Looking ahead, traders will keep an eye on D.C. ahead of the shutdown deadlineThe first full week of February started on a high note, though volume was initially light as traders recovered from the most boring Super Bowl ever (don't @ us, Pats fans). However, after two straight triple-digit gains, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) spent the latter half of the week in the red, amid renewed con...Read More
Wall Street's "fear gauge" is pacing for its first weekly advance of 2019The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is down nearly 250 points at midday, on track to bring its weekly winning streak of six to a halt amid mounting U.S.-China trade tensions. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported that a trade deal draft has not even yet been agreed upon, casting further doubts ahead of the March 1 de...Read More
• The precious metal reversed an early dip and jumped to fresh session tops in the last hour, turning higher for the second straight session. • The positive momentum has been strong enough to lift the commodity beyond a descending trend-channel formation on the 1-hourly chart. • Technical indicators on mentioned charts h...Read More
The old continent is dying. The euro is on the brink of collapse. This is what you can often hear in the press. But is that really the case? We invite you to read our today’s article about the development of the Eurozone in the last twenty years and find out what are the real prospect of the euro – and what does it imply for the gold market. 20 Year of Eurozone and Gold In December, we...Read More
Gold stocks' young upleg is gathering steam, marching steadily to higher lows and higher highs. These bullish technicals are gradually improving sentiment, fueling mounting interest in this contrarian sector. That's helping the gold stocks regain lost ground relative to gold, the driver of their profits. Fundamentals are growing more favorable as gold itself powers higher. All this portends much-b...Read More
Analysts are already bullish on the two stocksBTIG is chiming in on healthcare names today, and for gene editing stocks Editas Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:EDIT) and Intellia Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NTLA), this resulted in fresh "buy" ratings and impressive price targets. Both EDIT and NTLA are capitalizing on the bull notes, though the latter is still pacing toward a third straight weekly loss.EDIT Put...Read More
The oil concern appointed Olivier Le Peuch as its new COOThe shares of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) are down 1.4% at $42.85, after the oil concern appointed Olivier Le Peuch as its new chief operating officer (COO) this morning. Le Peuch was formerly Executive Vice President Reservoir & Infrastructure. Today, the stock is pacing for its third straight loss and its lowest close since a Jan. 18 p...Read More
The ongoing "risk-off" trade continues to dominate the agenda once again today. After yesterday's sharp sell-off, European stocks were struggling to rebound this morning and US index futures remained downbeat. As a result, both precious metals are higher for the second consecutive day amid safe-haven flows. These metals have found additional support from the fact major central banks...Read More
A simple way to stop picking losers, and start cashing in like Wall Street's elite.Most traders would never believe that 9 out of 10 trades could be winners.But while it may sound impossible, thanks to a research breakthrough, it may not be as far-fetched as many think.JPMorgan's trading desk produced a 99.52% win rate from 2013 through 2017. That includes 2 straight years without a losing day....Read More
Glencore is cutting the workforce at its Mutanda copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo to lower costs before a possible shift in production methods, according to people familiar with the matter.The company is studying the economic viability of those deposits, given rising production costs and an uncertainty political environment in CongoLabour unions met on Friday to discuss t...Read More
Arconic said on Friday it would split into two companies and slashed its quarterly dividend by two-thirds, just weeks after the U.S. aluminum products maker spurned a buyout offer from Apollo Global Management.The company, formed following a split of Aloca Corp in 2016, plans to spin off one of its core divisions later.The board sees more shareholder value creation through a restructuring of the c...Read More
The company is slated to report earnings on Valentine's DayThe shares of Outback parent Bloomin' Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BLMN) are lower this morning, after BofA-Merrill Lynch downgraded the stock to "underperform" from "neutral." The brokerage firm also cut its price target to $17 from $23, representing a discount to BLMN's close of $19.17 on Thursday. BofA-Merrill Lynch said the restaurant company wi...Read More
United States Steel Corporation founded Gary, Indiana in 1906 - naming it after co-founder Elbert Henry Gary - and the city's fortunes have been closely tied to the company ever since.When the firm started losing business to cheap Asian imports in the 1970s, waves of layoffs followed as Gary became a haven of blight, crime and lost population.Last year, the city harbored hopes for a revival after...Read More
India's Tata Steel Ltd reported an 83.6 percent surge in third-quarter standalone net profit on Friday, aided by robust domestic production.Standalone profit came in at 24.56 billion rupees ($344.94 million) compared with 13.38 billion rupees in the same period a year earlier, the steelmaker said.According to I/B/E/S data from Refinitiv, analysts on average had expected a profit of 25.40 billion r...Read More
Zimbabwean gold miner RioZim said on Friday it had suspended production at its three mines for the second time in four months because the central bank had failed to pay it in U.S. dollars for part of its gold deliveries.Gold producers in the southern African country sell their output to central bank subsidiary Fidelity Printers and Refiners and are supposed to be paid 55 percent of their earnings...Read More
Zimbabwean gold miner RioZim said on Friday it had suspended production at its three mines for the second time in four months because the central bank had failed to pay it in U.S. dollars for part of its gold deliveries.Gold producers in the southern African country sell their output to central bank subsidiary Fidelity Printers and Refiners and are supposed to be paid 55 percent of their earnings...Read More
Former Barrick Gold (Mostly Sunny; ABX) CEO and current Nutrien (Mostly Sunny; NTR) director Aaron Regent made a half million dollar bet on Nutrien stock December 27th. That investment is already up almost 10% in just 6 weeks.Click for largerThe returns were helped Thursday when the agricultural chemicals stock jumped 1.6% after the company reported Q4 results. Although the quarter, which generat...Read More
Glencore's Zambian unit Mopani Copper Mines Plc said on Friday it had suspended operations at its Mindola north shaft after three workers were killed in a fire accident.Mopani is one the biggest mining companies in Zambia - Africa's No. 2 producer of the metal - with an output of around 100,000 tonnes a year. It was not immediately clear how much production would be lost owing to the suspended pro...Read More
Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) said Friday it was "surprised and disappointed" at how quickly Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSX-V:CGP) dismissed a takeover approach, adding that it will bring the offer directly to the target's shareholders.Last month, SolGold put forward what it called a "premium" offer for Cornerstone's 15% share of the Cascabel copper-gold project in exchange...Read More
Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) said Friday it was "surprised and disappointed" at how quickly Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSX-V:CGP) dismissed a takeover approach, adding that it will bring the offer directly to the target's shareholders.Last month, SolGold put forward what it called a "premium" offer for Cornerstone's 15% share of the Cascabel copper-gold project in exchange...Read More