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
The equity has dropped more than 50% from its September peakThe shares of portable oxygen supplier Inogen Inc (NASDAQ:INGN) have been hit hard since their Sept. 13 peak of $287.79, falling more than 50%. However, Needham said now is the time to strike on INGN, upgrading the equity to "strong buy" from "buy," and reiterating a $280 price target -- more than double the stock's current perch of $138....Read More
Mr. Stephen Nano reports MIRASOL ANNOUNCES AGGRESSIVE 2019 EXPLORATION PROGRAM WITH OVER $7 MILLION SPENDING BY JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSMirasol Resources Ltd. has provided an update on exploration activities in progress and scheduled at the company's projects in Chile and Argentina for the coming exploration season.Stephen Nano, Mirasol's president and chief executive officer, commented, "The compan...Read More
Not so long ago the fabulous FAANGs could do no wrong. From July through October, the share prices of FacebookFB, +0.67% AmazonAMZN, -1.11% AppleAAPL, -4.78% NetflixNFLX, -1.34% and Google parent AlphabetGOOG, +0.56%GOOGL, +0.29% were hitting record after record, and the only thing investors disagreed about was how much further they could go. But over the last few weeks, these stocks have been d...Read More
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will take ‘several’ years to normalize policy and wrapping up a 2.6 trillion asset purchase scheme next month is only the first step, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said on Tuesday.The ECB plans to end its purchases at the close of the year but said it would keep rates steady at record lows at least through next summer, suggesting tha...Read More
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has bid for Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) 22 regional sports networks, including Yes Network, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.Neither Disney nor Amazon immediately respond to Reuters request for comment.Reporting by Vibhuti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those o...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened sharply lower on Tuesday as poor forecasts from retailers for the holiday quarter fed into a market driven lower this week by concerns about demand for iPhones.The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 398.76 points, or 1.59 percent, at the open to 24,618.68.The S&P 500 .SPX opened lower by 36.13 points, or 1.34 percent, at 2,654.60. The Nasdaq Composite .I...Read More
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Billionaire Chinese actress Zhao Wei and her husband have been barred from taking on key positions at listed companies for five years for violating securities regulations, the Shanghai Stock Exchange said on Tuesday.The exchange’s announcement comes more than a month after another Chinese actress Fan Bingbing came under fire for failing to pay millions of dollars in tax...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stock futures dropped by up to 1 percent on Tuesday as a technology rout in the previous session sparked by concerns over iPhone sales sapped investors’ appetite for high-growth companies.Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) lost 1.4 percent in premarket trading, putting it on course for its seventh decline in the past nine sessions, and around 20 percent down from a peak earlier th...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - Precipitate Gold Corp. (TSXV: PRG) (the "Company" or "Precipitate") is pleased to announce it has appointed Mr. Mejico Angeles-Lithgow as an advisor and consultant to the Company.Mr. Angeles-Lithgow is a Dominican national who, until March 2018 held the position of President and Executive Director of the Barrick-Pueblo Viejo mining operation in the Dominican Republic,...Read More
(Reuters) - Target Corp (TGT.N) reported third-quarter earnings and comparable sales below estimates on Tuesday at a time when a strong economy has boosted consumer spending at rival retailers, sending its shares down 7 percent in premarket trade.Sales at stores open at least a year rose 5.1 percent, short of analysts’ estimates of a 5.21 percent increase, according to IBES data from Refinit...Read More
Fred Imbert | Spriha SrivastavaPublished 15 Hours AgoUpdated2 Hours AgoCNBC.com show chapters The U.S. stock market is tanking again—Here’s what five experts are saying now 6 Hours Ago |03:19 The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 fell sharply on Tuesday and turned negative for the year as a decline in Target shares pressured retailers, while some of the m...Read More
Mr. Cooper Quinn reportsOSPREY ANNOUNCES ASSAY RESULTS FROM PREVIOUSLY UNSAMPLED CORE AT CARIBOU PROJECT, INCLUDING 70.57 METRES OF 1.58 GRAMS PER TONNE GOLDOsprey Gold Development Ltd. has provided further results from its continuing 2018 exploration program under way at the Caribou gold project located in Nova Scotia, Canada. Caribou is approximately 80 kilometres northeast of the city of Halifa...Read More
Target reported disappointing quarterly earningsFutures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) are getting clobbered, down nearly 300 points, with stocks set to extend Monday's slide. S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) futures are doing no better, as several tech stocks and FAANG names continue to cruise into bear market territory. In addition, retailers are contributing to the b...Read More
TGT shares are set to hit multi-month lowsThings have been pretty ugly for stocks in recent weeks, and today's shaping up no different. Futures on the major U.S. indexes are below fair value, and one of the biggest stories is a disappointing third-quarter earnings report from Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT). Profit and same-store sales for the period both came up short of expectations, despite a 49%...Read More
VIENNA (Reuters) - Italy does not pose an immediate economic risk within the euro area but it has significant financing needs this year and next that could become an issue over the longer term, European Central Bank policymaker Ewald Nowotny said on Tuesday.“It is not the case that (there is) an immediate economic threat. Immediately it is rather a political problem,” Nowotny told a ne...Read More