Gold and silver fell after the Federal Reserve stance on interest rate cut. There can be more fall today and tomorrow as well. Friday's US July nonfarm payrolls needs to come in below 100,000 for gold and silver bulls to revive. For now gold and silver bears have an upper edge. Traders and markets were way ahead on interest rate cut stance. The Federal Reserve chairman muted all those who were...Read More

Disappointing economic data has investors eyeing another rate cut later this yearThe first day of the month has kicked off with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) up more than 260 points at midday. Stocks sold off yesterday on post-rate cut comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, but are bouncing back today on renewed hopes for additional quantitative easing. Soft economic data is boosting tra...Read More

The equity is within striking distance of annual-low territoryOil-and-gas stock Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE:HP) is in the red with crude futures today, with oil prices set to snap a five-day winning streak. What's more, the worst may be ahead for HP shares, which just flashed a bearish technical signal and are facing seasonal headwinds, if past is prologue.Helmerich & Payne stock gapped lower la...Read More

Zinc was lower at the close of trading on the London Metal Exchange on Thursday August 1, falling by some 1.3%, although nickel eked out some gains above $14,500 per tonne. Zinc and lead futures were the day's underperformers, closing at $2,404 per tonne while and below resistance at $2,000 per tonne respectively. The zinc-lead price differential, or switch, continues to narrow from earlier this y...Read More

Walt Disney earnings are also dueAmid a relatively light economic calendar, Wall Street will be watching another big dose of corporate earnings reports. While ride-hailing names Lyft (LYFT) and Uber (UBER) will each make their second appearances on the earnings stage since going public earlier this year, blue chip Walt Disney (DIS) will step up to the plate following the Dow stock's record-setting...Read More

AMAG Pharmaceuticals has earnings coming up tooWomen's healthcare concern AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAG) has underperformed in a big way in the past year, but analysts at H.C. Wainwright see a trend change coming. The brokerage firm this morning began coverage with a "buy" recommendation and $16 price target -- almost double Wednesday's close of $8.26. The shares have added 8.4% out of...Read More

FIT has been struggling since a late-February post-earnings bear gapExercise apparel name Fitbit Inc (NYSE:FIT) is suffering a massive selloff this morning, last seen down 20.1% at $3.36, a penny above the all-time low it tapped this morning. The fitness device company last night cut its full-year revenue forecast to between $1.43 billion and $1.48 billion, due to poor sales of its latest smartwa...Read More

Shanghai-bonded copper stocks hit an eight-month low at the end of July due to a fall in refined copper imports so far this year, while nickel and aluminium inventory rose due to arbitrage losses that are discouraging traders from delivering materials out of the bonded zone. Copper stocks hit their lowest level since mid-November Zinc stocks declined amid long-contract clearance, transshipme...Read More

Short sellers are likely heading for the hills todayOne of the best stocks on Wall Street today is SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), up 35% to trade at $15.10, and earlier nabbing a three-year high of $15.67. The alternative energy issue reported second-quarter revenue of $481.90 million -- topping expectations of $451.64 million -- while also upping its fiscal-year outlook. SunPower cited grow...Read More

Steel mills in Turkey continued to stay out of the deep-sea scrap markets because of limited trading activity in the finished long steel and billet markets, sources said on Thursday August 1.Despite offers for Baltic Sea- and US-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20) at around $290-295 per tonne cfr levels, mills have been unwilling to pay those prices before selling some of their own products. "There are Baltic...Read More

Shopify shares are exploring new highsThe shares of Shopify Inc (NYSE:SHOP) are soaring this morning, after the e-commerce company stepped into the earnings confessional. The Canadian firm reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that blew away analysts' expectations, and lifted its full-year revenue forecast. The earnings beat has SHOP stock up 8% at $343.09 in early trading, exploring record...Read More

Oil prices are pointed lower ahead of the openDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading just barely north of fair value this morning, after stocks sold off yesterday in the wake of what Fed Chair Jerome Powell described as a "midcycle adjustment" by the central bank -- a description of the quarter-point rate cut that wasn't quite as dovish as some market participants had hoped. Presid...Read More

The prices of steel billet and rebar in Egypt were stable in the week ended Thursday August 1 on weak demand, due to continuing uncertainty over the country's import duties."Offer prices are high, but nobody wants to book [material] before the duty situation is finalized," a local market source told Fastmarkets.In April, Egypt imposed a temporary additional import duty on rebar and billet in respo...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday August 1 that are worth another look.Multi-year lows in smelting income have sharply reduced China's production of intermediate copper products, which are primary smelting products and feed to produce copper cathodes, forcing dozens of domestic refineries to search for these materials overseas. Zinc was lower at the close...Read More

This August marks the 24th year anniversary for http://www.GoldSeek.com, a gold news and financial information website established in 1995. Today GoldSeek.com is ranked as one of the most visited gold websites in the world.GoldSeek.com is headquartered in Colorado with its international team in other parts of the United States, Canada and the Czech Republic. The site has grown to receive o...Read More

Unemployment in the U.S. is at a half-century low and the S&P 500 is trading at near-record highs. Nevertheless, the Federal Reserve today trimmed interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis on stalled manufacturing growth and an anticipated world economic slowdown.The easing cycle may be the catalyst gold needs to outperform the market and retrace its monster bull rally in the...Read More

- Ronan Manly, Bullion StarThe US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) today announced a 0.25% cut in the influential US federal funds rate from a target range of 2.25% - 2.50% to a target range of 2.00% - 2.25%, a move which was closely watched and widely signaled, but which was the first such fed funds rate cut in over 10 years.As an official interest rate which affects...Read More

Stock market indexes are currently at record or near record highs, even as the chances for recession within the next 1-2 years seem to be rising. So how great would the losses be from these record heights, if the business cycle continues and we get another round of recession and bear market?As explored in this analysis and as shown in the graph above, there is a strong case that a new recession...Read More

Gold and silver fell after the Federal Reserve stance on interest rate cut. There can be more fall today and tomorrow as well. Friday's US July nonfarm payrolls needs to come in below 100,000 for gold and silver bulls to revive. For now gold and silver bears have an upper edge. Traders and markets were way ahead on interest rate cut stance. The Federal Reserve chairman muted all those who were...Read More

London-based Appian Capital Advisory, investment advisor to metals and mining focused private equity fund Appian Natural Resources Fund, has appointed Paulo Castellari, a former Anglo American Brasil chief executive officer, to lead the firm's Brazilian operations. Appian owns Minera????o Vale Verde in Brazil, a company developing the copper-gold Serrote da Laje project, and Atlantic Nickel, opera...Read More