Bedford-based RosCan Gold (TSXV: ROS) announced this week positive assay results from an initial Air Core drilling program at its Kandiole project in western Mali.The project is comprised of five permits of contiguous land in the Birimian Rocks, east of B2Gold's Fekola mine and Iamgold's Boto and Diakha deposits.In a press release, RosCan said that the drilling program was completed in December 20...Read More
Swiss bank chief Sergio Ermotti has warned that financial liquidity in global markets should not be assumed. Speaking on the same Davos panel J.P. Morgan's asset and wealth management chief said a lack of liquidity is "what we all worry about."David Reid| @cnbcdavyPublished 12 Hours AgoUpdated10 Hours AgoCNBC.com show chapters Liquidity can freeze very quickly: UBS CEO 6:49AM...Read More
Trade, earnings, and politics dominated headlines this weekTraders had a ton to digest this week, especially considering it was cut a day short for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday. Fourth-quarter earnings season was in full swing, but constant buzz around U.S.-China relations, the government shutdown, and the Fed kept shifting Wall Street's attention seemingly hour to hour. As of this...Read More
Canada's Mirasol Resources (TSX-V: MRZ) announced that it has signed an option to purchase agreement which would allow it to complete the consolidation of the Sascha - Marcelina low sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag district in the Santa Cruz province of southern Argentina.In a press release, Mirasol explained that under the terms of the agreement, it can acquire 100% of the Marcelina claims from a pri...Read More
GOLD continues to trade below key resistance at 1,298.55 as it remains in consolidation mode. On the downside, support comes in at the 1,280.00 level where a break will turn attention to the 1,270.00 level. Further down, a cut through here will open the door for a move lower towards the 1,260.00 level. Below here if seen could trigger further downside pressure targeting the 1,250.00 level. Convers...Read More
WSJ: The Fed's balance sheet unwind could end sooner than expectedWith an end hopefully in sight for the now record-breaking government shutdown, and after upbeat comments about U.S.-China trade negotiations from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is up more than 200 points -- now pacing for its fifth consecutive weekly win, and its longest weekly win streak...Read More
Citrix Systems stock gapped lower post-earnings yesterdayCitrix Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) gapped lower yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 24, in the wake of a subpar quarterly report. This triggered three price-target cuts to the software name, including to $110 from $115 at Wedbush. However, it's not all bad news: that drop has put CTXS in touch with a trendline with historically bullish implications....Read More
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XAUUSD, Daily, H4 & H1 Gold breached the 61.8 Fibonacci level at 1286.00 zone, last Friday (January 18), and has been unable to close above this level so far this week. The Gold price has continued to trade below this key level, re-testing it briefly on Wednesday (January 23) but also trading as low as 1276.60 on Monday and Thursday. The daily chart has Support at 1275.00 (lower...Read More
Analysts are already bullish on the nameOppenheimer initiated coverage on Aptose Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:APTO) with an "outperform" rating and a $6 price target -- a nearly 200% premium to last night's close -- sending the stock up 3.5% to trade at $2.09. The brokerage firm waxed optimistic on the company's cancer drug, CG-806, and its potential for commercial growth as a treatment for both acute...Read More
Several analysts tweaked their price targets after earningsDespite its fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue miss, the shares of Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC) are up 10% at $44.18, on a positive forecast from the company. Specifically, the data storage concernforesees improved revenue in the second half of the year, as it beginsto cut costs. WDC bottomed out at a six-year low of $33.83...Read More
The brokerage firm thinks advertising and AWS drove strong revenue growth for AMZNCowen chimed in on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) ahead of the e-tailer's quarterly earnings report, due after the market closes next Thursday, Jan. 31. The analyst believes Amazon's fourth-quarter earnings will arrive at the top end of previous estimates, driven by strong revenue growth in its advertising business,...Read More
* Indian discounts shrink; dealers eye import duty announcement* China premiums at $9.50-$11.50 an ounce* Festival buying picks up in Singapore as wellDemand for physical gold in India improved slightly this week as local prices eased from their highest level in over five years, while buying gathered steam in China ahead of the Lunar New Year festival.Dealers in India were offering a discount of u...Read More
Early investors stand to reap the rewards as a new technology looks to change everything.One research firm - which recommended Google and Amazon before they became household names - has built a worldwide reputation of identifying profitable tech trends well before Wall Street and the talking heads on T.V.And just recently, they've uncovered a technology that's already being labeled "humanity's las...Read More
CGC shares are eyeing their highest close in monthsCanopy Growth Corp (NYSE:CGC) is trading up 6.1% this morning at $46.92, after Piper Jaffray again weighed in bullishly on the weed stock. The brokerage firm -- which earlier this month made public its positive view on the cannabis space -- boosted its price target on CGC shares to $60 from $40. In the note, analysts called out the company's appro...Read More
SBUX could test its early November record highs todayThe shares of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) are up 4.5% in electronic trading, after the coffee giant's blowout earnings report. Starbucks reported fiscal first-quarter adjusted earnings of 75 cents per share on $6.6 billion in revenue, both soundly exceeding analysts' expectations. Same-store sales also rose 4% year-over-year, more than...Read More
There's a ton for traders to consider this morning on Wall StreetDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading above fair value this morning, as stocks try to end the busy four-day trading week on a positive note. Either way, it's setting up to be another action-packed day on Wall Street, with traders digesting renewed negotiations around the government shutdown, a leading Wall Street Jou...Read More
(Updates with closing prices, aluminium technicals)By Eric OnstadLONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Zinc prices hit their highest inthree months on Friday on worries that weak refined output inChina could send the global market into deficit.Lead also hit a three-month peak after inventories dwindled,while the wider industrial metals market was boosted by asliding dollar."The big question in zinc is s...Read More
Gold could revisit the high of $1,286 hit earlier this week, as the repeated bounce from sub-$1,280 may have weakened the bearish view put forward by the contracting triangle breakdown. Hourly chart As seen above, sellers are struggling for a convincing break below $1,280. Further, the 14-hour RSI is showing a diamond breakout. Put simply, the indicator is possibly hinting it an impending b...Read More
China officially added gold to its reserves last month for the first time in two years and has been shrinking its holdings of US Treasuries. The Russians have also made similar moves.There have also been efforts to limit exposure to the US dollar by setting up alternative payments systems and financial channels that don't rely on the greenback.Gold offers countries some measure of independence...Read More