By: Ira EpsteinGold market is acting very well. Some people will say that we have a shoulder-head-shoulder technical pattern:Read More
Investors who think the worst is over had better prepare for the other shoe to drop. Stocks rallied sharply last week, reflecting the egregious miscalculation not only of bulls who have yet to meet a dip they could not buy, but also of bears who evidently fear that the crazed buying binge will continue for no good reason. They should relax, since there has never been an instance where an initial...Read More
Christmas of 2019 I had advised to invest in gold and silver for Easter of 2020. Now I am asking to invest in gold and silver this Easter for Christmas of 2020. Overall gold and silver will continue to rise till Christmas. Even if the corona virus pandemic gets over and a vaccine is found (before Christmas of 2020), gold and silver will continue to rise. There is an over $40 price difference bet...Read More
Steel billet import prices in the United Arab Emirates increased over the past week, but demand remained weak after curfews were introduced in several Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries, sources said on Tuesday April 14.Saudi Arabia announced a 24-hour curfew in the cities of Riyadh, Tabuk, Dammam, Dharan and Hofuf, and in the provinces of Jeddah, Taif, Qatif and Khobar, commencing on the n...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices edged up further on Tuesday April 14 amid what was described by market participants as "good and steady" demand. Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,470-3,500 yuan ($492-496) per tonne, up by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,410-3,440 yuan per tonne, up by 10 yuan per tonne Buyers actively procured cargoes during the day, which gave prices a slight upward pus...Read More
The contents of the report on Fiore Gold's Nevada project are reviewed by Mackie Research Capital Corp. In an April 9 research note, Mackie Research Capital Corp. analyst Stuart McDougall reported that Fiore Gold Ltd. (F:TSX.V; FIOGF:OTCQB) released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) showing robust economics for its Gold Rock satellite gold project in Nevada.McDougall reviewed the specifics...Read More
Orvana Minerals reported it has resumed production at its mine operations in northern Spain and provided its production report for Q2/20. In a news release, multi-asset gold-copper-silver mining company Orvana Minerals Corp. (ORV:TSX) announced that "production at its Spanish operations have restarted after a temporary suspension, in compliance with the Spanish Government's Extended Lockdown Orde...Read More
Toyota Motor Corp has decided to again postpone the reopening of its automaking plants in Brazil by two months amid plunging demand and in order to prevent the Covid-19 virus from spreading among its workers, the company said on Monday April 13.Three units in S??o Paulo state are scheduled to resume activities by June 22, while another plant in a nearby region will reopen on June 24, Toyota said....Read More
The Dow closed up over 500 pointsThe Dow extended its midday rally, finishing the day up over 500 points as blue-chip stocks reported better-than-expected earnings, and sentiment surrounding coronavirus improved. The S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq also finished the day confidently in the black, with the Nasdaq scoring its fourth straight win. Continue reading for more on today's market, including:...Read More
Breaking down the best and worst rated sectors using a contrarian approachSix months ago, I wrote an article presenting an overview of sectors using contrarian analysis, which is popular here at Schaeffer's Investment Research. Here's an understatement: a lot has changed since then. So this week, I'm going to do a similar analysis to see which sectors look attractive/unattractive based on our cont...Read More
AAPL puts are a popular options choiceApple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone sales are recovering in China after the tech giant shipped roughly 2.5 million iPhones in the country last month. This is up from the 500,000 iPhones shipped during February, the height of China's coronavirus lockdown. As a result, Chinese online retailers are offering hefty discounts on all iPhone 11 models, sending the equity...Read More
The biotech sector has performed admirably during the COVID-19 outbreakThe broad market finally got a rare dose of coronavirus-related optimism last week week, with reports that the global pandemic could soon be reaching a slowdown. Lost in the shuffle of headlines about hospitalizations, intensive care admissions, and new infection cases was news that U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with pharma...Read More
India will extend the lockdown intended to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic until May 3, instead of the original end-date of April 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday April 14.In his address, Modi added that each district would be evaluated in a week's time to see if restrictions could be eased."Until April 20, every town, every police station, every district, every st...Read More
Johnson & Johnson is the top Dow stock today after a post-earnings surgeThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) has pared yesterday's losses and is up nearly 400 points at midday. Today's rise is powered by earnings results from blue-chips, as well as investor optimism surrounding the coronavirus outlook, despite the number of cases continuing to rise globally. The S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq Com...Read More
Citron called for GSX Techedu's stock to be halted and investigated A bearish note from short seller Citron Research has the shares of Chinese educational specialist GSX Techedu Inc (NYSE:GSX) down 4.3% at $30.06, after hitting a three-month low of $28.29 earlier this morning. Citron said in a tweet that it believes 70% of the firm's revenue is fabricated, and called for the stock to be halted and...Read More
British American Tobacco is being investigated for potential sanction breachesThe shares of British American Tobacco PLC (NYSE:BTI) are down 2% at $36.65 after The Times reported that the company is being probed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for a suspected breach of sanctions. The firm declined to specify whether the case was a criminal i...Read More
Toyota Motor Corp has decided to again postpone the reopening of its automaking plants in Brazil by two months amid plunging demand and in order to prevent the Covid-19 virus from spreading among its workers, the company said on Monday April 13.Three units in S??o Paulo state are scheduled to resume activities by June 22, while another plant in a nearby region will reopen on June 24, Toyota said....Read More
Johnson & Johnson reported a Q1 earnings and revenue beatJohnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is up 3.4% to trade at $144.46 this morning, after the blue-chip reported adjusted first-quarter earnings of $2.30 per share on $20.7 billion in revenue, higher than Wall Street's estimated $2.00 per share on $19.5 billion. However, the major pharmaceutical name also cut its full-year forecast in light of the cor...Read More
The Wall Street Journal parent expects its ad revenue to take a hit in direct response to the coronavirus pandemic Media concern News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) announced last night that its advertising revenue would plummet as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Wall Street Journal parent did add that there has been a rise in digital subscribers as COVID-19 moves more of everyone's day-to-da...Read More
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