FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank must complete a clean-up of the euro zone’s banking sector if it is to survive the next financial crisis, the ECB’s incoming top watchdog Andrea Enria said on Tuesday.Enria is set to head the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism, which oversees the euro zone’s 118 top lenders, many of which are still reeling from the last recess...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold andsilver prices are modestly lower in early-afternoon U.S. trading Tuesday,pressured by bearish outside markets that include another sharp drop in crudeoil prices and a rally in the U.S. dollar index. However, there’s anotheroutside market force that’s limiting the downside in the safe-haven metals: amajor sell-off in the U.S. stock market recently that has now...Read More
Options traders with short time frames had been targeting XRT puts even before todayOutside of tech, almost no sector is feeling the brunt of the stock market sell-off more than retail stocks, headlined by Target's (TGT) post-earnings slide. As such, the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) is seeing increased attention, with the exchange-traded fund (ETF) last seen trading down 1.8% at $44.67, falling furth...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has imposed sanctions on six people and three entities for their involvement in oil shipments to Syria, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday.The individuals listed in a statement by the Treasury included two Iranians, a Russian, a Syrian, an Iraqi and a Lebanese. Two of the entities listed are based in Russia and one in Iran.Reporting by Lisa Lamber...Read More
FBP has already gained 75% this year, but could keep climbingThe shares of First Bancorp (NYSE:FBP) are 2.2% lower at $8.97 in midday trading, under pressure amid the broad market sell-off today. The shares of FBP have maintained positive momentum all calendar year, and if history is any indicator, the stock could be ready to resume its long-term uptrend.On the charts, FBP boasts a year-to-date l...Read More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Tuesday provisionally agreed on rules for a far-reaching system to coordinate scrutiny of foreign investments into Europe, notably from China, to end what a negotiator called “European naivety”.Negotiators for the European Parliament and the EU’s 28 member states struck a deal to protect strategic technologies and infrastructure, such as...Read More
(Kitco News)- Silver has seen little love frominvestors this year, but according to one market analyst, disdain for theprecious metal has reached its peak and prices are due for a bounce.Mike McGlone, senior commoditystrategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, said in a report Tuesday that sentimentin silver is currently at levels that have often marked significant bottoms.Prices continue to hover near...Read More
Retail and tech stocks are driving today's downsideThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) picked up right where it left off on Monday, down 400 points at last check -- bringing its week-to-date loss beyond 3%. All 30 Dow stocks are trading in negative territory, led by another sharp sell-off for Apple (AAPL). These tech sector headwinds are being exacerbated by a round of disappointing retail earn...Read More
Urban Outfitters stock is bucking the broader retail trendShares of Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) are higher today, bucking the broader retail trend into the red, after the companystepped into the earnings confessional last night. URBN's third-quarter earnings and revenue surpassed analysts' expectations across the board, with the stock now on pace to snap a seven-day losing streak, up 4% a...Read More
Nov 20 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday, driven by a plunge in energy shares on the back of a drop in oil prices, along with a rout in global markets after technology shares slipped on iPhone demand concerns.* The energy sector dipped 2.3 percent and is on pace to post its fourth consecutive session of losses.* The technology sector's 2.7 percent plunge also weighed on the mai...Read More
In the late part of the economic cycle, it is wise to have portfolio exposure to gold.There are various ways to get exposure to gold. The question is, what kind of exposure best fits your portfolio. Also, how much exposure is appropriate?Risk averse investors should look for physical gold investing options, while those who seek volatility can look at miners. Perhaps a combination of both is best.G...Read More
ZURICH (Reuters) - Buying a second-hand luxury watch on eBay (EBAY.O) should get easier next year as the online auction platform gets better at checking that only genuine timepieces go under the hammer.“By the end of 2019, we look to have an entire suite of services available to all luxury watch sellers and buyers on the platform,” James Hendy, in charge of eBay’s authentication...Read More
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 hit a three-week low on Tuesday as weak results and forecasts from a bunch of retailers including Target and Kohl’s fanned worries about holiday season sales, while tech stocks continued to slide on concerns about iPhone sales.Apple Inc’s APPL.O 3.8 percent fall added to the pressure as the stock that led the market through much of its bull run opened at its...Read More
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark pledged to improve legal protection for whistleblowers after a British man who helped expose alleged money laundering at Danske Bank, spoke publicly for the first time.In a widening scandal, authorities in Denmark, Estonia, Britain and the United States are investigating payments totaling 200 billion euros ($228.5 billion) made through the tiny Estonian branch of Den...Read More
(Reuters) - Shares of Nvidia Corp reversed course after markets opened to gain about 2.5 percent on Tuesday after shortseller Citron Research said it has bought the chip designer's stock."Citron buys $NVDA. This is the first time in 2 years stock offers an appealing risk-reward to investors. $NVDA still a player in AI and Data...will eat through inventory issue. We see $165 before we see 120," Cit...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Investment bank Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday that it expected emerging market shares, currencies and bonds to see a modest rebound next year.“We expect modest positive returns across the major EM indices next year, albeit with low risk-adjusted returns,” analysts at Goldman said in a 2019 outlook report.They forecast that emerging market equities would see the bigge...Read More
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian air force is increasingly running short of combat-capable fighter jets and pilots and government attempts to address the problem have only made it worse, the nation’s top watchdog said on Tuesday.The report by Auditor General Michael Ferguson is the latest blow to a decade-long and trouble-plagued attempt by successive administrations to replace Canada’s...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices are trading modestly down and have lost mild earlygains in late-morning action Tuesday. The U.S. dollar index has rallied to itsdaily high, which in turn has put some downside pressure on the precious metalsmarkets. Still, another sell off in the U.S. stock market today will likelylimit the downside for the safe-haven gold and silver markets. December goldwas last dow...Read More
(Kitco News) - Average daily gold turnover was$36.9 billion and 30.2 million ounces in the London over-the-counter market duringthe last week, the London Bullion Market Association reported Tuesday uponreleasing a new report aimed at increasing transparency in the market.Average daily silver volumeduring this period was $5.2 billion and 359.3 million ounces, the report said.Some analysts pointe...Read More
SWKS earlier fell to a new two-year lowAmid the latest semiconductor sell-off, analysts have been quick to chime in with bear notes. Two names under particular pressure today due to downgrades are Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC) and Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS).Looking at Western Digital first, Susquehanna downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "positive," while slashing its price targe...Read More