(Kitco News) - Kitco aficionados, it is now time to have your say in where you think gold prices are heading in the short-term. Will gold prices go higher, lower or remain unchanged next week? Kitco readers will have until 9 a.m. EDT, Friday to cast their vote. The results will be tabulated and released after noon (12 PM EDT) along with the results from our market professional survey.Readers can...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro and sterling rose on Wednesday as traders monitor the latest developments between the European Union and Britain on the latter’s departure from the economic bloc, and the EU and Italy on the resubmission of the latter’s 2019 budget.Hopes the U.K. parliament would approve a draft accord for Brexit have bolstered the two currencies, while the euro has been b...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A raft of profit warnings from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) suppliers this week has fueled investor concerns that iPhone sales, in terms of volume, have hit a wall that could spell trouble for the company’s plans to make services its main pillar of growth.For the past year, investors had largely been willing to overlook stagnating unit sales of the iPhone because average sell...Read More
Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBGL) today announced it has concluded a three-year wage agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers (the NUM), Solidarity and UASA in respect of wages and conditions of service for the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021.The agreement allows for increases to the basic wage of Category 4-8 surface and underground employees. Miners, artisans and officials will rec...Read More
Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBGL) today announced it has concluded a three-year wage agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers (the NUM), Solidarity and UASA in respect of wages and conditions of service for the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021.The agreement allows for increases to the basic wage of Category 4-8 surface and underground employees. Miners, artisans and officials will rec...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Tax enforcement agencies from the United States and four other countries are leading a crackdown on “professional enablers” of international tax fraud, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service head of criminal investigations said on Wednesday.The IRS, via an alliance with Britain, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands set up earlier this year, is pursuing individuals and fi...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service lost almost $4 billion in 2018 even as package deliveries rose, according to results released on Wednesday, giving U.S. President Donald Trump potential ammunition against Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), which he claims pays too little for the agency’s services.Trump, without presenting evidence, has attacked Amazon repeatedly over the past year, accus...Read More
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The overall perceived risk to the Canadian financial system has increased slightly over the last six months but confidence in its resilience remains high, the Bank of Canada said on Wednesday.A six-monthly central bank survey of risk management professionals showed that 44 percent felt the chances of a high-impact event had grown slightly while 50 percent saw no change.Compared...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it will waive some hazardous waste regulations for auto dealers and businesses disposing of airbags, a decision designed to ensure proper disposal of potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators.Dealers will instead send airbag parts to a certified disposal facility that will then handle the airbags under hazardous wa...Read More
Snapchat's parent company is struggling after DOJ and SEC subpoenasSnap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) continues to struggle after its Oct. 26 all-time low of $5.77, and is headed for another day of losses. The stock is down 1.9% to trade at $6.58 at last check, with SNAP pacing for another close beneath resistance at its 20-day moving average. This comes after the Snapchat parent announced, late Tuesday, that...Read More
Oil, on the other hand, is headed for its first win in more than two weeksThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was up more than 200 points earlier after this morning's latest inflation update. However, the blue-chip index has since swung into the red at midday, pressured by sharp losses for Apple (AAPL) following a fresh downgrade for the FAANG stock. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite...Read More
Evidence of a looming financial crisis may be growing, according to Harry Dent.The man who warned of the 2001 tech crash, the 2008 subprime financial disaster and China's recent stock market decline - years before they happened - has issued a new earth-shattering statement:"The Dow is set to embark on a catastrophic plunge...all the way down to 6,000."Harry Dent recently explained: "Nations are...Read More
Mr. Matthew Hornor reportsMAPLE GOLD COMPLETES 2018 MAPPING AND SAMPLING PROGRAM AND IDENTIFIES NEW TARGET AREASMaple Gold Mines Ltd. has completed its first pass summer 2018 field mapping in the central part of the Douay project. Very limited historical work has been completed previously in this portion of the Project. The objective of the mapping program was to identify alkaline intrusive-relate...Read More
MILAN (Reuters) - Oil prices bounced from multi-month lows on Wednesday but stocks fell as disappointing data heightened worries over slowing global growth, while the pound wavered as Prime Minister Theresa May faced the hard task of selling her Brexit deal.European shares hit a two-week low after data showed the German economy contracted for the first time since 2015, tracking similar losses in A...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp (SHLDQ.PK) is finalizing a deal with financial firm Great American Capital Partners and other lenders for $350 million in bankruptcy financing that would keep the retailer open through the holiday season while it attempts to reorganize, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.The deal increases an existing financing package from banks to give Sear...Read More
The stock tends to outperform the week of Black FridayKohl's Corporation (NYSE:KSS) stock is slightly lower today. However, the retail stock could rally to new heights in the short term, if recent history is any indicator. Specifically, KSS has been one of the best stocks to own during Thanksgiving week, looking back 10 years, and next week's earnings release could be the catalyst to send the equi...Read More
Mr. Jeff Chisholm reportsPAN ORIENT ENERGY CORP. 2018 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL & OPERATING RESULTSPan Orient Energy Corp. has released its third quarter 2018 consolidated financial and operating results.The company is today filing its unaudited consolidated financial statements as at and for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2018 and related management's discussion and analysis with Canadian sec...Read More
How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More
Iran executed a gold dealer known as the "Sultan of Coins," in a warning to merchants not to exploit the country's financial troubles as U.S. sanctions squeeze the economy.Vahid Mazloumin was sentenced to death in October after being accused by Iranian authorities of contributing to price hikes by hoarding gold.The very specter of sanctions, even before they were resumed in August, plunged the Ira...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blue Apron Holdings Inc (APRN.N) said on Wednesday it would sacrifice overall revenue growth and cut marketing expenses in 2019, sending shares into volatile decline.The forecast comes a day after the meal-kit delivery company reported a steep decline in net revenue for the third quarter, down 28.4 percent at $150.6 million, missing average analyst forecast of $160.3 million,...Read More