BERLIN - Germany has earmarked 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) to support a consortium looking to produce electric car battery cells and plans to fund a research facility to develop next-generation solid-state batteries, three sources told Reuters.The measures, expected to be announced next week, are designed to reduce the dependence of German carmakers on Asian electric vehicle (EV) battery suppli...Read More

The Bank of England has refused to release Venezuela's gold bars, insisting that standard measures to prevent money-laundering be taken including clarification of the Venezuelan government's intentions for the gold. Read full newsRead More

General Electric stock fell to a new nine-year low out of the gateThe hits keep coming for General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which saw its price target slashed to $6 from $10 at J.P. Morgan Securities -- the lowest on Wall Street, and a 34% discount to last night's close. This comes in response to GE's dismal third-quarter earnings report from late October, which the brokerage firm said signaled...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Randal Quarles, head of supervision at the Federal Reserve, said on Friday the central bank would re-propose aspects of a capital rule known as the “stress capital buffer” due to industry concerns.Speaking at a conference in Washington, Quarles said the regulator should also ease a key element of its annual stress tests that allows the regulator to fail firms on...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to sharply curtail federal authority aimed at curtailing abuse and civil rights violations at local police departments across the country by directing U.S. attorneys to limit the use of consent decrees and settlement agreements.Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in one of his final acts before President Donald Trump ousted him, said the...Read More

Mr. Rudi Fronk reportsSEABRIDGE GOLD SECURES $14.0 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENTSeabridge Gold Inc. has secured a non-brokered private placement of one million common shares of the company at a price of $14 per share for gross proceeds of $14-million. No commissions are payable on this transaction. The proceeds from the financing will be used to finance general working capital requirements and a 2019...Read More

Mr. Rudi Fronk reportsSEABRIDGE GOLD SECURES $14.0 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENTSeabridge Gold Inc. has secured a non-brokered private placement of one million common shares of the company at a price of $14 per share for gross proceeds of $14-million. No commissions are payable on this transaction. The proceeds from the financing will be used to finance general working capital requirements and a 2019...Read More

ROME/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Italy stood by the main pillars of its 2019 budget on Friday, as a deadline neared for it to change what Brussels called overly optimistic economic assumptions or face penalties for breaking EU fiscal rules.Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said they were committed to respecting a maximum budget deficit of 2.4 percent of economic outpu...Read More

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks were set to fall at the open on Friday, as a batch of weak Chinese data raised concerns about global growth a day after the Federal Reserve hinted at gradual tightening of borrowing costs.The news gave investors a reason to keep away from riskier assets, with worries about rising interest rates and effects of the U.S.-China trade war taking the shine off a decade-long bull...Read More

The Dow isset to snap a four-day winning streakDespite well-received earnings for Walt Disney (DIS), futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) are lower to finish the week. The index is set to snap a four-day winning streak, as oil prices wade deeper into bear market territory. At last check, December-dated crude futures were down $1, or 1.7%, at $59.64 per barrel. S&P 500 Index (SPX)...Read More

ALB stock is trading above its 50-day moving averageAlbemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) just announced it's postponing two lithium production projects in Chile, and brokerage firm Berenberg responded by lowering its price target on ALB stock to $130 from $150. This still represents major upside -- nearly 23% to be exact -- from the shares' Thursday closing price of $105.87.Looking back further, the e...Read More

JOHANNESBURG - Gold Fields said on Friday third quarter production was down 3 percent, with its last South African asset, South Deep, weighing on total output.Gold production for the quarter ended Sept. 30 from continuing operations dropped to 533,000 ounces from 552,000 in the same period last year, with the struggling mine producing 50,000 ounces during the quarter.South Deep has faced numerous...Read More

JOHANNESBURG - Gold Fields said on Friday third quarter production was down 3 percent, with its last South African asset, South Deep, weighing on total output.Gold production for the quarter ended Sept. 30 from continuing operations dropped to 533,000 ounces from 552,000 in the same period last year, with the struggling mine producing 50,000 ounces during the quarter.South Deep has faced numerous...Read More

How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More

Mr. Eric Edwards reportsTRIMETALS MINING PROVIDES UPDATE ON BOLIVIAN ARBITRATION Trimetals Mining Inc. has received correspondence from the Permanent Court of Arbitration advising that the arbitration tribunal will issue the arbitration award on a date prior to the end of November, 2018.© 2018 Canjex Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.Read More

Mr. Eric Edwards reportsTRIMETALS MINING PROVIDES UPDATE ON BOLIVIAN ARBITRATION Trimetals Mining Inc. has received correspondence from the Permanent Court of Arbitration advising that the arbitration tribunal will issue the arbitration award on a date prior to the end of November, 2018.© 2018 Canjex Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.Read More

The U.S.Midterm Election ending without any surprises, and had stock prices soaringhigher on Wednesday, while gold was essentially unchanged. With equitiesbeing bid higher, gold is losing an important safety-related support with thereturn of “risk-on” among equity investors. Although theexpected results saw just a 0.12% lift in gold, the GDX sold off into the closeas most traders...Read More

The U.S. Midterm Election ending without any surprises, and had stock prices soaring higher on Wednesday, while gold was essentially unchanged. With equities being bid higher, gold is losing an important safety-related support with the return of “risk-on” among equity investors. Although the expected results saw just a 0.12% lift in gold, the GDX sold off into the close as most t...Read More

MUMBAI/BENGALURU - Demand for physical gold gathered steam during a key festival week, shrugging off a recent downtrend going into the traditional busy wedding season, while other major Asian hubs saw limited activity.India, the second biggest bullion consumer after China, celebrated the Dhanteras and Diwali festivals this week, when buying gold is considered auspicious."We were initially skeptica...Read More

MUMBAI/BENGALURU - Demand for physical gold gathered steam during a key festival week, shrugging off a recent downtrend going into the traditional busy wedding season, while other major Asian hubs saw limited activity.India, the second biggest bullion consumer after China, celebrated the Dhanteras and Diwali festivals this week, when buying gold is considered auspicious."We were initially skeptica...Read More