As the Rev. Mark Sheard sat in his office overlooking the Macedonia Baptist Church playground, the sounds of laughter poured through a thin wall.Read full newsRead More

Though a falling gold price is never ideal, investors have plenty of reasons to smile.Read full newsRead More

On the evening of May 29, the power was out in the two front rooms of Stanley Edgar's Rockwall home, where he lives with his 32-year-old son...Read full newsRead More

On the evening of May 29, the power was out in the two front rooms of Stanley Edgar's Rockwall home, where he lives with his 32-year-old son...Read full newsRead More

Six stocks have been added to the SPX so far this monthFive stocks have recently been added to the S&P 500 Index (SPX), including social media giant Twitter (TWTR). Stocks tend to get a boost when it's announced they'll be added, probably due to a combination of increased notoriety, more brokerage coverage, and buying from passively managed funds. This sparked my interest about how stocks tend to...Read More

World's largest miner BHP (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT) is said to have hired Goldman Sachs to assist in the sale of the Western Australia-based Nickel West, four years after giving up on the plan to divest the asset because it could find a suitor to meet price expectations.In 2017, the last time Nickel West was on the block, Glencore offered $200 million for the business, The Australian reports. (su...Read More

Mining infrastructure supplier Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) has bowed to Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, in the battle for junior iron ore miner Atlas Iron (ASX: AGO), by saying Wednesday it would not make an offer to counter her A$390 million ($288 million) cash bid.Fortescue Metals still has a 19.9%-stake in Atlas and has not yet disclosed whether it plans to launch a rival bid or sel...Read More

Ten people were killed and another 10 injured after a dumping site for copper mining waste collapsed in the town of Kitwe in Zambia's Copperbelt province, police said on Wednesday."The incident happened this morning and at least 10 people have been confirmed dead," Copperbelt police chief Charity Katanga said by phone from Kitwe, 400 km (248 miles) north of the capital Lusaka.Zambia is Africa's se...Read More

The tech:gold ratio was waving red flags late in 2007.How does the same ratio look today?Do present day facts support the major top theory? Keeping Our Eye On The Ball As human beings, we all tend to focus on what is in front of us. During the session on Tuesday, June 19, this is what was in front of us. A More Balanced View One of the keys to making more prudent and rational decisions is to look...Read More

Canadian-gold junior Brixton Metals intends to create a standalone cobalt company from its Langis and Hudson projects. Brixton intends to maintain exposure to the cobalt assets through a retained equity interest in the spin-out company. The CEO of Brixton, Gary Thompson, hopes to unlock some of the company's value. "Given the recent activity in the Cobalt market with higher prices and strong dema...Read More

Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average  declined sharply on Tuesday, falling for a sixth straight session, as President Donald Trump issued new trade threats against China. The Dow's decline marked the index's longest losing streak since March 2017.The Dow is now almost 2,000 points below its all-time high reached in late J...Read More

By John Ing, President & CEOMaison Placements Canada Inc We believe markets are vulnerable to a serious correction on four fronts: runaway deficits, property bubbles, mounting inflation and geo-political tensions. With America's outsized international funding requirements and a debt to GDP ratio of 100 percent made worse by a long spell of strong growth and easy money, the greenback is in for...Read More

The Tuesday Market Minute Global stocks plunge as US/China trade was escalates following latest Trump tariff threat.President vows to target an additional $200 billion in China-made goods for fresh 10% levies.China shares hit two-year low; Asia markets tumble, dollar trades at 11-month high as risk appetite vanishes.European shares open sharply lower, with export-focused benchmarks in...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday June 20.Base metals on the London Metal Exchange ended trading broadly lower on Tuesday June 19, led by a 2.2% drop in aluminium prices, while nickel and zinc's three-month prices dipped 2.1%. Read more here in our live futures report.Here is how prices looked at the close of trading:BHP has agreed to sell its Cerro Colorado coppe...Read More

Investing.com – Gold prices gained on Tuesday as intensifying U.S.-China trade tensions fuelled investor appetite for safe-haven gold. A softer dollar was also cited as supportive.Gold futures for?EUR?August?EUR?delivery on the?EUR?Comex?EUR?division of the New York Mercantile Exchange were?EUR?up $5.70, or 0.44%, to $1,285.70?EUR?a troy ounce by 12:40 AM ET (04:40 GMT).U.S. President Donald...Read More

SHANGHAI, Jun 20 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightThe US dollar index registered a fresh high in 11 months on Tuesday and closed at 94.98 overnight, up 0.25%.This led base metals futures to fall across the board, except for SHFE tin. LME copper, aluminium, zinc dropped over 2%, nickel slid close to 2%, tin and lead fell cl...Read More

SHANGHAI, Jun 20 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightThe US dollar index registered a fresh high in 11 months on Tuesday and closed at 94.98 overnight, up 0.25%.This led base metals futures to fall across the board, except for SHFE tin. LME copper, aluminium, zinc dropped over 2%, nickel slid close to 2%, tin and lead fell cl...Read More

* (Updates to close, adds commentary)* Agricultural commodities, metals, stocks tumble* Bond yields tumble as U.S. Treasuries in demand* Oil futures fall, investors eye safe haven currencies* Risk sentiment hurt as Trump threatens China with new tariffsBy Sin?(C)ad CarewNEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - Global stock markets fell with U.S. bond yields and agricultural commodities on Tuesday, while the...Read More

* (Updates to early afternoon, adds commentary, price updates)* Agricultural commodities, metals, stocks tumble* Bond yields tumble as U.S. Treasuries in demand* Oil futures fall, investors eye safe haven currencies* Risk sentiment hurt as Trump threatens China with new tariffsBy Sin?(C)ad CarewNEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - Global stock markets tumbled with U.S. bond yields and agricultural commod...Read More

* STOXX 600 down 0.7 pct* Autos tumble on trade tariff fears* Siemens (NS:SIEM) and Airbus lead industrials down* Multinational clothes, luxury stocks sell off* Debenhams falls after another profit warning (Adds details, closing prices)By Helen ReidLONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - European shares extended a sell-off on Tuesday as a trade war between the United States and China escalated, with autos...Read More