"Effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade assault weapons in this country."Continue...Read More

"We signed a trade deal where they're supposed to buy, and they've been buying a lot, actually. But that now becomes secondary to what took place with the virus," Trump said to reporters. "The virus situation is just not acceptable."Continue...Read More

It's game-over for most of the U.S. oil industry. Prices have collapsed and storage is nearly full. The only option for many producers is to shut in their wells. That means no income. Continue...Read More

The company has placed items like burgers, bacon and sausage on "controlled allocation," according to Business Insider. Additionally, the company's distribution centers have been placed on "managed supply".Continue...Read More

"Counterfeiters are using sophisticated online marketing techniques to prey on the emotional fears and anxieties of the public. Continue...Read More

The man's father-in-law was a dentist for 55 years and kept all of the gold fillings he removed.Continue...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ended Friday May 1.China The rise in UG2 chrome ore prices slowed down after China's major stainless steel mills all raised their ferro-chrome tender prices by a lower-than-expected amount. The imported charge chrome price ticked upward by $0.01 per tonne on improving sentiment and with availability of material f...Read More

The leveraged buyout (LBO) of the private sector by the government will cripple the capital markets' price signaling mechanism and bring innovation to a screeching halt. Continue...Read More

An article in Canada's french La Press today announced that Canada had fiished selling off its gold reserves. The last time a country sold their gold it was England at US$275 per ounce in 2002. It turned out to be a bottom (the worst time to sell) as it is now around US$1700 per ounce. Let's see if history repeats itself. I have always been on the record to support assets with no counter party ris...Read More

The Dow finished the day down 622 pointsThe Dow marked the first day of May with a 622-point loss. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also closed in the red, as tech giant Amazon.com (AMZN) led the indexes downward, following a less-than-stellar first-quarter earnings report. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff consideration is weighing heavy, after White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow stated...Read More

Wall Street kept its eye on the Fed's two-day meeting, while coronavirus-related headlines continued to stream in The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) all struggled to maintain their momentum this week, though the Dow and S&P both notched their best months since 1987. While the week started off strong as the first murmurs of plans to reop...Read More

Amazon's first-quarter earnings missed Wall Street's estimatesThe shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) are down 8.2% to trade at $2,271, after the e-commerce giant reported first-quarter earnings of $5.01 per share, which came in lower than Wall Street's $6.25 estimate. The firm's reported revenue of $75.45 billion exceeded estimates, however. The company also forecast a possible second-q...Read More

Brazil's Vale expects the price premium for high-grade iron ore fines to decrease in the second quarter compared with those in the first, with production in China resuming.Brazilian 65% Fe iron ore has been fetching around $20 per tonne more than reference prices for 62% Fe material. This difference is mainly due to supply issues, which reduced inventories in China, the mining major's executive di...Read More

The Dow and Nasdaq are set to eke out weekly winsThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is stumbling into the weekend, nursing a nearly 600-point loss at midday. As if the coronavirus outbreak wasn't pressuring Wall Street enough, now there are fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump aimed at China in retaliation for the country's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The S&P 500 Index (S...Read More

Co-Diagnostics shared its COVID-19 test performance dataShares of Co-Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:CODX) are surging 11.4% to trade at $12.63, after the molecular diagnostics company shared its COVID-19 test performance data. The test consistently demonstrates 100% sensitivity as well as specificity across independent field evaluations. Co-Diagnostics has had a volatile stretch on the charts, as its co...Read More

The company still expects store closings to impact its current quarterThe shares of Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) are down 1.6% to trade at $173.87 this morning, despite a bright fiscal third-quarter report. The makeup manufacturer announced profits of 85 cents per share and revenue of $3.35 billion -- both topping Wall Street's estimates. Though the M.A.C. parent got a boost from global on...Read More

Walt Disney will report earnings next week As next week brings the first full week of May, investors look to gain any clues they can about the state of the economy. There's plenty of data to unpack, with the ADP employment report, weekly jobless claims, and Markit services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) taking center stage amid the pandemic. Next week also brings another big session of earnings,...Read More

Moderna entered into an agreement with Lonza Group to produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) is brushing off the broad-market selloff this morning, up 6.2% to trade at $48.89, after the biotech entered a 10-year collaboration deal with contract drugmaker Lonza Group (LONN) to manufacture up to 1 billion doses annually of a MRNA's possible COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273. T...Read More

Chevron's first-quarter earnings and revenue report beat out analyst estimatesThe shares of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) are down 2.5%% to trade at $89.68, this morning. Although the energy corporation reported adjusted first-quarter earnings of $1.29 per share on revenue of $31.50 billion -- both of which handily trumped Wall Street's estimates -- the company's capital expenditure forecas...Read More

A summary of Brazilian mining company Vale's financial results for the first quarter of 2020.In brief Pro forma adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) down by 26% year on year due to depreciation of Brazilian Real.Net income of $239 million, compared with a net loss of $1.6 billion in the first quarter of 2019. Investments totaled $1.12 billion, up by...Read More