Jefferies reiterated its Street-high CPRI price target earlierCapri Holdings Ltd (NYSE:CPRI) stock is hot today, after Jefferies added the Michael Kors parent to its "Franchise Picks" list. The brokerage firm said it believes the shares could double -- and reiterated its Street-high $89 price target -- on strong long-term pricing power from the retailer's Jimmy Choo and Versace brands. At last che...Read More
ALLY just pulled back to a historically bullish trendline Ally Financial Inc (NYSE:ALLY) stock has been in rally mode of late -- up roughly 30% from its Dec. 26 low of $20.61. The consumer lending concern is now directly below its year-over-year breakeven and testing a familiar ceiling at the $27.50 area. However, ALLY just sent up a bullish signal that, if history is any indicator, could point t...Read More
The time to invest is now, according to one economist.The man who warned of the 2001 tech crash, the 2008 subprime financial disaster and oil's shocking fall in 2016 - years before they happened - has issued a new earth-shattering statement:"Right now, the markets are giving investors a critical window to rapidly boost their retirement savings before the greatest stock market crash in American his...Read More
Solid gains since December 2018 may deter investors from considering a holding in gold at this time, but the upwards trend is likely to continue, and downside risk is low.Our proprietary signal has a good track record and is positive, while speculative activity foresees no imminent reversal. Historical articles on Seeking Alpha indicate that a reversal would be identifiable.Our view is that holdi...Read More
March is starting on a positive note for stocksA tame reading on the Fed-watched personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index and hopes for a U.S.-China trade deal have marketscautiously higher this afternoon. However, lackluster data on U.S. manufacturing and consumer sentiment are keeping stocks' gains in check. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and S&P 500 Index (SPX) are in the black a...Read More
The Peruvian government will likely grant Southern Copper Corp a construction license for its $1.4 billion Tia Maria project before its environmental permit expires in August, the energy and mines minister told Reuters on Thursday.Southern Copper has spent years waiting for the construction license, a final green light for Tia Maria that consecutive governments have declined to give amid fears it...Read More
The Peruvian government will likely grant Southern Copper Corp a construction license for its $1.4 billion Tia Maria project before its environmental permit expires in August, the energy and mines minister told Reuters on Thursday.Southern Copper has spent years waiting for the construction license, a final green light for Tia Maria that consecutive governments have declined to give amid fears it...Read More
SAO PAULO - An underground blast in a gold mine in the Brazilian state of Bahia on Friday killed two workers, Canadian company Leagold Mining Corp said.Leagold investor relations vice-president Meghan Brown said few further details were available, and that the company had started an investigation.Local media in Brazil said three other workers were injured, but not seriously and had been release...Read More
SAO PAULO - An underground blast in a gold mine in the Brazilian state of Bahia on Friday killed two workers, Canadian company Leagold Mining Corp said.Leagold investor relations vice-president Meghan Brown said few further details were available, and that the company had started an investigation.Local media in Brazil said three other workers were injured, but not seriously and had been release...Read More
SQ just pulled back to a trendline with bullish implicationsSquare Inc (NYSE:SQ) had a roller-coaster earnings reaction yesterday, falling to $74.57 at its session low, only to erase those losses and close up 2.4% at $81.24. Although the stock is down 3.5% to trade at $78.08 today, it is trading near a trendline that has historically bullish implications.More specifically, Square stock is trading...Read More
Barrick Gold Corp. has no intention of increasing its hostile offer for Newmont Mining Corp., according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the talks are private.On Monday, Barrick proposed to buy Newmont in an all-share $17.8 billion hostile deal that valued the rival miner's stock at 8% below the prior closing price. Newmont responded that its board would...Read More
GABORONE - Botswana's president on Friday dismissed a report that the country had offered Zimbabwe a $600 million diamond-backed loan and said his government had only offered to guarantee a $100 million private credit line for Botswana companies to invest in their troubled neighbour.Zimbabwe's secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs was quoted in the state-owned Herald newspaper on Tuesday sa...Read More
Gap said it will separate from its Old Navy businessThe shares of Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) are up nearly 17% at $29.68 in this morning's trading, pacing toward their biggest one-day gain since Nov. 21, 2008, when they popped 27.2%. The surge comes after the company reported a fourth-quarter earnings beat -- though revenue fell slightly short of the consensus estimate -- and revealed plans to spin off i...Read More
Starting in the second segment of his latest interview with Jim Goddard, INK CEO Ted Dixon gives an overview of the outlook for Canadian stocks drawing on the most recent Insights weekly newsletter. Broadly speaking, insiders remain upbeat about their prospects going forward, particularly in the oil patch where stocks have undergone a correction to reflect commodity pricing troubles.He does, howe...Read More
KIEV Ukraine's steel production totalled 3.53 million tonnes in the first two months of this year, around 0.6 percent lower than a year ago, steelmakers' union Ukrmetallurgprom said. Steel is one of Ukraine's biggest exports. Data from the union showed pig iron output fell by 7% to 3.36 million tonnes in January-February, while rolled steel production dropped by 0.4% to 3.09 million tonnes.(Re...Read More
SARAJEVO - ArcelorMittal will halt production at its Bosnian mines, with "far-reaching consequences" for employees and earnings at its ArcelorMittal Prijedor unit, after a transportation deal with a regional railway company collapsed, it said on Friday.The world's largest steelmaker operates a steel plant in the central Bosnian town of Zenica which processes iron ore from its Omarska mines in Prij...Read More
Is it time to prepare for the next financial crisis?Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is going on?Former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, one of the most widely-followed financial analys...Read More
One of gold's most followed moving averages is about to be tested.Bullion demand and neutral dollar favor gold's intermediate-term trend.Bitcoin is also drawing some attention away from gold, which is good.Gold is on the verge of testing the strength of one of its most widely watched trend lines. Once the gold price comes into contact with this trend line, the 50-day moving average, it wil...Read More
VMW had only three negative closes in FebruaryVMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) is a hot stock on Wall Street right now. The security is up 5.5% to trade at $181.25, and earlier nabbed a fresh record high of $183.41, afterthe virutalization name reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded analyst expectations. Six price-target hikes have already come in, including one to $203 from $196 at Jef...Read More
The satellite operator also reported weak quarterly results and a dividend cutThe shares of Maxar Technologies Inc (NYSE:MAXR) are down 23.4% at $5.60, after the space technology firm said it was cutting 4% of its workforce -- more than 200 positions -- as part of a broader restructuring plan. The company also reported weak fourth-quarter results, lowered itsdividend payment, and said it's restruc...Read More