In the first of potentially thousands of verdicts against pharmaceutical companies accused of inciting the opioid epidemic, an Oklahoma judge on Monday ruled that Johnson & Johnson Continue...Read More

What a difference a few years makes. Back in the summer of 2015, a WSJ op-ed writer, who somehow was unaware of Continue...Read More

Brien Lundin is the editor of the Gold Newsletter and CEO of the New Orleans Investment Conference (Nov 1-4, 2019). In this episode Brien shares regarding why gold is freedom and how gold might be re-instituted as legal currency in America. He addresses whether he foresees the USA entering a recession. Brien also talks about how to play the mania phase of the current gold stock bull market. And he...Read More

Import prices for steel slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia were flat during the past week, although market sentiment became more bearish after trade tensions between China and the United States escalated, market sources said.China's Ministry of Finance announced last week that it would impose import tariffs of 5-10% on US products in stages from September 1. "The worsening trade situation is lik...Read More

Interest rates don't even have to be negative to make a mess in the era of "Secular Stagnation."Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-level operations experience, including turnarounds and a VC-funded startup. He has a BA, MA, and MBA (UT at Austin). In his prior life, he worked in Texas and Oklahoma, including a decade...Read More

"China called last night our top trade people and said 'let's get back to the table' so we will be getting back to the table and I think they want to do something. They have been hurt Continue...Read More

China's rebar market softened on Monday August 26 amid escalating trade friction between the country and the United States, with both sides announcing tariffs against the other's products ahead of the weekend.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,640-3,670 yuan ($513-517) per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,590-3,610 yuan per tonne, down 10-20 yuan per tonneThe Chinese gove...Read More

The protracted economic battle between the United States and China will rewrite the rules of global trading and will not be resolved anytime soon, steel market sources in Asia told Fastmarkets."The world will wait and see who is able to gain the upper hand in the end and then follow the new rules of trading set by the winner," a major trader in China said.Market sources expect the entire ferrous s...Read More

The program is key in identifying high-priority targets for a 2020 drill program. Quaterra GroundhogQuaterra Resources Inc. (QTA:TSX.V; QTRRF:OTCQX) announced in a news release that it and Chuchuna Minerals Co. began their exploration program at their Groundhog copper-gold project located 300 kilometers southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.They kicked off those efforts with a 1,500 line kilometer, heli...Read More

Sector expert and money manager Adrian Day discusses resource firms that he covers, including two major producers, one royalty company and one exploration company. Gold bars Newmont Goldcorp Corp. (NEM:NYSE, $39.30)has underperformed this year, largely due to concerns surrounding the acquisition of Goldcorp, which closed in April. Many Newmont shareholders believe the company overpaid for bad ass...Read More

The protracted economic battle between the United States and China will rewrite the rules of global trading and will not be resolved anytime soon, steel market sources in Asia told Fastmarkets."The world will wait and see who is able to gain the upper hand in the end and then follow the new rules of trading set by the winner," a major trader in China said.Market sources expect the entire ferrous s...Read More

Fastmarkets has amended the specifications of its price assessments for stainless steel cold-rolled coil, Asia grade 304 (2mm), cif East Asian port, $/tonne and stainless steel hot-rolled coil, Asia grade 304, cif port East Asia, $/tonne after a one-month consultation.The price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled coil, Asia grade 304 (2mm), cif East Asian port, will have its location change...Read More

Oil prices couldn't hold their gains, thoughStocks rose today thanks to comments from President Donald Trump, who said China wants to keep negotiating on trade -- though some in the Chinese media suggested the two nations didn't speak as the President described. Still, tech stocks led a broad rally, with trade-sensitive names like Apple (AAPL) enjoying the most upside. As such, the Dow, S&P, and N...Read More

Barron's waxed optimistically on Roku over the weekendRoku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) stock is up 3.1% at $142.03 -- fresh off a record high of $145 -- after Barron's said "the best way to play streaming is turning out to be upstart Roku." Today's pop brings the equity's year-to-date gain to nearly 365%, and options traders think there's more upside in store for Roku in the near term.Amid relatively averag...Read More

Call buying has been popular on AMGNThe stock market is soaring today on upbeat U.S.-China trade headlines. Among individual stocks making notable moves are biotechs Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Arcadia Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:RKDA), as well as oil name PDC Energy Inc (NASDAQ:PDCE). Here's a quick look at what's moving the shares of AMGN, RKDA, and PDCE.Options Bulls See More Upside for Amgen Sto...Read More

Marvell stock has been a long-term outperformerSemiconductor stock Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL) has been outperforming on the charts in 2019. In fact, just last month, the shares climbed to a 13-year peak of $27.64, and now sit46% higher year-to-date. Over the past week, though, the stock has pulled back amid U.S.-China trade uncertainty, but according to data from Schaeffer's Senio...Read More

Short interest is at a two-year highDISH Network Corp (NASDAQ:DISH) is trading 3.5% higher today at $32.14, after receiving bullish attention from Raymond James. The brokerage firm said it's a good time to buy DISH shares, upgrading to "strong buy," with the company standing to benefit during the 5G rollout as U.S. carriers look for spectrum bands. (In early 2018, some valued DISH Network's spectr...Read More

SEDG options are attractively priced at the momentWhen we last checked in on SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SEDG), the solar stock was under pressure from a rare bear note and C-suite shocker. Now, less than a week later, this pullback has brought SEDG near a trendline that could mark an attractive entry point for a bullish options trade. More specifically, SolarEdge has pulled back to its 2...Read More

The 80-day trendline could push the drug stock even lower U.K.-based pharmaceutical concern Mylan NV (NASDAQ:MYL) is getting a broad-market boost today, up 2.3% at $18.76, set for its first positive close in a week. This positive price action may be short lived, however. While the stock enjoyed a brief surge at the end of July, it spent most of August in a downward slide, pressured lower by a ceil...Read More

The yieldcurve has inverted.It suggests that we are about one year before the recession. How should theyellow metal behave in such a period? We invite you to read our today’s articleand find out how gold is likely to behave in the pre-recession world. The yield curve has inverted. If its strong predictive power of the recession remains intact –in the previous part of this report, we pr...Read More