JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States with $1.6 trillion in deposits from more than 5,000 retail bank branches spread across the country. When it withdraws Continue...Read More
"She feels entitled to do it. She feels compelled to do it. She feels that God put her on the Earth to do it. But she's hesitant because she realizes the timing is bad."Continue...Read More
The potential for a pause in the rate cuts could be why Gold, Silver and mining shares are all off their summer highs, despite an imminent rate cut. Continue...Read More
Gold has received a lot of fanfare this year, and for good reason. The talking heads on Bloomberg, CNBC and other networksContinue...Read More
Turkish steel producers continued to pause their deep-sea cargo purchases because of a public holiday in the country reducing trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday October 29.Today is a public holiday in Turkey for the Republic Day of Turkey, which has reduced trading activity to zero. No purchases have been heard booked so far this week, with Monday also a half...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were down on Tuesday October 29 amid market uncertainty about demand levels in winter.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $86.64 per tonne, down $1.34 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $86.46 per tonne, down $1.34 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $85.25 per tonne, down $1.40 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-prem...Read More
Recent developments on several of this North American explorer's prospects are discussed in an interview with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable. Maurice Jackson: Joining us today is Michael Rowley, president and CEO of Group Ten Metals Inc. (PGE:TSX.V; PGEZF:OTCQB; 5D32:FSE), which is known for platinum, palladium, nickel, copper and cobalt in the Stillwater district in Montana.Sir, we have...Read More
Import prices for steel billet in the United Arab Emirates increased over the past week, while domestic and import rebar values decreased, market sources said on Tuesday October 29.Domestic prices for rebar for the month were announced by the country's producers on October 21. Both Emirates Steel and Conares Steel kept their prices unchanged.Billet importsOne billet booking was made from Oman at a...Read More
A new Singapore Steel Forum will kick off for the first time next year as part of Singapore Iron Ore Week (SIOW) 2020.Fastmarkets will drive the forum together with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Enterprise Singapore as part of an expanded SIOW, which will be held on May 18-21 2020 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre. The Singapore Steel Forum will be held on May 20 and will include global steelma...Read More
The decline in Asian hot-rolled coil prices has continued to apply downward pressure on slab prices in the region, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel slab imports, cfr Southeast Asia and East Asia, was $375-380 per tonne on Monday October 28, as compared with $370-385 per tonne from a week earlier.During the week to Monday, a Russian producer...Read More
The index did hit another record high earlier, while the Dow waffled before closing lowerAfter trading on both sides ofbreakeven, the Dow settled slightly lower, as attention turns toward tomorrow's Federal Reserve announcement, where a 25-basis-point rate cut is anticipated. The S&P also hit another record high earlier today, before eventually settling just below breakeven. The Nasdaq, however, w...Read More
Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on WORK stock with an "outperform" ratingSlack Technologies Inc (NYSE:WORK) stock is up 4.9% to trade at $22.51, after Piper Jaffray initiated coverage with an "overweight" rating, and a $30 price target -- a nearly 40% premium to last night's close. The analyst in coverage waxed optimistic over the company's workforce software, and said the stock's recent sell-off...Read More
Amazon said it will offer free grocery delivery to U.S. Prime membersStrong earnings from a pair of big-cap pharmaceutical firms is keeping the S&P 500 Index (SPX) above water today, though gains are modest due to a negative reaction to Alphabet's (GOOGL) quarterly results. Not all stocks are moving on earnings today, though, with grocery names Kroger Co (NYSE:KR), BJs Wholesale Club Holdings Inc...Read More
An internal study shows Applied Materials stock could keep gainingIt's been an interesting few months for Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT). The shares moved lower in mid-August after the company's outlook spooked investors, only to make up those losses and then some in the subsequent weeks, including their 12% gain in October so far, sparked in part by strong quarterly numbers from rival Lam...Read More
The best and worst stocks, historically, also sport attractively priced optionsThe S&P 500 Index (SPX) has had a banner October, pacing for a 2.1% monthly gain and fresh off an all-time high. Looking ahead to November, several stocks could extend the positive momentum, if history is any indicator, including travel concern Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK). On the flip side, red-hot real estate inv...Read More
Just one analyst recommends buying the stock, making it ripe for upgradesHomebuilding stocks have been one of the strongest groups in 2019, and Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE:TOL) has been no exception. The shares are up more than 24% in 2019, holding near annual-high territory, yet the sentiment picture remains extremely bearish -- setting up an ideal situation for contrarian bulls.The easiest place to...Read More
It's a busy week for FAANG earningsIt's the thick of earnings season, and FAANG stocks will be in focus this week. In today's trading, Wall Street is reacting to Alphabet's (GOOGL) earnings report. Looking ahead, Apple (AAPL) and Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) are scheduled to tell all in the earnings confessional after the market closes tomorrow, Oct. 30, and the options market is pricing in a bigger...Read More
A historically bearish signal has flashed for X, just ahead of its third-quarter earnings reportThe shares of United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X) are edging back down towards their three-year lows at the $10 level, off 1.2% at $12.12 at last check, after the stock's 100-day moving average thwarted its latest attempt at a rally. This puts X at a 32.9% year-to-date deficit, just ahead of its th...Read More
Stewart Thomson 1. The GOAU ETF continues to showcase the most impressive technical action in the entire precious metals ETF sector.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. A bull wedge breakout with a pickup in volume is in play.3. Gold has been reacting negatively ahead of recent FOMC meetings, and that's the case this week.4. The pullb...Read More
By: Ira Epstein Gold is not trending, gold in a stall area. Momentum has flattened out, Gold hit the upper Bollinger band hit and failed, as expected:Read More