..Read More

Alison Rose will be the first woman to serve as CEO to a major British lender The shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (NYSE:RBS) are higher after the financial firm appointed Alison Rose as its new CEO, marking the first time a major U.K. lender has installed a woman in its lead executive role. Rose, who has been an employee for 27 years, will be replacing Ross McEwan on Nov. 1. RBS is trad...Read More

Just as we predicted, precious metals aresetting up another extended momentum base/bottom that appears to be aligningwith our prediction of an early October 2019 new upside price leg.Recent news of the US Fed decreasing the FedFunds Rate by 25bp as well as strength in the US stock market and US Dollar aseased fears and concerns across the global markets.  These concerns and fears are still ve...Read More

Energy stocks CRC and MDR are rallying back from brutal selling earlier in the weekThe energy sector is lighting up again today, thanks to well-received headlines for oil-and-gas name California Resources Corp (NYSE:CRC) and oilfield engineering specialist McDermott International Inc (NYSE:MDR). Both stocks are making big moves higher in early trading, regaining some lost ground after heavy losses...Read More

NFLX calls have been quite popular latelyThe shares of Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) are down 2.2% to trade at $280.20 this morning, after some cautionary words from Evercore ISI. Based on recent data checks,, which include a slowdown in app download growth in September, the brokerage firm warned that third-quarter international subscriber growth could be lower than expected for the second straight q...Read More

The brokerage firm set a low $60 price target on the streaming stockPivotal Research smacked Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) stock with a "sell" rating this morning, and set its price target on the stock at $60 -- a 55% discount to last night's close at $133.76. The brokerage firm said ROKU stock looked "overvalued despite the recent pullback," and said increased competition in the streaming space "will li...Read More