WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will testify on the central bank's semiannual report on monetary policy and the economy on Feb. 28 before the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee, the panel announced on Tuesday.The hearing with Powell, who took office on Monday, will be held at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT), the committee said. (Reporting by Tim Ahmann;...Read More

(Kitco News)- The case for holding broad commodities and gold just gotstronger as U.S. equity markets could struggle following Monday’s flash crash,according to one commodity expert. In a telephone interview with Kitco News, Will Rhind, CEOof GraniteShares, said that commodities have held up well as investorscontinued to digest Monday’s market correction, which saw the biggest one...Read More

(Kitco News) - The case for holding broad commodities and gold just got stronger as U.S. equity markets could struggle following Monday’s flash crash, according to one commodity expert. In a telephone interview with Kitco News, Will Rhind, CEO of GraniteShares, said that commodities have held up well as investors continued to digest Monday’s market correction, which saw the bigges...Read More

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Akamai Technologies Inc reported a 7.7 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Tuesday as the company benefited from higher demand for its cloud security services.However, the company's net income fell to $19.1 million, or 11 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, from $91.6 million, or 52 cents per share, a year earlier. The fourth quarter was impacted by a $52 milli...Read More

NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc's Investment Institute said on Tuesday that the swoon in stock markets is "contained" and that it sees an opportunity to take on more risk, particularly in emerging market equities.A real change in markets would require a deterioration in the economy, the group said in a note. Instead, the recent pullback "appeared to stem from investor jitt...Read More

Harry Adams, executive chairman at KEFI Minerals plc (LON:KEFI), updates Proactive's Andrew Scott on the latest at their Tulu Kapi project in Ethiopia.A consortium compromising mining contractor Ausdrill, engineer Lycopodium, and the Ethiopian government is responsible for the infrastructure and building work.Building work is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2018 once community resettle...Read More

By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Deep losses on Wall Street coupled with recent optimism about profit growth has left the S&P 500 trading at its lowest price-to-earnings multiple in over a year.While some traders warn that a "buy the dip" mentality may be coming to an end after a nine-year stock rally, strategists who remain bullish on U.S. stocks say economic growth...Read More

NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks posted sharp gains in another wild trading session on Tuesday, as indexes rebounded from the biggest one-day drops for the S&P 500 and the Dow in more than six years that had stalled the market's record run on Monday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 569.32 points, or 2.34 percent, to 24,915.07, the S&P 500 gained 46.31 points, or 1.75 percent, t...Read More

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's biggest mortgage lender, posted a decline in first-half cash-profit from continued operations on Wednesday, hurt by regulatory and compliance costs.The bank's profit for the six months ended Dec. 31 slipped 2 percent to A$4.74 billion ($3.74 billion).The bank's net interest margin, the difference between interest costs and interest ea...Read More

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The White House is "very comfortable" with where the economy is, despite recent stock market volatility, a White House spokeswoman said on Tuesday."Look, the economy is incredibly strong right now. The president's focus continues to be on the long-term economic fundamentals which ... are very strong in this country. ... There's nothing that's taken plac...Read More

originally on marketslant.comVolatility Bad?There will be many stories in days to come on how Volatility was the culprit. That will be a lie. Volatility ETFs will be liquidated. Custodians of "Short Volatility ETFs" like XIV ( VIX backwards, isn't that cute?!) may default. Volatility is NOT the problem. The people managing risk were the culprits. And those same people are NOT long Gold...Read More

(Updates to late afternoon U.S. trading, adds oil settlements)* Wall St indexes still experiencing big swings* Nikkei ends down 4.7 pct, European shares down 2.5 pct* Oil and industrial metals fall By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks reversed course again to trade more than 1 percent higher by late afternoon Tuesday, a day after the Dow and S&P 500 indexes saw the...Read More

Neville Upton, chief executive of Gfinity Plc (LON:GFIN), tells Proactive's Andrew Scott their Australian joint venture, Gfinity Australia, has entered into a long-term deal with the cinema chain Hoyts to roll out their successful 'Elite Series' events.The move will see Gfinity's gaming equipment and production facilities installed inside cinemas - the first being the Hoyts Entertainment Quarter i...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would welcome a federal government shutdown if Congress is not able to agree to changes in immigration law that he said would prevent criminals from entering the country.“If we don’t change the legislation, if we don’t get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to...Read More

Barrick Gold, the world's top miner of the metal, said on Tuesday it is writing down its investment in its Pascua-Lama project in South America to the tune of $429 million in the fourth quarter.The Toronto-based company is reclassifying the gold reserves at the project straddling the border between Chile and Argentina following a January decision by Chile's environmental authority (SMA) or...Read More

Highland Gold Mining Ltd (LON:HGM) was a good gainer in late afternoon trading, up 1.4% at 148.1p after the AIM listed firm provided an updated mineral resource estimate for its flagship Kekura project which showed increased total gold reserves though at slightly lower grades.The new resource update gives total gold reserves of 2.0mln ounces of gold at a grade of 7.0 grammes of gold per tonne of o...Read More

* Dollar index pares gains throughout session* Greenback brushes off worsening U.S. trade gap* Yen, Swiss franc pare losses as Wall Street comes off lows (Updates prices, market activity, adds commentary; changes byline)By Stephanie KellyNEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar index reversed course on Tuesday, erasing most of the gains it made earlier in the session as Wall Street came off its...Read More

It's been a bloodbath on Wall Street in recent sessions, with the Dow fresh off its worst one-day point loss ever and the S&P 500 Index (SPX) notching its first back-to-back drops of 1% or more since early 2015. And while history suggests quick bounces for both indexes -- and says this pair of Apple suppliers are two of the best stocks to own after a sell-off --there are several names that may not...Read More

* Gold falls 1 percent* Palladium prices hit lowest since Dec. 8* U.S. dollar turns flat (Recasts throughout; updates prices, headline; adds comment, NEW YORK to dateline)By Renita D. Young and Eric OnstadNEW YORK/LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Gold prices fell 1 percent to a 2-1/2-week low on Tuesday, as investors focused on expectations for higher U.S. interest rates, even as U.S. stock markets swung...Read More

LA PAZ, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Bolivia's consumer price index rose 0.3 percent in January as heavy rains and flooding prompted a spike in food prices, the official National Statistics Institute said on Tuesday.Economy Minister Mario Guill?(C)n told reporters that 2018 inflation would total 4.5 percent, higher than the 2.71 percent figure in 2017. The government said it would take action to stabilize th...Read More