Retail sales came in really strong in May, which could strengthen risk appetite, but the dovish Fed should support gold. However, the sales were still 6 percent lower than a year ago, which means that the coronavirus crisis has not ended yet. But such reports may, neve...
Arkadiusz Sieron
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June 18, 2020
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(Click image to play video) As the battery metals market continues to skyrocket – and lithium in particular – new, reliable sources of this critical metal are in extremely high demand. Enter ION Energy Ltd. ( TSX-V. ION , OTCMKTS: IONGF , FF:5YB ) – an e...
Dave Jackson
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April 19, 2021
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SIMILARITIES TO 2011-2012 AND 2015-2016 Over the past ten months, numerous developments (breadth thrusts, asset class behavior, sentiment, etc.) have told us to remain open to a bottoming-process/rally similar to action following major stock market lows in October 2011 and...
Chris Ciovacco
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November 12, 2019
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The long awaited Saudi Aramco acquisition of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) is finally here. With a statement to the press, Aramco CEO Amin Nasser reported that Aramco has acquired a 70 percent stake in SABIC, with an estimated value of $69.1 billion. Aramco's ...
Cyril Widdershoven
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March 28, 2019
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Online brokerage house E*Trade Financial Corporation ( NASDAQ: ETFC , Stock Forum ) announced on Friday that Chief Financial Officer Bruce Nolop will step down from his post at the end of the year. Nolop, who has served as CFO since 2008, will be succeeded by Matthew Aude...
Elizabeth Harrow
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October 28, 2012
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China and the U.S. have reached a preliminary agreement, which softens their trade war, while the landslide victory of Conservative Party in the UK parliamentary elections clears the path to Brexit. Given that downside risks for the global economy are now significantly lower, ...
Arkadiusz Sieron
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December 18, 2019
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Opening with a bullish gap, the buyers have pushed stocks higher throughout Monday. Looking at today’s premarket gains, they really do have appetite for some more. Let’s dig into the S&P 500 upswing and examine the health of the current advance....
Monica Kingsley
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April 28, 2020
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Yesterday’s bullish attempt has met a swift response and the oil price powerfully reversed lower. Earlier today, the bulls are pushing higher again, though less vigorously than yesterday or the day before. Do they have any aces up their sleeves? The risk appeti...
Nadia Simmons
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June 11, 2019
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Since 2016, the US Monetary Base has declined by about 23.68%. This is the deepest and longest decline since the Federal Reserve was formed. This should not be ignored. The last time there was a decline close to this magnitude,there was a sharp deflationary recession. That...
Hubert Moolman
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October 25, 2019
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The Fed has published this month the newest edition of its Financial Stability Report . Generally speaking, the level of vulnerabilities in the financial system has moved little since the publication of the May edition of the report . The most of the US central banks&CloseCu...
Arkadiusz Sieron
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November 29, 2019
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