TheDow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and S&P 500 Index (SPX) snapped their historic winning streaks today, as Wall Street digested this morning's disappointing payrolls report. In addition, traders kept an eye on Tropical Storm Nate, as well as reports that North Korea is preparing to test a long-range missile. However, the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) notched another record high in intraday trading,...Read More

It was another record-setting week on Wall Street, with the Dow bringing its winning streak to seven sessions, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIX) strung together eight straight wins. Plus, the SPX extended its streak of record closes to six -- the longest in 20 years. While this signal could suggest intermediate-term outperformance for stocks, it's also preceded notorious st...Read More

Video game stock Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) has garnered plenty of analyst attention this week. On Monday, Morgan Stanley said it expects the company's game sales to spark strong earnings growth over the next year. The following day, Barclays initiated coverage on ATVI stock with an "equal weight" rating and a price target of $65. This upbeat analyst attention comes amid the enter...Read More

U.S. stocks are trading lower this afternoon, with the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite all on track to snap their record-setting win streaks. Tech stock Switch, Inc (NASDAQ:SWCH) is making waves with its IPO, while biotech stock Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ICPT) and global consumer products stock Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE) are sinking. Here's a quick look at what is m...Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is fresh off a seven-day winning streak, as well as its fourth straight all-time high. Today, the Dow is set to snap its winning streak, but could rally even harder than usual in the fourth quarter, if history is any guide. Against this backdrop, we're going to look at how the blue-chip index performed after previous seven-day winning streaks.The DJIA has en...Read More

This week, Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google announced plans for a smart video camera, capable of automatically recording photo-worthy actions, like a child smiling. Snapchat parent Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) is one of the stocks that turned lower on the news, with Google Clips set to compete with SNAP's Spectacles. Below, we will check in with SNAP stock, and see how recent options traders are vi...Read More

Major stock indexes have spent most of the day well below breakeven, putting the S&P 500 Index's (SPX) historic win streak in jeopardy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are pacing to snap win streaks of their own, as well, though the latter index earlier notched a new all-time record high. This morning's dreary jobs report -- which showed the first monthly payrol...Read More

Analysts are weighing in on restaurant stock Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE:YUMC), airline company Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), and manufacturing concern Navistar International Corp (NYSE:NAV). Here's a quick roundup of today's bullish brokerage notes on shares of YUMC, DAL, and NAV.Analyst Expects Record Highs For Yum China StockYum China stock is trading 0.5% lower at $39.82, after the compa...Read More

U.S. stocks are tradinglower this morning, after a surprise September jobs report. Among the stocks making moves this morning are membership warehouse Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), software company Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR), and technology powerhouse Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). Here's a closer look at what's moving shares of COST, SNCR, and AAPL.COST's Shrinking Mar...Read More

Analysts are weighing in on LED specialist Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE), healthcare firm Mallinckrodt PLC (NYSE:MNK), and travel stock Spirit Airlines Incorporated (NASDAQ:SAVE). Here's a quick roundup of today's bearish brokerage notes on shares of CREE, MNK, and SAVE.Cree Stock Dips After DowngradeCree stock is down 2.4% to trade at $28.97, after a J.P. Morgan Securities downgrade to "underweight"...Read More

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are signaling a lower open for stocks, as traders digest the nonfarm payrolls report for September. The Labor Department's data revealed a loss of 33,000 jobs for the month, due to the effects of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, versus expectations of an increase of 90,000. It marked the first monthly jobs contraction since 2010. However, the unemployment rat...Read More

SD Friday Wrap: With Gold down slightly and with silver up on the week, these are just the waves we have been waiting for...Today started out like all BLS Jobs Report Fridays. As the Nonfarms Payrolls Report was released, gold had an exceptionally rough time:$2,605,900,000 worth of paper gold traded within just four minutes (20,600 contracts).That was not the first hit, however:Gold got a second h...Read More

Mannarino tells Silver Doctors that precious metals are on sale right now with all the easy money sloshing around, but the markets are now dictating to the Fed, and Greg points out something that not even the Fed could know...Gregory Mannarino of Traders Choice interviewed on SD Weekly Metals & MarketsGregory Mannarino says that gold and silver are on sale right now.The stock market is at all tim...Read More

Bix Weir provides an update on the US Mint, and what Bix calls the "Silver Eagle Conspiracy". This is very timely as Bix says the US Mint is dying...Bix Weir says the US Mint has been "dying" ever since JP Morgan stopped buying American Silver Eagles.Bix gives an update on the US Mint, ties in the names and places in the silver conspiracy, goes over the history of the secret silver.Here is what it...Read More

Koos Jansen has shared a 4 paragraph article that shreds the belief that the silver price is suppressed...First, the public tip:A silver price-suppression theory gets debunked https://t.co/hRICKw5DLO- Koos Jansen (@KoosJansen) October 6, 2017And here's the four paragraph reason why there is no silver price suppression:Embracing the belief that a bank or a cartel of banks has suppressed the prices...Read More

Palisade Research October 6, 2017 Category: Research Current Price: C$0.34Shares Outstanding: 68.7 million (post-EBRD financing)Market Capitalization: C$23.5 millionCash: ~C$5.92 million (post-EBRD financing) A copper discovery of Kincora's proposed magnitude will significantly rewards investors.One example of an explosive copper discovery is Camino Minerals (TSXV:COR, Mkt Cap: $27M). When the com...Read More

Palisade Research October 6, 2017 Category: Research Current Price: C$0.34Shares Outstanding: 68.7 million (post-EBRD financing)Market Capitalization: C$23.5 millionCash: ~C$5.92 million (post-EBRD financing) A copper discovery of Kincora's proposed magnitude will significantly rewards investors.One example of an explosive copper discovery is Camino Minerals (TSXV:COR, Mkt Cap: $27M). When the com...Read More

Patents seem like a good idea on paper. If you come up with something innovative, you should reap the rewards. That safeguards the hard work and money someone puts into an invention or technology.But patents really amount to a legal monopoly, granted by government. And as is typical with government, this intervention into the economy creates some interesting side effects.Patent trolls are business...Read More

Mr. Casey, a graduate of Georgetown University, has served on the Board of Governors of Washington College, and as a Trustee of the Eugene B. Casey Foundation, Northwoods University and the Liberty Foundation. He is also the founder of the Eris Society, a non-profit organization that annually brings together over 75 of the world's leading free-market-oriented thinkers on a wide range of eclectic t...Read More

Patents seem like a good idea on paper. If you come up with something innovative, you should reap the rewards. That safeguards the hard work and money someone puts into an invention or technology.But patents really amount to a legal monopoly, granted by government. And as is typical with government, this intervention into the economy creates some interesting side effects.Patent trolls are business...Read More