ANET is headed for its biggest one-day drop everArista Networks Inc (NASDAQ:ANET) unveiled third-quarter adjusted profit of $2.69 per share on $654.4 million in revenue -- more than analysts were expecting. However, the cloud infrastructure specialist said it expects current-quarter revenue to arrive between $540 million and $560 million, less than anticipated, with CEO Jayshree Ullal citing "a su...Read More

A mixture of trends were forecast for steel, iron ore and coking coal prices in 2020 at the London Metal Exchange Ferrous Focus session this week."Steel is going to drift a bit lower, but not collapse," Citi research analyst Tracy Liao told delegates on Thursday October 31, "[and] iron ore will go quite a bit lower, whereas coking coal prices will go up." Liao said that wh...Read More

Novo Nordisk's Ozempic diabetes drug reached blockbuster status in the U.S. Pharma stock Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) is trading higher after the firm lifted its full-year sales outlook, and announced its Ozempic diabetes drug reached blockbuster status in the U.S. during its first nine months on the market, generating $1.03 billion in sales -- beating analysts' expectations. Some of these gains, howev...Read More

Yesterday, that was already the third time this yearwhen the Fed cut interest rates. In response, the price of gold erased earlierlosses. That sounds a bit fishy. What is going on? Fed LowersInterest Rates by 25 Basis PointsYesterday, the FOMC publishedthe monetary policy statement from itslatest meeting that took place on October 29-30th. In linewith expectations, the U.S. central bank cut the fe...Read More

BHP will provide $44 million of the necessary funding to resume operations at Brazilian iron ore pellet producer Samarco, the Australia-based mining company said on Friday November 1.Samarco is a joint venture between BHP and Vale and has been closed since late 2015, when a tailings dam failed and flooded the nearby Rio Doce river in southeastern Brazil.On October 25, the pellet producer received...Read More

Overhead pressure has been seen at the 20- and 30-day moving averagesAlthough the social media name reported third-quarter earnings that were above analyst estimates, a lower-than-expected quarterly revenue and a narrower-than-anticipated revised full-year sales forecast has Pinterest Inc (NYSE:PINS) deep in the red this morning. Last seen down 21.7% at $19.69, PINS opened at a fresh record low o...Read More

Call options have been popular on IMAXImax Corp (NYSE:IMAX) just received an upgrade to "buy" from "hold" from Canaccord Genuity, which set a $25 price target on the stock. In its note, the brokerage firm called out the company's performance in China, and said several key titles on the 2020 movie slate were shot with IMAX cameras. The bullish recommendation puts Canaccord in line with its analyst...Read More

Brazilian iron ore export volumes and revenues dropped year-on-year in October due to supply disruptions, according to figures released by the country's economy ministry on Friday November 1.Export volumes of iron ore declined to 31.20 million tonnes in October, down by 16.1% from 37.19 million tonnes a year earlier.Iron ore shipments from the country fell this year in an annual comparison, becaus...Read More

AIG is lower today after an earnings missInsurance stock American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) is down 0.8% today to trade at $52.69, after the company reported adjusted third-quarter earnings of 56 cents per share, lower than the $1 consensus estimate. AIG cited weaknesses in its life and retirement business as reasons for the dismal report. Losses today are held in check by a revenue beat...Read More

Stocks are set to benefit from this morning's nonfarm payrolls reportDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are on the rise today thanks to the impressive jobs report for October. Specifically, nonfarm payrolls for the month increased by 128,000, blowing past estimates of 75,000. Traders are also considering another round of corporate earnings, headlined by Dow components Exxon Mobil (XOM) and...Read More

A mixture of trends were forecast for steel, iron ore and coking coal prices in 2020 at the London Metal Exchange Ferrous Focus session this week."Steel is going to drift a bit lower, but not collapse," Citi research analyst Tracy Liao told delegates on Thursday October 31, "[and] iron ore will go quite a bit lower, whereas coking coal prices will go up." Liao said that wh...Read More

Major holidays in Turkey resulted in thin spot liquidity in the global scrap markets in the week ended Friday November 1, with US exporters seeing limited sales to the major import market.But prices in Asia have surged following those in the rest of the world, with Vietnamese buyers accepting higher prices. Taiwanese demand eased slightly after the flurry of purchasing activity last week. Turkey m...Read More

Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rebounded slightly amid a lack of spot deals while annual contract negotiations kicked off during the annual London Metal Exchange Week gathering this week.Fastmarkets' copper treatment and refining charges index cif Asia Pacific was at $56.3 per tonne/5.63 cents per lb as of Friday November 1, compared with $55.9/ 5.59 cents a week earlie...Read More

Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 335,42358,90865,405176,997478,213577,825602,526 Change from Prior Reporting Period 12,506-4,877-1,7845,66811,52716,3904,866 Traders 20575755651284182 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 65,61740,916643,442 1,52413,04817,914 non report...Read More

The gold miners' stocks have surged in 2019, blasting higher after gold's first bull-market breakout seen in several years. That powerful summer rally left them really overbought, necessitating a correction to rebalance exuberant sentiment. That grinding consolidation lower has set them up nicely for their winter rally, this sector's seasonally-strongest time of the year. These seasonal...Read More

- Dave Kranzler"By sticking to the new orthodoxy of monetary policy and pretending that we have made the banking system safe, we are sleepwalking towards that crisis." - Mervyn King, former head of the Bank of England in a lecture at the IMF's recent annual meetingThe market levitates higher on phony economic data from the Government, Trump tweets, Fed money printing and hedge fund algorithms c...Read More

- Avi GilburtOriginally published on Sat Oct 26 for our ElliottWaveTrader members: While we have the minimum waves now in place to consider that the pullback/correction we have been tracking for the last two months has completed, and the market has clearly held the support we have outlined which we expected to hold during this pullback, questions still remain as to whether we can still see an...Read More

Gold has shrugged off the latest blather from the Fed and looks bound for at least 1536. Some Rick's Picks subscriber caught the move, and I'll show you how. T-Bonds have also caught fire and deserve a look.https://www.rickackerman.com/Read More

By: Ira EpsteinMarkets spooked by impeachment, US-China Trade deal news. Gold is up over $15 for the week as of the close Thursday, on the daily chart, gold stuck in sideways short-term, resistance around swingline - DEC: $1520.90Read More

Bearish macroeconomic signals and oversupply have put minor metals and ferro-alloys prices variously under pressure over 2019; the structure and terms of contracts agreed over the coming weeks will show how market participants are accounting for those signals ahead of 2020. A slowing global economy alongside uncertainty over the China-United States trade dispute and Brexit have slowed minor metals...Read More