Gold settles at a level not seen in more than a year Thursday, but moves lower in electronic trading as the dollar turns higher.Read full newsRead More

While its 8.4% yield will certainly draw the attention of income seekers, its bargain-basement price could make value investors a mint.Read full newsRead More

Before you pull the trigger on Hecla Mining, you need to consider these two things.Read full newsRead More

The Dow and S&P 500 scored fresh records on Thursday, Jan. 25, as the Nasdaq declined slightly.   The Dow finished up 0.54% to 26,392. It hit an intraday record high of 26,458. The S&P 500 gained 0.06% and the Nasdaq dipped by 0.05%.   Stocks rose after 3M posted adjusted earnings in the fourth quarter of $2.10 a share, above estimates of $2.03. The company also raised its...Read More

Comments push gold lower; Draghi touts robust growthTreasury yields fall; Dow Jones Industrial Average risesMnuchin should "clarify exactly what he said," IMF head Christine Lagarde says in Davos.President Donald Trump waded into the unusual public debate over currency valuations, roiling markets after he said that he favored a strong greenback just a day after his Treasury secretary endorsed a we...Read More

SHANGHAI, Jan 26 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper remains strong on continued increase of inventory. SHFE copper is expected to trade at 53,000-54,000 yuan/mt and spot discounts are to move at 100-50 yuan/mt supported by stockholders.Zinc: LME zinc performed strongly supported by firm fundamentals, and is expected to trade at $3,435-3,485/mt while SHFE zinc is expected to trade at 26,000-2...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday January 26.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were on divergent paths at the close on Thursday January 25, with the weak dollar still the key supportive factor. Nickel and tin each rose by more than 1.3% on the day. Read more in our live futures report.Here is how prices looked at Thursday's close:Rio Tinto Plc is i...Read More

"Buy and hold" isn't a trading strategy.For the entirety of my trading career I have tried to avoid buying and holding. Every time I put on a trade I do so with a clear exit plan in mind. I NEVER go into positions with the intention to hold them for an undetermined amount of time.Until now...There's one market and one investment that has made me completely change my attitude about "buy and hold" a...Read More

The presentations will start at 6:00pm and finish at approx 8:00pm. After the presentations are complete the directors will also be available to take questions during a free canap?(C) and wine reception. Details on the presenting companies can be found below. This event is suitable for the following:Sophisticated & private investors, private client brokers, fund managers, financial instit...Read More

The Daily Reckoning finds itself embarrassed for riches...We welcomed trading wizard Tim Sykes last week.And today... with equal pleasure… we introduce another first-chop money man...Here we speak of Andrew Keene, president and CEO of AlphaShark Trading."I've always said that everyone in this world has at least one thing they're good at," begins Andrew."Fortunately," he adds, "I found mine e...Read More

Richard Jacobs here.In October 2016, I started a podcast called "Future Tech Podcast" in which I interview founders and CEOs in the stem cell, 3-D printing, blockchain/cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, brain-computer interface, nanotech and other up-and-coming industries.As I interviewed experts from all over the tech world, I became more and more intrigued by bitcoin, blockchain and crypto...Read More

Stocks abruptly reversed from their highs yesterday.The Nasdaq Composite lost more than 45 points before the closing bell as traders took profits on high-flying tech shares. Meanwhile, the Dow managed to hang in positive territory. Despite losing its positive momentum as the day progressed, the Big Board eked out another record close.As investors pumped the brakes on this year's furious stock mark...Read More

Today, I want to give you the single best place to invest in the stock market.But don’t give me all the credit.Because I’m stealing this directly from an investing legend.His name is Joel Greenblatt. And in his classic 1997 book, You Too Can Be A Stock Market Genius, he made one thing perfectly clear...“The facts are overwhelming... stocks of spinoff companies significantly and c...Read More

The current bull market should last through 2021.Why I'm not worried about a correction until the S&P breaks 4000.Why gold is ready to break out and will do so with power.Bitcoin expected to break $30,000 before 2018 is over.Why sentiment beats fundamentals and technicals every time.Avi Gilburt is a leading contributor on Seeking Alpha and one of 21 Seeking Alpha Contributors participating...Read More

Swiss National Bank (the central bank of Switzerland) is a publicly traded institution, and its shares have been soaring.The market cap is a tiny fraction of its asset and liability base, so it is a highly leveraged entity. Its profits were huge in 2017, as markets "went its way".As a central bank, and one that has accumulated the largest balance sheet relative to GDP, SWZNF has been abl...Read More

Gold investors awoke to another jump in the precious metals complex as Trump administration officials talk down the US$ at Davos.The US$ is now down ~3% YTD and is hitting 3-year lows.With trade wars looming and the possibility of more deficit and debt spending, the outlook for gold remains the best I have seen in many years.Bloomberg reported this morning that the Trump team at Davos made comment...Read More

Mnuchin's greenback comments add fuel to fire: Oanda's InnesBullion hits 17-month high after slump in U.S. currencyPhotographer: Luke MacGregor/BloombergGold could hit levels last seen in 2013 if the dollar extends its slide and equity markets reverse.Bullion at $1,400 an ounce is “achievable” in the next two months, Stephen Innes, head of trading for Asia Pacific at brokerage Oanda...Read More

Rand resurgence may continue to batter aging gold minesFewer than half of shafts may be profitable, analyst saysKganyago Says South Africa's Growth Is Fragile, Not Its EconomyFor South African gold miners, it’s both the best and worst of times.The metal started the year with a bang, rising more than 4 percent to the highest since August 2016. But an equally impressive rally in the rand mean...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday January 26.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were on divergent paths at the close on Thursday January 25, with the weak dollar still the key supportive factor. Nickel and tin each rose by more than 1.3% on the day. Read more in our live futures report.Here is how prices looked at Thursday's close:Rio Tinto Plc is i...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellThe battle between East Asia Minerals Corp. and a group of dissidents over control of the company has landed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, with the dissidents claiming that the company may invalidate their votes at the upcoming annual gene...Read More