Marriott's first-quarter earnings fell well below analysts' estimates Marriott International Inc (NASDAQ:MAR) is sinking even deeper into the red at midday, down 5.6% at $82.40 at last check, following the hotel name's first-quarter earnings report, which came in well below analysts' estimates. While its revenue report topped expectations, the firm said it suffered a roughly 90% drop in revenue pe...Read More
Stifel raised its price target on WM to $115 from $110The shares of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) are down 1.1% to trade at $99.72 this morning after the firm said it would start seeking higher fees for its home trash pick up, as demand surges due to shelter-in-place orders. Waste Management's CFO Devina Rankin added that residential trash volume has surged 15% to 25% since lockdown measures we...Read More
SNE is up 31% since its March lows at $50This morning, Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE) suspended its PlayStation Store in mainland China, in an attempt to improve the online store's security. As a result, Sony will temporary miss out on sales in the world's largest video game market. Although there was no specified reopening date, the shares of Sony stock are up 0.3%% to trade at$65.75.During the broad mark...Read More
Wall Street could still be smarting from Friday's historic jobs reportDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are stuck in the red to begin the week, as plans to reopen the economy are met with concern over new COVID-19 cases. Investor jitters are being stoked by spiking infections in South Korea, after a second wave of the coronavirus hit once the country started to reopen its economy. Future...Read More
Ed Steer YESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUM09 May 2020 -- SaturdayThe gold price traded unevenly sideways to a bit lower until shortly before 1 p.m. China Standard Time on their Friday afternoon. It crept a bit higher from there until the high tick of the day was set at, or just before, the 10:30 a.m. BST morning gold fix in London. It was sold back to about the unchanged mar...Read More
Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended May-10, 2020$USAS, $BTG, $GOLD, $CXB.TO, $DPM.TO, $EQX, $FNV, $GSS, $GORO, $GLDX.V, $GCM.TO, $HL, $IAG, $KL, $LUG.TO, $NEM, $OCG.TO, $PAAS, $RGLD, $SAND, $SKE.V, $SKREF, $TMR.TO, $TMMFF $TXG.TO, $TORXF, $KGC, $WDO.TO, $WDOFF, $WPMAmericas Gold & Silver: Announced a C$25m bought deal offering as it entered into an agreement w...Read More
By: Gary SavageThe most violent recoveries ever. The bad employment report sent markets rallying. Looking to fill the gap above before the daily cycle top..Gary SavageRead More
By: Ira EpsteinUnemployment data is not representative of the true situation. Gold's Bollinger upper band, on the monthly chart, is a resistance like a fence -- $1731 area. Weekly gold chart $26 from a record close. Is it a pennant?Read More
Five LessonsChanges ComingAround the World from My HomeWe live in truly historic times. "There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen," says a quote usually attributed to Vladimir Lenin. It certainly fits now.For thousands of years, people who lived through what we call "history" didn't realize it. We are the exceptions. We're seeing history and we know it. The Vietnam W...Read More
Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended May-10, 2020$USAS, $BTG, $GOLD, $CXB.TO, $DPM.TO, $EQX, $FNV, $GSS, $GORO, $GLDX.V, $GCM.TO, $HL, $IAG, $KL, $LUG.TO, $NEM, $OCG.TO, $PAAS, $RGLD, $SAND, $SKE.V, $SKREF, $TMR.TO, $TMMFF $TXG.TO, $TORXF, $KGC, $WDO.TO, $WDOFF, $WPMAmericas Gold & Silver: Announced a C$25m bought deal offering as it entered into an agreement w...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinUnemployment data is not representative of the true situation. Gold's Bollinger upper band, on the monthly chart, is a resistance like a fence -- $1731 area. Weekly gold chart $26 from a record close. Is it a pennant?Read More
Five LessonsChanges ComingAround the World from My HomeWe live in truly historic times. "There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen," says a quote usually attributed to Vladimir Lenin. It certainly fits now.For thousands of years, people who lived through what we call "history" didn't realize it. We are the exceptions. We're seeing history and we know it. The Vietnam W...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanChief Strategist, Enriched Investing Inc.Phone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.comTwitter: @Davcha12May 11, 2020 "The dead outnumber the living fourteen to one, and we ignore the accumulated experience of such a huge majority of mankind at our peril." Niall Ferguson, Scottish born historian, senior fellow...Read More
By Rob KirbyIn recent interviews I have "borrowed" a descriptive I originally heard from Chris Martenson explaining the effect of compound interest and exponential growth. The descriptive involved picturing Yankee Stadium and beginning with a drop of water and doubling the amount of water until the stadium was full. Regarding the compounding visual - I misspoke somewhat when I originally exp...Read More
By Stefan GleasonThe forces of deflation and inflation continue to tug at the economy simultaneously.The pressures on both sides are huge.On the deflation side, jobs, industrial demand, and the small business lifeblood of communities are contracting at an unprecedented pace. Meanwhile, trillions in credit card, auto, student loan, and mortgage debt that props up consumer spending and home values...Read More
Strengths? The best performing metal this week was silver, up 3.34 percent. Gold rebounded on Thursday to steady around $1,700 an ounce as economic data worsened. Unemployment surged to nearly 15 percent in the U.S. Bloomberg notes that the number of Americans filing for unemployment was above 3 million for the seventh straight week, boosting demand for havens as the economic sit...Read More
The deflation and depression is right here, right now, and if you don't believe that, try asking some of the 30 million people who just lost their jobs in the US or those who (used to) work in the catering and tourism industries.The Fed is reacting to this situation by working to create hyperinflation because it finds it preferable to a deflationary implosion. There are two reasons for this - on...Read More
By Gary TanashianAs we noted in March while it was happening the sentiment environment became terror-stricken. Not fearful. Not over-bearish. Not even a contrarian extreme. Market sentiment was marked by full frontal terror as indicator after indicator (ref. Sentimentrader's historic readings week after week) got slammed to epic over-bearish proportions.Into the breach sprang the Treasury (i.e....Read More
By Richard (Rick) MillsCleaner skies owing to covid-19 lockdowns appear to be the silver lining of the global economy crashing to a sudden halt in March. In fact new evidence shows that high-polluting energy sources were on the wane, even before the coronavirus pandemic. According to the International Energy Association (IEA), fossil fuel usage in electricity generation dropped by 245 tera...Read More