The blue chip reports earnings after the closeAlthough March Madness gets underway today, athletic apparel stock Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) will be in the spotlight tonight for another reason: earnings. The blue chip is expected to report its quarterly figures after the close today. Ahead of the event, NKE option bulls are posting up.Nike has already seen roughly 19,000 calls cross the tape today -- four...Read More

Alacer is not a value play anymore, it is more of an exploration play now.What the market didn't see last year was positive growth. What the market is missing now might be a negative in the form of future lower ore grades.However, there are still 3 catalysts that could push the stock price higher.In 2018 I did a comprehensive analysis of gold miners, I spent more than a month on them and deepl...Read More

Great Bear Resources of Vancouver has hit grades as high as 30.15 g/t gold over 7.25 metres during drilling at its 100% owned Dixie project in the Red Lake District. Both the Dixie Hinge zone (DHZ) and Dixie Limb zone (DL) were drilled, sometimes with a single hole providing core from both zones.At the DHZ hole 031 intersected four gold veins along a 141-metre wide zone of increased quartz veining...Read More

Great Bear Resources of Vancouver has hit grades as high as 30.15 g/t gold over 7.25 metres during drilling at its 100% owned Dixie project in the Red Lake District. Both the Dixie Hinge zone (DHZ) and Dixie Limb zone (DL) were drilled, sometimes with a single hole providing core from both zones.At the DHZ hole 031 intersected four gold veins along a 141-metre wide zone of increased quartz veining...Read More

Headwinds from Canadian Solar's sell-off are pressuring JKS stock todayAlternative energy name JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) is preparing to report earnings before the open tomorrow, March 22, and we noticed some interesting options data ahead of the release. Specifically, speculators are pricing in a 17.1% swing for tomorrow's trading, which on top of being a large number on the surface...Read More

Analysts and options traders are in overdrive todayThe shares of Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) are plunging in today's trading, after the pharma giant and its partner Eisai halted two late-stage Alzheimer's disease drug trials. The decision came after an independent data company said the trials were likely to fail. Considering the drug, aducanumab, had once been projected by Goldman Sachs to reach $12...Read More

Not all of the analyst attention was bullish, thoughMicron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) stock is up 7.5% to trade at $43.13, after the chipmaker reported a fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue beat. However, while the company expects a memory chip recovery later this year, its current-quarter sales forecast came in lower than expected. Despite the upward price action, the analyst reaction ha...Read More

Philippine nickel producer DMCI Mining Corp, a unit of conglomerate DMCI Holdings Inc, on Thursday said it expected 2019 to be a tough year, with one of its two mines still suspended and its inventory almost depleted.DMCI's mines, operated by subsidiaries Berong Nickel Corp and Zambales Diversified Metals Corp, were among those ordered shut in 2016 when the government launched an industry-wide cra...Read More

There's room for more upbeat analyst attention, thoughIt's been an outstanding run for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock, with the shares nabbing positive closes in eight of the last nine sessions. AAPL is poised for another daily gain -- up 1.9% to trade at $191.79, the best Dow stock so far -- after more bullish analysts chimed in on the FAANG stock as buzz around the Apple video streaming service...Read More

Is it time to prepare for the next financial crisis?Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is going on?Former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, one of the most widely-followed financial analys...Read More

Australian developer Jervois Mining said on Thursday it expects to have chosen by year-end a joint venture partner to help develop its nickel-cobalt battery materials project in New South Wales state.Jervois, whose management is made up of ex-Glencore executives, is developing the Nico Young deposit in southeastern Australia ahead of an expected boom in demand for the metals used in rechargeable b...Read More

Vancouver, BC - World Class Extractions Inc. ("World Class") (CSE: PUMP) and Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) (the "Company" or "Quadron") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a binding letter of intent (the "LOI") to proceed with a business combination by way of a statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) pursuant to which World...Read More

The Olive Garden parent reported a third-quarter earnings and revenue beatThe shares ofDarden Restaurants Inc (NYSE:DRI) are up 4.1% at $113.05 in early trading after this morning's fiscal third-quarter earnings report exceeded analysts' expectations on the top and bottom line. The company also lifted its full-year profit guidance. CEO Gene Lee cited strong sales in its Olive Garden and Longhorn...Read More

President Trump has said China tariffs could remain in place for a "substantial period of time"Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are pointed sharply lower this morning, after Wednesday's Fed announcement sparked concern over a slowing global economy. U.S.-China trade uncertainty is also keeping markets on edge, after President Donald Trump said yesterday tariffs on Chinese goods could re...Read More

Yesterday was SCS' worst day in more than 3 yearsOffice furniture firm Steelcase Inc. (NYSE:SCS) saw its stock price crash 13.6% Wednesday, its worst single-day performance in over three years, after the company issued a cautious guidance due to slowing growth in international markets, which could eat into margins. However, analysts at Raymond James felt that Steelcase's fourth-quarter results wer...Read More

The world's largest miner BHP (ASX, NYSE:BHP) took a key step this week towards increasing its presence in Ecuador, the new darling of copper prospectors, by signing an earn-in and joint venture deal with Canada's Luminex Resources (TSX-V:LR).The Vancouver-based miner, which has already enlisted big names such as Anglo American and First Quantum for its other three Ecuadorian assets, has given BH...Read More

The world's largest miner BHP (ASX, NYSE:BHP) took a key step this week towards increasing its presence in Ecuador, the new darling of copper prospectors, by signing an earn-in and joint venture deal with Canada's Luminex Resources (TSX-V:LR).The Vancouver-based miner, which has already enlisted big names such as Anglo American and First Quantum for its other three Ecuadorian assets, has given BH...Read More

The world's largest miner BHP (ASX, NYSE:BHP) took a key step this week towards increasing its presence in Ecuador, the new darling of copper prospectors, by signing an earn-in and joint venture deal with Canada's Luminex Resources (TSX-V:LR).The Vancouver-based miner, which has already enlisted big names such as Anglo American and First Quantum for its other three Ecuadorian assets, has given BH...Read More

Dear Fellow Star-Gazers, Happy Full Moon and Happy Equinox! That these celestial events coincide is significant: indicating an emotional change of seasons and craving for fresh direction. Chiron conjoins the Sun within twenty four hours of the Equinox: a coincidence that suggested that this was going to be an important period for the world, - with crisis and chaos likely to be much-used...Read More

Brazil's Vale (NYSE:VALE) has halted operations at the Alegria iron mine in the Mariana complex of Minas Gerais state, which may remove up to 10 million tonnes of iron ore a year from the market.The preventive measure, said the world's top iron ore producer, was taken after a stress test failed to guarantee stability of the mine's structures. Vale noted it would restart production when new studies...Read More