Geopolitical uncertainty is helping to support gold prices, but an impending rate hike in less than two weeks could finally take its toll on the market, with some analysts expecting gold prices to test support below $1,300 an ounce in the near-term. The gold market closed its second week in relatively neutral territory, within a narrowing trading range. April gold futures last traded at $1,329 a...Read More
3 Hot Things in the Market Right Now General Electric's (GE) stock looks to build on last week's surprising 6% gain. Spotify is reportedly shooting for an April 2 listing of its stock.The collective valuations of U.S. tech stocks, as well as online retailer and Action Alerts Plus holding Amazon (AMZN) , have now topped $7 trillion, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a figures that...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday March 13.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower across the board at the close on Monday March 12, with overhead selling pressure weakening prices. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how LME prices looked at Monday's close:Copper industry participants from throughout the value chain gathered at Met...Read More
March 21 is just over a week away.That's when the Federal Open Market Committee, FOMC, the Fed's interest rate policy arm, will raise interest rates another 0.25%, the sixth such rate increase since the "liftoff" in interest rates in December 2015.This is the most aggressive tempo of rate hikes of any major central bank and puts U.S. policy rates significantly higher than those in the U.K., Japan...Read More
Every day, hundreds of regular investors just like you are becoming millionaires…And the way they're doing it is simple.They're taking advantage of the explosive growth of the medical marijuana market!A few years ago, this market was essentially worth nothing...But last year, according to Forbes, it exploded to $10 billion in sales. And by 2020, it's estimated to reach $20 billion.You might...Read More
Most of us insure our cars, homes, and other valuables.But what about your wishes?Who would you trust to pay your bills, manage your investments, and make important health care decisions if you can't?Who would make sure that things get done just the way you want them done in the event of something happening to you?It doesn't matter if you're young or old, healthy or frail, wealthy or not-so-wealth...Read More
An old friend excitedly texted me over the weekend.He wanted to get my thoughts on Spotify and Dropbox, two hot initial public offerings set to hit the market sometime in the next few weeks."I don't trade IPOs," I replied.While my buddy was disappointed that I didn't have any hot tips for him, we ended up having a productive conversation about how new stocks trade - and the best time to buy them.F...Read More
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This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business Reporter West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery lost 68 cents to $61.36 on the New York Merc, while Brent for May lost 54 cents to $64.95 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $25.55 to WTI...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Monday was a ho-hum 83-86-121. The TSX Venture Exchange fell one point to 827 while rough diamond prices were flat. Lukas Lundin and Eira Thomas's Lucara Diamond Corp. (LUC) gained three cents to...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold lost $0.50 to $1,322.60 on Monday. The TSX Venture Exchange lost 1.20 points to 827.70 while the TSX Gold Index added 1.91 points to 181.96. Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX) was strong, gaining 45 cents to $15.59 on 4.50 mil...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange lost 1.2 points to 827.70 on Monday, March 12. Vince Gasparro and Michael Galego have listed their second capital pool shell, Apolo II Acquisition Corp. (APII), following a $500,000 initial public offering at 1...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellA New York judge has imposed a sentence of three years of supervised release on Kenneth Wise, one of those charged alongside Vancouver-linked fraudster Ed Durante for an $11-million scheme. (All figures are in U.S. dollars.) Prosecutors claimed that M...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday March 13.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower across the board at the close on Monday March 12, with overhead selling pressure weakening prices. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how LME prices looked at Monday's close:Copper industry participants from throughout the value chain gathered at Met...Read More
Rosatom announced on Monday that the Russia-China Investment Fund for Regional Development will kickstart the financing for a uranium mining project in Russia's Zabaikalsky Territory.Zabaikalsky is located in the southeastern region of Transbaikalia and has a 998-kilometre border with China and a 868-kilometre border with Mongolia. According to state-owned website Sputnik, the agreement was signed...Read More
Shares in Newcrest Mining fell more 4.6 per cent Monday after the miner declared that its performance for fiscal 2018 will be definitely affected by the breach of a tailings dam wall at its Cadia gold mine."Whilst it is too early in the evaluation and recovery process for Newcrest to provide an indication of the extent to which FY18 production, capital and cost guidance will be impacted, this even...Read More
Vancouver-based Caza Gold and Arctic Blockchain have agreed to merge through a transaction described as a "reverse takeover" of Caza by Arctic. This means that the former will change its business from a mining issuer to a technology issuer. Even though the terms of the transaction are still to be defined, the idea is that following completion former Arctic shareholders will hold approximately 98.2...Read More
The past 18 months have been difficult for precious metals investors. If you had known Donald Trump would be elected and the US Dollar would soon begin a nearly 15% decline, you would have expected Gold to blow past its 2016 high. You would have been shocked to see the gold miners and junior gold stocks trading lower. Gold has fared okay but the gold stocks and Silver have lagged. As US equities h...Read More
The past 18 months have been difficult for precious metals investors. If you had known Donald Trump would be elected and the US Dollar would soon begin a nearly 15% decline, you would have expected Gold to blow past its 2016 high. You would have been shocked to see the gold miners and junior gold stocks trading lower. Gold has fared okay but the gold stocks and Silver have lagged. As US equities h...Read More
Ontario's Bruce Power has partnered with the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) to conduct a three-year study of the impact of climate change on the region. The study will investigate the impacts on the region's ecosystems as well as corporate action to tackle climate change locally and regionally.Bruce Power's Ontario site (Image: Bruce Power)The Great Lakes Region includes the Canadian pr...Read More