Royal Caribbean is in a better financial position than sector peersThe shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) are up 7.4% to trade at $43.66 today, after receiving a price-target hike to $52 from $48 from Stifel, and an initiation of coverage at Credit Suisse of "outperform" alongside a $67 price target. While its sector peers continue to struggle thanks to coronavirus-related lockdown...Read More

NWL is staring up at stiff resistance to bootYesterday, we chronicled the best S&P 500 stocks to own during Memorial Day week, historically. Now, Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White is back to give us the worst 25 stocks to own during the holiday-shortened week. Leading the charge is Newell Co (NASDAQ:NWL), boasting particularly lackluster Memorial Day week returns in the last 10...Read More

L Brands plans on closing 250 Victoria's Secret stores this yearL Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) just reported first-quarter losses and revenue that missed analysts' estimates. The apparel retailer's Victoria's Secret branch, which has been steeped in controversy lately, saw its sales for the first-quarter cut in half, while its Bath & Body Works sales dropped by 18%, with both branches hit hard by coronav...Read More

Weekly jobless claims will be at the forefront once againMay ends with a week packed of economic reports and earnings, although the window to squeeze everything in is tightened by Memorial Day on Monday. As the recent past has shown, investors will be glued to their screens on Thursday as another weekly jobless claims report comes out. Additionally, the last week of the month will feature a revise...Read More

The Dow is down nearly 145 points middayThe broad market's rally appears to be breaking today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) down nearly 200 points midday. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also in the red, as weekly jobless claims, U.S.-China tensions, and a dip in FAANG stocks weigh. However, positive sentiment remains over states easing lockdowns, and data fr...Read More

EXPE reported a revenue beat and a wider-than-expected loss for its first quarter The shares of Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) are down 1.5% at $78.40 at last check, after the company reported wider-than-expected first quarter losses for share. However, the company also announced a revenue beat, and forecast a rebound for May as cancellations stabilize. Following the news, analysts chimed in with...Read More

Medtronic's fourth-quarter earnings and revenue fell short of analysts' estimatesMedtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT) entered the earnings confessional this morning, but came up short of Wall Street's estimates. The shares of the medical technology and services company are down 1.5% to trade at $96.64, after posting fourth-quarter profits of 58 cents and revenue of $6 billion, both well below analysts expect...Read More

This week has been a wild and emotional one and it’s just started! With Monday’s big pop in the stock indexes, the big rally was based on vaccine news and bullish comments from the fed, convincing most traders and investors to be overly bullish this week.My volume flow indicator showed a reading of 10 all day yesterday, which means ten shares were being bought on the NYSE at the ask, t...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinDoes crude oil have much room to rally from here? Gold is not down much from its recent 7-year highs. You can see the tighter range in the market in consolidation..Read More

Mastercard said its employees will not have to return to offices until it is safe to do soMore and more companies are jumping on the trend of allowing their employees to do remote work for the foreseeable future, even as lockdown restrictions are being lifted. The list includes Twitter (TWTR), Visa (V), American Express (AXP), and now Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA). While not as extreme as Twitter, whi...Read More

The Senate passed legislation that could bar Chinese companies from publicly listing in the U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are down this morning, almost 100 points below breakeven. This fall comes on the heels of news that weekly jobless claims rose by 2.44 million -- just a hair above the 2.40 million estimates -- for what marks now 10 straight weeks of declines. Futures on t...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 21 that are worth another look.The recently opened anti-dumping investigation into Turkish exports of hot-rolled coil to the EU fails to comply with the principles of the Customs Union and Free Trade Agreements between Turkey and the European Commission (EC), the Turkish Steel Producers' Association (TCUD) told Fastmarkets on...Read More

Hebei Steel, China's second-largest steel mill, has finalized its purchase price for June-delivery silico-manganese at 7,400 yuan ($1,042) per tonne, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday May 21. The latest price is 100 yuan per tonne, or 1.3%, lower than the purchase price of 7,500 yuan per tonne for May-delivery cargoes.The price from Hebei Steel, which is for cargoes delivered to war...Read More

Copper stocks in London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses in Rotterdam have been steadily rising over May, indicating weak European copper consumption during a period of heightened economic uncertainty. And with manufacturing in the region still reeling from the effect of Covid-19 on supply chains, market participants are pessimistic that improvements will come this year. Total LME stocks in Ro...Read More

The three-month zinc price on the London Metal Exchange tumbled at the close of trading on Thursday May 21, losing some 3.6% in an afternoon downturn, while a fall in US unemployment claims failed to boost market sentiment.Zinc's outright price on the LME closed at $1,983.50 per tonne on Thursday afternoon, falling from an intraday high of $2,048 per tonne, while turnover was strong at more than 9...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 21 that are worth another look.The recently opened anti-dumping investigation into Turkish exports of hot-rolled coil to the EU fails to comply with the principles of the Customs Union and Free Trade Agreements between Turkey and the European Commission (EC), the Turkish Steel Producers' Association (TCUD) told Fastmarkets on...Read More

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By Keith Weiner I am writing in response to the comments you made in a letter to investors yesterday, which were widely reported. You have set the gold community afire, with claims that are not new and not true. So I shall attempt to douse the flames. As everyone knows, President Roosevelt outlawed the ownership of gold in 1933. Although gold was legalized in 1975, fears linger today that the...Read More

RambusBefore we look at the charts I would like to go over some challenges that we'll face as the current impulse move in the PM complex continues to move higher. It's not everyday that you will find yourself getting in close to the bottom of a multi month rally. One of the biggest problems I've witnessed over the years, especially with PM stock investors, is they grow complacent as the rally ph...Read More

Copper stocks in London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses in Rotterdam have been steadily rising over May, indicating weak European copper consumption during a period of heightened economic uncertainty. And with manufacturing in the region still reeling from the effect of Covid-19 on supply chains, market participants are pessimistic that improvements will come this year. Total LME stocks in Ro...Read More