By: Ira EpsteinGold pushing upper end of the Bollinger bands resistance point. Momentum in gold still positive:Read More
Traders are also eyeing strong July retail salesThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) has traded on both sides of breakeven today, but was last seen higher on a bigger-than-anticipated rise in July retail sales and better-than-expected earnings from Walmart (WMT). Traders are also eyeing a 2.3% increase in second-quarter productivity. However, disappointing earnings from Cisco Systems (CSCO) are...Read More
Madoff whistleblower Markopolis has released a scathing report on GEIt's been a busy stretch for General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) news, with the shares dropping on Monday following comments from one noted GE bear. Today, the stock is down 5.6% to trade at $8.52, on reports Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management cut its stake in GE. Plus, a new report from Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos has...Read More
Cisco stock has now shed 19% since its mid-July peakWhile the broader stock market is higher in early trading, blue chip Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is sharply lower after earnings. While earnings and revenue came in above estimates in its fiscal fourth quarter, Cisco's current-quarter and full-year guidance fell short of expectations. The tech titan cited the impending U.S. tariffs and plum...Read More
A slew of retailers will report earnings next weekThe Fed will be in focus next week, with the central bank's annual symposiumin Jackson Hole, Wyoming, kicking off on Thursday. Prior to that, though, Wall Street will dissect the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)July meeting minutes, looking for clues to the future pace of rate cuts. As far as earnings go, several retail names will take the spot...Read More
Wedbush cut its price target ahead of the retailer's earnings releaseShares of retail giant Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN) are moving lower again this morning, extending yesterday's Macy's (M)-induced sell-off, as traders digest a fresh bear note out of Wedbush. Ahead of Nordstrom's own earnings report next week, the brokerage firmcut its price target on JWN stock to $24 from $35 -- a nearly 8% disco...Read More
The World Silver Survey 2019 Review, the institute’s annual World Silver Survey said that global silver demand hit a three-year high in 2018, surpassing more than one billion ounces, an increase of 4% from 2017.At the same time, global silver mine production fell for the third straight year, dropping 2% in 2018 to 855.7 million ounces.The top 10 silver producing countries are: Peru, Bolivia,...Read More
Recent traders took aim at the $300 level for NFLXNetflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) is slightly higher after Soros Fund Management dissolved its stake in the company. The stock is up 0.2% at $299.70, following its lowest close in eight months yesterday. Looking more broadly, NFLX has been struggling to gain ground since its post-earnings bear gap in late July. The stock's attempts to close this gap were m...Read More
Walmart earnings came in above the consensus estimate Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are signaling a higher open, as upbeat trade headlines help ease the sting of yesterday's ugly stock sell-off. Earlier today, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed "hopes the U.S. will meet China halfway and implement the consensus reached by the two leaders during their meet...Read More
SQ shares gapped lower after earnings earlier this monthJack Dorsey's Square Inc (NYSE:SQ) sold off earlier this month on a disappointing outlook, but J.P. Morgan Securities in a note this morning said traders should be into the weakness. More specifically, the brokerage firm believes U.S. payments processors as a whole are set to outperform over the next year, and it sees the most growth for Squa...Read More
The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) will impose a quota for hot-rolled flat steel imports to members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) for one year starting from December 1, 2019.The EEU countries are Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The total quota for the EEU bloc will be 1.33 million tonnes, the EEC announced last week.Volumes exceeding the quota will be a subject to a...Read More
Domestic prices for hollow steel sections remained unchanged across Europe this week, with trading largely on hold during the traditional summer break, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday August 14.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, stayed at ?,?615-630 ($688-705) per tonne on Wednesday.During August, many workers take...Read More
GoldSeekAugust 15th marks the 48th year anniversary since the end of gold backing the U.S. Dollar for international trade. Here is President Nixon announcing this dramatic monetary and other economic policies on August 15, 1971:Read More
Daniel R. AmermanThe discussion of negative interest rates in the United States has now officially gone mainstream, with the front page of the August 12, 2019 print edition of the Wall Street Journal carrying a prominent discussion of the possibility.Most of the article consists of various institutional investors talking about why this could be a real possibility. However, as will be explored he...Read More
David HaggithLet's take a look at how the average consumer is doing. I'll call this typical consumer "Bubba" because I just read an article that claimed "Bubba's doing better today than at any time since before the Korean War." It disgusted me because I found it to be such a disingenuous set of lies wrapped in half-truths, all contrived to pacify the trickle-down peasants as that philosophy cont...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold pushing upper end of the Bollinger bands resistance point. Momentum in gold still positive:Read More
Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil dropped over the past week, largely due to limited buying interest arising from heightened trade tensions between China and the United States, market sources told Fastmarkets.The Chinese currency passed the 7-yuan per $1 threshold earlier this month after US president Donald Trump announced plans to impose 10% duties on...Read More
Concerns over the future availability of material added to the optimistic demand expectations that have allowed sellers to command higher cobalt hydroxide payables in the first half of August, Fastmarkets has learned.Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, rose by 5.8% on Thursday August 15 to 62-65% of the low-end of the standard-grade cobalt metal price. This was...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange closed at its highest since December 2014 on Thursday August 15, climbing to $16,250 per tonne amid renewed buying momentum, while a steady incline in tin futures led to its highest close since August 1. Nickel began the day's trading below the nearby $16,000 per tonne resistance level, falling to an intraday low of $15,765 per tonne, befor...Read More
Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco began operations at Chuquicamata's subterranean phase on Wednesday August 14, with an aim to increase mine life by 40 years and to improve the division's productivity, the company said.The new venture for the centennial open pit mine has 1.03 million tonnes of copper mineral reserves, at 0.82% content, the miner added. These volumes will result in 320,00...Read More