(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) will slow loan growth in one of its key new business areas if it sees a marked deterioration in credit quality, potentially jeopardizing new Chief Executive David Solomon’s task to boost revenue by $5 billion by 2020.Stock trading and equity underwriting helped Goldman top profit estimates in the third quarter, the first for Solomon, who aims to reduce the ba...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public companies that fail to tighten their cyber security controls could be violating federal law, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday.The regulator’s warning came in the form of a report on its investigation to assess whether nine companies that had been victims of cyber-related frauds had sufficient internal accounting controls in place...Read More
(Kitco News) - Australian scientists are proposing to launch a satellite that would be able to look 300?km (186 miles) beneath the Earth’s surface, unlocking “Australia’s hidden mineral wealth,” according to the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Earth Sciences.This kind of “downward-looking telescope” would completely change the exploration...Read More
The cloud stock was off as much as 14% earlierThe shares of Twilio Inc (NYSE:TWLO) are sinking today, after the cloud developer said it is buying mass emailing specialist SendGrid (SEND) in an all-stock deal valued at roughly $2 billion. After surrendering as much as 14% in early trading -- sending it straight to the short-sale restricted (SSR) list -- TWLO stock was last seen down 3.9% at $73.20....Read More
Near-term MTCH options are pricing in low volatility expectations at the momentOnline dating name Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:MTCH) has put in a strong performance this year, up almost 72%. More recently, the stock pulled back during last week's broad-market sell-off, but found support near $50, which is home to its April highs. The shares quickly recovered -- gaining 1.9% on Thursday, when the Nasdaq...Read More
Both precious metals have extended their recent gains with gold trading at $1230 and silver at $14.75 at the time of writing. Silver in particular is looking quite interesting from a bullish point of view. Although it has lagged behind gold, the grey metal could be about to outperform the yellow. Silver was grinding higher for the fourth consecutive session on Tuesday while gold was up for the sec...Read More
LONDON/LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May told her ministers on Tuesday they would secure a Brexit deal if they stood together, calling for a show of unity to silence those pressing her to rethink her strategy for leaving the European Union.A day before heading to Brussels for a summit, May is keen to show she has her cabinet’s support after facing pressure from some m...Read More
This could soon be the backbone of America's electrical grid.What would the perfect mining stock for this market look like?First, it would be an incredibly rare element... one with limited supply.Second, it would be an element now under the radar... but about to break out with predictable demand.Third, there should be a company working toward a virtual monopoly on this element...And these three th...Read More
(Reuters) - Wall Street’s top investment banks enjoyed a strong third quarter as strength in stock trading and equity underwriting added to the benefits from a strong U.S. economy and tax reforms.On Tuesday, Morgan Stanley (MS.N) showed gains from investment banking and trading businesses that outstripped those of traditional rival Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N).However, Goldman’s equi...Read More
Lowe's pullback last week could have bullish implicationsLast week, Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) moved 3.9% lower with the broad market sell-off, extending its weekly losing streak to three. In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, though, home repair supplies could be in high demand, which would drive the stock higher. As such, the recent pullback puts LOW in territory of a trendline with h...Read More
STLD will report earnings after tomorrow's closeShares of Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) are down 1.6% at $40.02 in afternoon trading, extending yesterday's analyst-induced sell-off. Credit Suisse slammed a number of steel stocks on Monday, and downgraded STLD to "neutral" from "outperform." The brokerage firm also slashed its price target to $51 from $55, saying rising interest rates could...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks bounced back on Tuesday across the world, supported by earnings expectations, while oil prices fell on evidence of higher U.S. oil production and increasing U.S. crude inventories.European shares rallied, pulling up from Monday’s 22-month lows, partly on expectations that the reporting season will deliver double-digit earnings growth. A rebound in Italian assets h...Read More
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Saudi Arabia and Turkey on Tuesday to reveal everything they know about the disappearance and possible murder of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said Riyadh should waive immunity on its diplomatic premises and officials.Overnight, Turkish crime scene investigators entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the last place K...Read More
PYPL shares are getting a boost todayU.S. stocks are soaring today thanks to strong quarterly earnings results. Three names that are joining in on the rally and trading higher following bullish analyst attention are digital payments specialist PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL), semiconductor concern Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL), and blue chip The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO). Below is a...Read More
Gold futures edged up Tuesday to mark another finish at their highest since July, but a rally in the U.S. stock market limited the gains for the precious metal. Against a backdrop of relatively stable trading for a leading dollar index, December gold GCZ8, -0.30% rose 70 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,231 an ounce. Prices had pulled back from a high of $1,235.90, but the settlement was...Read More
Gold prices are down around 12% since its January peak.Wall Street consensus is net short Gold, according to CFTC futures and options data.The faster bond yields break down, the faster gold is going to break out, says Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough.It's been a disastrous year to be long Gold (GLD). Gold prices are down around 12% since its January peak. However, some intriguing financial market chan...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - There is still a one-in-four chance Britain and the European Union part ways in less than six months without reaching a deal, according to a Reuters poll taken as EU leaders prepare to meet in Brussels later this week.The stubborn problem of resolving the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit land border with Ireland thwarted an effort over the weekend to clinch a deal before this...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - The pound rose above $1.32 on Tuesday on stronger-than-expected labour data, but investors said doubts about a European Union summit yielding much progress on Brexit would limit the currency’s advance.Negotiations are deadlocked over the status of the border between Northern Ireland and EU-member Ireland after Britain leaves the bloc in March.Some traders have been unwindi...Read More
• The precious metal built on last week's bullish breakthrough near two-month-old trading range, albeit now seemed facing some resistance near 50% Fibonacci retracement level of the $1309.30-$1160.19 downfall. • Given that technical indicators on the daily chart have started gaining positive momentum, a follow-through move beyond 100-day SMA, for...Read More
Hungary's central bank increased its gold reserves 10-fold, citing the need to improve its holdings' safety, joining regional peers with relatively high ownership in the European Union's east.Following a similar move by Poland, the central bank in Budapest now holds 31.5 tons of the metal, taking the share among total reserves to 4.4 percent, in line with the average in the region, according to a...Read More