By Robert LambourneAccording to its recently published February statement of account, the Bank for International Settlements, which represents most central banks, appears to have increased its position in gold swaps and gold-related derivatives by 6 tonnes over its position at the end of January, bringing it to an estimated 326 tonnes.The bank's use of gold swaps and derivatives has risen by mor...Read More
By: David HaggithYesterday was the greatest crash in Wall Street history by one measure, and took down many other milestones. The Dow plunged 2,012 points in its largest single-session drop on record! Percentage-wise it was down 7.8%, which still knocked out decades of lows, leading to "Black Monday" being the hot search term on Google today as people sought a comparison worthy of this Monday...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold's vertical rise shows its power. 18-dma is $1628, Bollinger bands is up near $1700.Read More
China's domestic rebar prices picked up on Tuesday March 10 on a pick-up in trading activity due to rising futures.Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,410-3,440 yuan ($491-495) per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beijing): 3,270-3,310 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneMore transactions were concluded during the day compared with Monday, with rebar futures charting big gains, sources said.End...Read More
Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable speaks to Bob Moriarty of 321gold about his thoughts on the current financial markets and investment opportunities. Maurice Jackson: Welcome to Proven and Probable. Today, we will discuss the Fed, the coronavirus and your investment portfolio.Joining us for a conversation is Bob Moriarty, a world-renowned, best-selling author and founder of the websites 321G...Read More
International, regional and local factors are impacting global tube & pipe markets - some positively and others negatively. In a global overview, Fastmarkets research analyst Kim Leppold identifies the key trends.The extended Chinese New Year holiday in reaction to the novel coronavirus (201-nCoV) outbreak resulted in a steep decline in steel prices in China in the first quarter, but pipe prices w...Read More
International, regional and local factors are impacting global tube & pipe markets - some positively and others negatively. In a global overview, Fastmarkets research analyst Kim Leppold identifies the key trends.The extended Chinese New Year holiday in reaction to the novel coronavirus (201-nCoV) outbreak resulted in a steep decline in steel prices in China in the first quarter, but pipe prices w...Read More
Oil rallied with the Dow after historic lossesAfter a disastrous Monday, the Dow turned in an over 1,000-point rally today, as Wall Streetrecouped some of the historical losses suffered in the previous session. It was an incredibly volatile session, with the blue-chip index trading as much as 160 points lower at its session lows, only to furiously push higher in last-minute trading. The S&P 500 an...Read More
Mining stocks have pushed higher amid the global sell-offAs gold prices and safe haven assets skyrocket in the face of the global economic sell-off, mining stocks such as Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE:GOLD) have weathered the storm. GOLD hit a three-and-a-half year high of $22.44 on Feb. 24, and although its taken a breather since then, data from Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White sugg...Read More
GILD has amassed 19% year-to-dateWith the major U.S. indexes suffering their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008 in late February, it should be non-trivial to say coronavirus - or COVID-19 - has become a massive caveat to not only public health crisis, but to Wall Street as well. The spread and severity of the flu-like epidemic is concurrent to the volatile run in markets during the past...Read More
Southwest Airlines' CEO announced he's taking a 10% pay cut in response to the sector's "severe recession" While the coronavirus outbreak continues to impact the flight sector, shares of Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) are down 1.2%, last seen trading at $43.20. In the midst what he described as a "severe recession" for the airline industry, the firm's CEO Garry Kelly announced he was taking a 10...Read More
The retailer just posted a fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat Dick's Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE:DKS) is getting a big boost today following its fourth-quarter earnings report, up 10.5% at $38.10. The sports equipment retailer reported earnings of $1.32 and $2.61 billion in revenue, topping analysts' expectations, and hiked its quarterly dividend by $13.6. Meanwhile, the company also announced...Read More
Oil is enjoying a lift of its ownStocks continue to shake off yesterday's worst day since 2008, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) up around 126 points at last check. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are also in recovery mode, as President Donald Trump put forth the idea of a payroll tax cut or relief in response to the rapidly increasing coronavirus headwinds in the U...Read More
Several analysts have cut their price targetsStitch Fix Inc (NASDAQ:SFIX) is down 30.6% to trade at $14.72 this morning, one of the worst stocks on the Nasdaq today and alreadyhitting a record low of $14.28. Though the company reported profits of 11 cents per share, higher than Wall Street's estimated six cents per share, the reported revenue of $451.78 million came in lower than the estimated 452...Read More
AIM Immunotech is developing a vaccine that was used to contain the SARS outbreakShares of AIM Immunotech Inc (NYSE:AIM) were last seen trading down 22.5% at $4.73, despite yesterday announcing that the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) in Japan will begin testing its drug Ampligen, a broad-spectrum antiviral, as a potential treatment for the new coronavirus outbreak. Researchers...Read More
President Trump proposed a tax cut to combat the negative economic effects of COVID-19Stocks are recovering some of yesterday's historic losses in pre-market trading today, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) signals a nearly 900 point open. S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) futures are also eyeing a significant pop, after U.S. President Donald Trump proposed the idea of "a...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold's vertical rise shows its power. 18-dma is $1628, Bollinger bands is up near $1700.Read More
Extreme volatility in the equity markets has investors wonderingwhat to expect. Even the hardiest of stock market bulls are finally asking someserious questions about whether the top is in.Stocks have long been priced for perfection and suddenlyconditions are looking far from perfect. The coronavirus may be the pin whichpricks the latest Fed-blown bubble.Precious metals investors have been prepari...Read More
The baseline case for gold 320 ADWe sometimes forget that inflation is a process rather than an event. One of the better-known examples of that axiom is the nearly two centuries-long debasement of Rome’s silver denarius – an inflationary episode Jack Whyte, a writer of historical fiction, skillfully addresses in his latest novel, The Burning Stone.Set in Great Britain in the fourth cen...Read More
Chinese steel company Hebei Jingye Group has completed its acquisition of British Steel, the company said on Monday March 9, but the deal does not include the French operations at Hayange.The deal, which is believed to have cost ?50 million ($55.51 million), brings to an end a nine-month search for a new owner of the UK's second-largest steelmaker.Assets included in the deal include British Steel...Read More