The Canadian healthcare stocks on our list have surged 177% on average over the past three months while the TSX has slumpedSmallCapPower | April 4, 2018: The Canadian healthcare sector is struggling, with the S&P/TSX Capped Healthcare Index declining 14% over the past three months while the Dow Jones Healthcare Index decreased 4%. In contrast, the TSX is down 8% while the Dow Jones has eased 5...Read More

Metal Bulletin is hosting a free web seminar on Thursday April 5 at 9am London time to discuss the key drivers of the battery raw materials markets, including substitution risk, electric vehicle policy, and supply of lithium, nickel and cobalt. Date Thursday April 5 Time 9am London time Join members of our global battery raw materials team as they discuss: - EV subsidies and government policy in C...Read More

S&P 500 roars back from 1.5% drop as threat reassessedHaven demand evaporates when officials suggest negotitationsThe trade spat won't escalate and earnings will stay on track, says JPMorgan Asset Management's Karen Ward.U.S. equities stormed back from deep losses sparked by trade tensions as investors speculated the Trump administration won’t enact the most protectionist proposals and risk...Read More

You've never heard of Executive Order 13817.Don't feel too bad; you're not the only one who's been distracted by a news cycle that is measured in minutes.Between the tweets, the protests, and biting your fingernails on which direction the market is going to go today...What everyone missed was a fly-by-night order that Trump hurriedly signed on December 20, 2017.And it was buried under the fiery rh...Read More

Editor's Note: Welcome to Kitco's new Bitcoin Daily Technical Alert. Every trading day veteran Kitco technical analyst Jim Wyckoff will provide you with a concise and easy-to-understand near-term technical brief on Bitcoin. Importantly, Jim will glean the short-term charts and technical studies, and then alert you to the signals he sees regarding upcoming potential bigger price moves or price tren...Read More

(Kitco News)- Although gold is off its sessionhighs, the market continues to hold on to modest gains following a drop insentiment within the service sector, according to the latest data from the Institutefor Supply Management.Wednesday, the ISM said its non-manufacturing index showed a readingof 58.8% for March, down from February's reading of 59.5%.Consensus forecasts were calling for a reading a...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 4, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Altamira Gold Corp. (TSXV: ALTA) (FSE: T6UP) (OTC Pink: EQTRF), ("Altamira" or the "Company") is pleased to report that the Company has claimed significant additional ground within the Juruena belt in Mato Grosso, Brazil. These new claims total 52,378 hectares and have increased the Company's strategic land p...Read More

The TSX stocks on our list have very low Relative Strength Index (RSI) scoresSmallCapPower | April 3, 2018: Trading volumes on the TSX have declined 6% YTD, with the TSX itself falling 6% as well. Today, we have identified four TSX stocks with low Relative Strength Index (RSI) scores. RSI is a measure of price momentum. Values above 70 indicate that a stock may be overbought, while values below 30...Read More

Turkish steel producers started their May bookings with mostly steady prices on Wednesday April 4.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising 19,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $356 per tonne, 9,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (90:10) and 5,000 tonnes of shredded at $361 per tonne, and 5,000...Read More

Thunder Bay, Ontario - April 4, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has received the 2017 Bernie Schnieders Discovery of the Year Award, for the Bedivere Gold Project. Benton received the honour last night, awarded by the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association ("NWOPA") Awards Committe...Read More

David IngramSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million.Most of the 87 million people whose data was shared with Cambridge Analytica, which worked on U.S. President Donald Trump&rsq...Read More

Authoritarianism creeps in from seemingly unlikely places.Government officials will start with a premise that seems pretty legit.“Kids need to be protected. In order for parents and officials to protect them, kids can’t have full rights like adults.”As child labor, compulsory schooling, and other “protective” laws have accelerated over the last 100 years, the definiti...Read More

BLOK Technologies Inc. (CSE:BLK) is building disruptive Blockchain solutions BLOK by BLOKThis Content is Exclusive to Our MembersLogin belowRegisterLost your password?Ubika Research has released an analyst note on BLOK Technologies Inc. (CSE:BLK), which invests in and develops emerging companies in the Blockchain technology sector. BLOK Technologies has a robust acquisitive growth strategy, which...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 4, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Cornerstone Metals Inc.(TSXV: CCC) (OTCQB: CCCCF) (FSE: 1PY) ("Cornerstone" or the "Company") announces the results of 5 holes, DDC18-09 to DDC18-13, of the 20 hole confirmation diamond drilling program on its Carlin Vanadium Project, Nevada. The Carlin Vanadium Project is one of the largest, richest primary...Read More

Aluminium ingot ADC 12 export prices fell after China dealt a serious blow to the raw material market with a blanket 25% tariff on US aluminium scrap.The move by China has meant that more domestic producers are looking to tolling deals to avoid paying the 25% import tax. Under the tolling deals, Chinese secondary alloy producers can import raw materials such as aluminium scrap from overseas and pr...Read More

OTTAWA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico, Canada and the United States have made good progress in their bid to rework the NAFTA trade pact but still have work to do, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday.Freeland also said she would be flying to Washington for a meeting on Thursday with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who is pushing hard for a quick deal in princi...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1333.40+$1.70Silver$16.31-$0.11XAU80.84 -0.47%HUI 175.18-0.37%GDM 610.01-0.63%JSE Gold1093.05-11.82USD90.13-0.09Euro122.86+0.20Yen93.67-0.17Oil$63.37-$0.1410-Year2.806%+0.021T-Bond145.50-0.21875Dow24264.30 +0.96%Nasdaq 7042.11+1.45%S&P 2644.69+1.16%  The Metals: Gold gained $16.40 to $1348.10 at about 9AM EST before it slid...Read More

Metal Bulletin looks at seven key things discussed in Xi'an last month at China Iron & Steel Association's 16th International Steel Market and Trade Conference that will have a major impact on the Asian and Chinese steel markets in the coming years.China plans to cut another 30 million tonnes of steel capacity in 2018China is planning to cut another 30 million tonnes of steel capacity in 2018 as p...Read More

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China hit back quickly on Wednesday against U.S. plans to impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, retaliating with a list of similar duties on key American imports including soybeans, planes, cars, beef and chemicals in a move that sent global markets lower.Beijing responded after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration targeted 25 percent tariffs...Read More