The possibility of the U.S. economy slowly reopening gave stocks a big boost The Dow notched a roughly 133-point win on Tuesday -- despite ceding a chunk of its gains from earlier in the session -- as some concern over a second wave of coronavirus cases lingers. Overall though,Wall Street eyed talks of slowly reopening the U.S. economy with optimism, especially after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo...Read More
AKAM has ample support during this unsteady climateCloud computing name Akamai Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM) is one of many the many stocks suffering a volatile swings during the past two months. When trading during such an unsteady stock market climate, it's important to gather ample support behind any decision when it comes to your portfolio. One way we gauge what a potential pullback means fo...Read More
Gold prices have been in focus amid the broad-market volatilityGold prices have been on investor's radar all year, amid the broad market crash and subsequent rapid recovery. Through it all, mining stocks such as Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) have come out relatively unscathed, to the tune of a 107% 12-month gain. As if that's not enough, data from Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky Whi...Read More
The Dow is up around 360 points middayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is up around 360 points at midday, as hopes of the economy "reopening" and new earnings data outweigh the hesitance surroundingfears of a potential second wave. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also firmly in the black, with oil eyeing its fifth-straight session of wins. At last check, the front-m...Read More
Marathon reported a slimmer-than-expected, first-quarter lossThe shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) are up 1.4% at $31.96 this morning after reporting slimmer-than-expected, first-quarter losses of 16 cents per share, compared to analysts' anticipated losses of 31 cents per share. The firm's reported revenue of $24.08 billion also beat estimates. Meanwhile, Marathon said it would cut sp...Read More
Hertz entered into a forbearance deal in an effort to avoid bankruptcy Since investors caught wind that Hertz Global Holdings Inc (NYSE:HTZ) was looking at the possibility of filing for bankruptcy, the shares of the car rental name have been in a landslide. Coming into today HTZ was off over 35% month-over-month; however, reports this morning say Hertz has entered into forbearances and limited...Read More
SBUX found short-term support at its 30-day trendlineAfter Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) reported last week earnings that fell short of Wall Street's expectations, the company announced last night it expects 90% of company-owned stores in the U.S. to be open by early June, with 85% to be opened by the end of this week. As a result, the shares of Starbucks are up 3.5%, last seen trading at...Read More
Crude futures are eyeing their fifth straight win todayDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are signaling big gains this morning, ready to build off of yesterday's tech-fueled rally. Futures on the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) and S&P 500 Index (SPX) are also confidently above fair value, as investors look for signs of a slowly reopening U.S. economy amid the coronavirus crisis. Oil prices app...Read More
Jack ChanPosted May 4, 2020Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a long-term BUY signal.Long-term signals can last for months and are more suitable for investors.Short-term is on BUY signal. Short-term signals can last for days and weeks and are more suitable for traders.Our ratio remains on BUY signal.Long-term is bullish. $HUI needs a weekly close above 278 to confirm that a new bull leg is i...Read More
Allianz Chief Economic Advisor, Mohamed A. El-Erian discusses the impact the coronavirus has has on the economy, the government's fiscal and monetary response and why the worst is not over.Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, a global investment firm and one of the world...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comMay 5, 2020 Pleaseclick here now. Switzerland loves bunkers and Switzerland loves gold. The simple difference between the Swiss government and the US government is that the Swiss government loves to prepare its citizens for hardship, and America’s government leaves its citizens total...Read More
By Craig HemkeOne might think that the current madness combined with QE?^? from the global central banks would lead to surging speculator interest in owning and trading COMEX precious metals futures. But the opposite is true. How weird is that?These are odd times in the global precious metals markets. Across COMEX and LBMA, all sorts of strange occurrences have been taking place. From the COMEX...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, May 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company" or "GRC") reported consolidated production results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 of 10,142 ounces of gold and 407,625 ounces of silver. In addition to precious metals, the Company produced base metals resulting in net revenue of $28 million and...Read More
Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. Please click here now. Switzerland loves bunkers and Switzerland loves gold.2. The simple difference between the Swiss government and the US government is that the Swiss government loves to prepare its citizens for hardship, and America's government leaves its citizens totally unprepared for hardship, while engaging in relentless debt-funde...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger reflects on how Rodney Dangerfield's famous one-liner applies to today's gold market.Rodney Dangerfield Wikimedia CommonsIn March 1967, for most of the adult population in North America, the most popular comedians were almost all television series personalities, such as Carol Burnett, Buddy Ebsen and Dick Van Dyke. These stars were the softcore comics enjoyed by t...Read More
Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report With North Dakota Bakken oil production down more than 30%, the death of the mighty shale region has begun. There is no way for the companies producing shale oil in the Bakken to recover from this global contagion overnight collapse. Yes, it virtually happened overnight. Since March 1st, the Bakken has seen at least 400,000 barrels per day of production s...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold's action is not bad! You can see the short-term daily chart show the downtrend in the short-term, to break out of the pattern, gold would need to get over $1737:Read More
There will be a sell off if gold and silver fall today. Crude oil is bullish. There will be renewed short term hot money in crude oil (long positions) if crude oil rises till Thursday. Gold is somehow managing to float over $1700. Corrections up to $1650 will be a part of the bullish trend. Short term bearish trend will be there only if gold falls below $1650. Day traders and jobbers need to rem...Read More
Aben Resources has identified multiple targets at the Forrest Kerr Gold Project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Aben's Forrest Kerr Gold ProjectFor the last several summer drill seasons, most of Aben Resources Ltd.'s (ABN:TSX.V; ABNAF:OTCQB) attention has centered on its 23,000-hectare Forrest Kerr Gold Project, located in northern British Columbia, in the heart of the Golden Triangle. Som...Read More
Mineralization suggests the presence of an epithermal system at this project of X-Terra Resources. X-Terra Resources Inc. (XTT:TSX; XTRRF:OTCMKTS; XTR:FSE) announced in a news release that drilling encountered a new gold bearing structure at the Grog target in New Brunswick."Hole GRG-20-012 identified gold (Au) mineralization over a significant width with one interval of 0.41 g/t Au over 36 meter...Read More