NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday, with U.S. crude futures sliding to a seven-month low a day after Washington granted sanction waivers to top buyers of Iranian oil, as Iran said it had so far been able to sell as much oil as it needs to sell.Brent crude LCOc1 futures dropped 96 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $72.21 a barrel, by 11:03 a.m. EST (1603 GMT). The global benchmark hit a sessio...Read More
The stock tends to struggle in the last two months of the yearThe holidays will be here before you know it, and that means retail stocks take center stage. However, GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) is one retailer to avoid in the coming months, if history is any guide. Below, we outlined 25 stocks that tend to struggle during the holiday season.According to Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky...Read More
Bearish sentiment and recent buybacks could make RH a strong buy in NovemberIt's shaping up to be a great time to go long on home furnishings retailer Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc (NYSE:RH). While the shares have pulled back in recent months from their highs near $160 from early September, they're bouncing from the site of their 2015 and 2017 highs, hinting at double-barreled support going f...Read More
Oil prices are lower againStocks are modestly higher at midday, with traders keeping a close eye on midterm election updates. The technology sector is seeing some of the biggest gains today, with a sharp push higher for IBM (IBM) helping boost the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) to a triple-digit lead. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are up, as well, as the latter seeks to s...Read More
Gold enjoyed a 2% rally last month amid a pretty volatile October.Speculators hold a very small net long position in Comex gold, CFTC data shows. ETF investors boosted their gold holdings, albeit at a moderate pace, according to FastMarkets.Although October lived up to its reputation for risk assets, investors did not rush into gold.Given the Fed's determination to tighten its policy, investors ar...Read More
(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) said on Tuesday an internal underwriting error had caused it to reject home loan modifications, resulting in the bank foreclosing more homes than expected.The bank said in a filing with regulators that an expanded review found that 870 customers were incorrectly denied mortgage changes, leading to 545 of them losing their homes.This comes after the bank in...Read More
(Kitco News)- The gold market could struggle through the rest of the year asthere is a lack of fundamental reasons to push prices higher, according to oneAustralian Bank.It is difficult to be overly bullish on gold as there is no newcatalyst that could dramatically drive prices higher, Macquarie precious metals analyst MatthewTurner told Kitco News on the sidelines of the London Bullion MarketAsso...Read More
Canadian miners' performance slipped in the three months leading to the end of September, due mostly to weaker gold, nickel, copper and zinc prices, the latest report by consultancy Ernst & Young (EY) reveals.Following a 5% drop between April and June this year, gold prices decreased by another 5% in the third quarter, mainly due to the strong US dollar and the recent Federal Reserve rate hike of...Read More
Image courtesy of Rob Crandall/Shutterstock.com(Kitco News)- American voters are heading to the polls today to casttheir ballot in the much-anticipated midterm elections.Political pundits expect to see a split Congress with theDemocratic Party taking control of the House and the Republican Partymaintaining control of the Senate. While equity market and U.S. dollarinvestors appear to be favoring a...Read More
BELFAST (Reuters) - The United Kingdom is heading toward leaving the European Union without a divorce deal, a senior member of the Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May’s government said on Tuesday.With less than five months until Britain is due to exit the EU, May has yet to clinch a divorce deal, with negotiators stuck on the so-called “backstop” arrang...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold priceshave lost early gains and are trading modestly down inlate-morning action Tuesday. Gold lost altitude when the U.S. dollar index erased its mild early losses and as U.S. stock indexes did the same. Look forsubdued trading in the metals the rest of the day as the world marketplaceawaits the U.S. mid-term election results. December gold was last down $2.40 at$1,229.90. By...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin has experienced one of its worst annual price performances of its short 10-year-old life but also appears to have become more stable in the process.Volatility of the original and biggest cryptocurrency has sunk to its lowest for nearly two years, with price swings falling lower than increasingly edgy U.S. stocks for more than two weeks in a row.Measured on a weekly basis...Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Showdowns in Georgia and Florida pitting black Democratic candidates against white Republicans supported by President Donald Trump headline the three dozen governors’ races being contested in Tuesday’s U.S. elections.In Georgia, Stacey Abrams is vying to become the nation’s first African-American female governor. She and Andrew Gillum in Florida woul...Read More
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Harmony Gold reported a 30-percent jump in quarterly total production, the miner said on Tuesday, boosted by its Hidden Valley and Moab Khotsong mines.Total gold production in the first quarter ended September jumped to 11,773 kg from 9,040 kg in the comparable quarter last year. The total gold production decreased by 2 percent quarter-on-quarter, the company said."We...Read More
Puts have been popular for all three namesMorgan Stanley just doled out price-target hikes to auto parts stocks AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO), O'Reilly Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:ORLY), and Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP). The analyst in coverage sees the shares of AZO, ORLY, and AAPoutperforming in the next year, with tariff-related issues and e-commerce risks "at bay" for now. Morgan Stanley Sets...Read More
The stocks are moving in opposite directions todayAmicus Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOLD) and Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ:MYL) both reported third-quarter earnings yesterday evening, and analysts are reacting to the numbers. Below is a brief breakdown of this morning's trading action around shares of FOLD and MYL. FOLD Stock Down After Earnings Starting with Amicus, investors are picking through the numbe...Read More
NEW YORK - Gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered increased inflows to both North American and European funds during October, as tumultuous equity markets triggered flight-to-quality buying, the World Gold Council said on Tuesday.North American funds had inflows of $561 million while European funds posted inflows of $678 million last month, according to figures provided by the Council...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has taken credit for the stock market’s gains during his nearly two years in the White House, and those claims are reasonable given the impact of tax cuts and pro-business policies on investor sentiment.The S&P 500 has risen 28 percent since Trump’s election in November 2016 to the eve of congressional midterm elections on Tuesd...Read More
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates unveiled on Tuesday in Beijing a futuristic toilet that doesn’t need water or sewers and uses chemicals to turn human waste into fertilizer.The Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) co-founder, who a day earlier was one of the high profile guests at a major trade event in Shanghai, also lauded the globalized and free trade systems that made th...Read More
• Cautious mood underpins safe-haven demand and helps gain positive traction. • Subdued USD price action, ahead of the US midterm elections, remains supportive. • Fed rate hike expectations might keep a lid ahead of Thursday’s FOMC decision. Gold reversed an early dip to sub-$1230 level and is now holding with modest...Read More