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McEwen Mining (MUX) was trading 3% lower on Thursday after the Toronto-based company announced suspension of a shareholder payout just a day before the record date.Chairman Rob McEwen, who owns 23% of the company worth $586 million in New York, said it decided on the freeze because of operating issues at the Black Fox mine in Ontario and with the startup of its Nevada project Gold Bar:"While viewe...Read More

McEwen Mining (MUX) was trading 3% lower on Thursday after the Toronto-based company announced suspension of a shareholder payout just a day before the record date.Chairman Rob McEwen, who owns 23% of the company worth $586 million in New York, said it decided on the freeze because of operating issues at the Black Fox mine in Ontario and with the startup of its Nevada project Gold Bar:"While viewe...Read More

STM and LRCX just pulled back to trendlines with historically bullish implicationsSeveral chip stocks are lower today, after Japan-based Renesas Electronics issued partial production cuts to counter slowing Chinese demand. Two such names in the red today are STMicroelectronics NV (NYSE:STM) and Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX). However, if history is any guide, both semiconductor stocks co...Read More

The ECB cut its economic growth forecastU.S. markets are being weighed down by a downwardly revised economic growth forecast from the European Central Bank (ECB), which also unveiled a new stimulus plan and said it doesn't expect to hike interest rates until 2020.ECB President Mario Draghi warned of a "period of continued weakness and pervasive uncertainty." As such, the Dow Jones Industrial Avera...Read More

The electric vehicle (EV) revolution has galvanised battery metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel - and now the tiny tin market is becoming aware that it, too, might be a beneficiary.The International Tin Association (ITA) has just released a report on the use of tin in lithium-ion batteries. The headline takeaway is that this additional use beyond soldering and packaging could generate a dema...Read More

Debt in 2019: Fed balance sheet & U.S. national debt to rise further.Institutional capital buying gold in a currency crisis will be like 'Hoover Dam going through a garden hose'.Fundamentals for silver are better than gold at this moment.SBTV welcomes Daniel Ameduri, Co-Founder of Future Money Trends and Crush The Street, back as we discussed future Fed rate hikes, the state of U.S. de...Read More

Diamond rich Botswana expects mineral revenues in the 2019/20 fiscal year to drop by 4 percent to 13.6 billion pula ($1.26 billion) due to a decline in royalties and dividends, a minerals ministry budget document showed on Thursday.Mineral Resources Minister Eric Molale said in the document that global diamond demand was showing signs of slowing down. Retail jewellery sales fell during the last qu...Read More

Analysts are already bullish on the surging stockBerenberg initiated coverage on Zebra Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:ZBRA) with a "buy" rating and $250 price target -- a 24% premium to last night's close. The brokerage firm waxed optimistic on the barcode printer maker's growth potential, as demand for asset tracking strengthens as companies across a wide swath of sectors scramble to keep up with Ama...Read More

South Africa's struggling state power firm Eskom may need more bailouts from government to survive, after the country's energy regulator on Thursday granted it smaller tariff hikes than the utility had wanted.Eskom supplies more than 90 percent of the power in Africa's most industrialised economy. But it is grappling with cashflow problems, breakdowns at its creaking coal-fired power station fleet...Read More

According to the latest IIROC short report for the period ending February 28th, shorts appear to be pressing against insiders at Indigo Books & Music (IDG). The bookseller had a negligible short position in mid-February, but that soared to 3.1% of the stock's float by month end. Short sellers may be betting that the stock is vulnerable to seasonal factors with the busy Christmas shopping season n...Read More

However, AGN shares have shaken off pre-market lossesAllergan plc (NYSE:AGN) is up 4.2% to trade at $143.31, shaking off some subpar drug data. Specifically, Rapastinel, the company's depression treatment, failed three late-stage studies. However, AGN shareholders may be celebrating separate news, after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted the company's application to extend the use of...Read More

Vancouver-based GoldMining has updated the resource estimate for its Yellowknife gold project in the greenstone belt of the same name.The latest resource estimate contains 1.1 million oz. of gold in 14.1 million measured and indicated tonnes grading 2.33 g/t gold. The inferred portion contains 739,000 oz. in 9.3 million tonnes grading 2.47 g/t gold. The new numbers are an 18% increase in the mea...Read More

Vancouver-based GoldMining has updated the resource estimate for its Yellowknife gold project in the greenstone belt of the same name.The latest resource estimate contains 1.1 million oz. of gold in 14.1 million measured and indicated tonnes grading 2.33 g/t gold. The inferred portion contains 739,000 oz. in 9.3 million tonnes grading 2.47 g/t gold. The new numbers are an 18% increase in the mea...Read More

The retailer reported fourth-quarter revenue and a first-quarter forecast that fell short of analysts' expectations The shares of American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are down 1.1% at $21.12 in early trading after the apparel concern's fourth-quarter results. The company reported a marginal earnings beat, but its revenue and first-quarter guidance fell short of analysts' expectations. American Eag...Read More

The weekly 3/8 19-strike call was sold to open recentlyThe shares of Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) are spiraling, after the grocery chain reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 48 cents per share on $28.09 billion in revenue -- below consensus estimates. The company also said full-year per-share earnings will arrive between $2.15 and $2.25, less than analysts are expecting, citing increased expenses r...Read More

STZ received positive attention, while BUD was downgradedBeer stocks Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE:STZ) and Anheuser Busch Inbev NV (NYSE:BUD) received analyst attention this morning. Let's take a quick look at how the shares of STZ and BUD fared as a result. Credit Suisse initiated coverage on Constellation Brands with an "outperform" rating and $230 price target. The majority of analysts were...Read More

   •  Extends the recent consolidative price action for the third consecutive session.   •  Bulls seemed rather unimpressed by a subdued USD price action/cautious mood. Gold quickly reversed an early European session dip to fresh one-month lows, albeit remained well within a familiar trading range held over the past three trading session. Following the recen...Read More

Productivity and labor costs data hit the Street bright and earlyThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is fresh off a three-day losing streak, but futures on the blue-chip index are cautiously higher today, propped up by the European Central Bank (ECB) decision to leave interest rates unchanged through the end of 2019 -- longer than previously forecast -- and launch a newlonger-term loan stimulus...Read More

Zimbabwe will scrap a law that denies foreign platinum mining companies control of their operations in the country, the mines minister said on Thursday.It's part of continued review of (the) Zimbabwe is open for business mantra."Foreign platinum and diamond miners have been restricted to only 49 percent ownership of their Zimbabwe operations by the black economic empowerment law introduced during...Read More