The latest findings are reviewed in an Echelon Wealth Partners report. In a Dec. 16 research note, Echelon Wealth Partners analyst Ryan Walker reported that Osisko Mining Inc.'s (OSK:TSX) recent drill results showed the "Lynx zone growls." The Lynx deposit is part of Osisko's Windfall Lake gold project in Quebec. Walker reviewed the new results, which are from one surface and six wedge holes at L...Read More

The thin trading session had the Dow pulling back from yesterday's record highFollowing a morning of solid gains, the Dow wound up reversing direction to close the shortened Christmas Eve session modestly lower. The S&P also slipped, with both indexes coming off yesterday's record highs. The Nasdaq, however, clocked a 10th consecutive win and hit fresh highs, despite rather muted price action all...Read More

The 80-day moving average has captured recent downside on FXIThe recent "phase one" trade deal with China has been a boon for U.S. equities, particularly those deemed "trade sensitive" stocks, names like chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) and tech giant Apple (AAPL). Many of these securities have seemingly been given the "all clear" sign from bulls following the positive geopolitical developments, breaking o...Read More

Uber stock is higher today after Travis Kalanick said he would be stepping down from the board of directorsRide-hailing concern Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) is inching higher today after the company's founder Travis Kalanick said he would be stepping down from the board of directors in order to focus on his new food delivery business and philanthropic endeavors. This announcement comes right...Read More

Short-covering could help CNX riseIn his latest Indicator of the Week, Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White took a look at stocks that may have short-covering upside when the calendar turns to 2020. One name to watch out for is Pennsylvania-based CNX Resources Corp (NYSE:CNX), which is hoping to turn things around on the charts in the coming year.CNX stock is set to close 2019 with...Read More

There's room for more bullish analyst attention to boost the medical device makerWhile its quiet on most of Wall Street today on Christmas Eve, don't tell that to Microbot Medical Inc (NASDAQ:MBOT). The stock is up 41.8% to trade at $14.34, after H.C. Wainwright boosted its price target to $12 from $10. But what's more likely to be driving gains is yesterday's news that the company plans to unvei...Read More

RBC lifted its price target on AMD to a street high of $53A bull note from RBC helped lift the shares of semiconductor name Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) this morning. The stock is up 1.3%, now trading at a 12-year high of $46.06, after the analyst raised its price target to a Street high of $53 from $50. The broker also hiked it full-year forecast in order to reflect strengthening dat...Read More

Whata classic day Friday was! Gold moved a bit lower, miners moved significantlylower, and silver rallied. Truly classic and outstanding performance if oneenjoys seeing topping patterns that are playing out according to their usualand likely characteristics. And Monday’s early session seems to be an encore. Let’sstart with the examination of the most recent price action in gold. Whatwe...Read More

ACB has shed 60% in 2019Weed specialist Aurora Cannabis Inc (NYSE:ACB) is up 1.5% this morning at $2.04, despite receiving a downgrade to "hold" from "buy" out of Jefferies yesterday afternoon. Interestingly enough, the downgrade came on the heels of news the company's Chief Corporate Officer (CCO) Cam Battley has resigned, and yesterday's announcement it has created steps to reduce debt and boos...Read More

Gold and silver are bullish at the moment and can rise further. The more the rise, the more will be short covering and increase in long positions. This a golden Christmas for gold bulls but not so golden Christmas for the masses. Central bank are eating away are hard earned by using inflation as a policy measures for decision making. Inflation is nothing but price rise. Salaries are stable for m...Read More

The stock market will close at 1 p.m. ET todayThe holiday-shortened week started with another record close, and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are set to add more gains this morning. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are also on pace for positive opens today, although the news slate is bare and trading volume is likely to be low, with markets closing at 1 p.m. ET fo...Read More

Support remains at the 20-day moving averageSoftware name Sea Ltd (NYSE:SE) has more than tripled in 2019, and over the last few months have been on a steady trend higher. With a layer of support embedded in the rising 20-day moving average and the peak call open interest expiring at the December 40-strike, now looks like the perfect opportunity to bet on SE's next leg higher. In the options pit...Read More

The European Commission (EC) is planning to again review its safeguard measures for hot-dipped galvanized (HDG) flat steel destined for the automotive sector, market sources told Fastmarkets this week.In the definitive measures for metallic-coated sheets (product category 4), the EC split the product category into two sub-categories, 4A and 4B, with the automotive sector mainly consuming...Read More

Overcapacity in the global steel sector has been an issue for many years, but has intensified in the recent years, according to Ankur Dana, chief executive officer of Dubai-based multinational Dana Group .Global overcapacity causes steel prices to fall, so governments should only approve new capacities if there is need, Dana said at Fastmarkets' Middle East Iron and Steel Conference in Dubai on De...Read More

Christopher Lewis8 hours ago (Dec 24, 2019 05:17 PM GMT)Gold markets broke out above the $1500 level during the trading session on Tuesday, as it looks like we are ready to go much higher. The $1520 level should continue to be an area where we could see a bit of resistance but breaking above there allows the market to go much higher, perhaps as high as the $1550 level in the short term. Clearly, g...Read More

One of the main challenges facing the Middle East steel sector is a lack of protection in an industry where protectionism is increasing, according to Abu Bucker Husain, chief executive officer of United Arab Emirates-based galvanized coil producer Al Ghurair Iron and Steel.North America, South America, Europe and Asia have taken protectionist measures to curtail imports, and this opens up the Midd...Read More

David HaggithThis little monster that feeds beneath the surface of global banking at its core briefly raised one ugly eye out of the water as 2018 turned into 2019. I wrote back then that the interest spike we saw in the kind of overnight interbank lending known as repurchase agreements (repos) was just the foreshock of a financial crisis being created by the Fed's monetary tightening. I said th...Read More

Joseph T. SalernoThe flood of obituaries that noted the passing of Paul Volcker (1927-2019) last week have almost all lauded his achievement as Fed chair (1979-1987) in reining in the double-digit inflation that ravaged the US economy during the 1970s.Volcker was referred to as the "former Fed chairman who fought inflation" (here); "inflation tamer" and "a full-fledged inflation warrior" (here...Read More

- Clint Siegner, Money MetalsZero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) was considered "extraordinary" when central bankers rolled that out roughly ten years ago. At that time, people would still have laughed at the idea of negative interest rates. Lenders didn't pay borrowers and nobody paid their bank to hold their deposits.So much has changed in the past 10 years. Now negative interest rate policies (N...Read More

StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was silver, up 1.57 percent with money managers raising their net long position by about 20 percent. The number of gold bulls outnumbered the bears for a third straight week, according to the Bloomberg survey of gold traders and analysts. Turkey increased its gold reserves overall in the month of November to 18.16 million ounces, up from 17.79 milli...Read More