The first 100 days of the Trump administration have brought some surprises and disappointments – as well as some new threats and new opportunities for precious metals investors. Among the disappointments was President Trump’s inability to push Obamacare repeal through Congress. The White House intended for the GOP’s replacement to reduce the deficit and lay…
Initial Reaction Today’s establishment employment report shows a huge, 211,000 jump in reported jobs Vs. a downward revised March. The BLS revised March even lower, to 79,000 from 98,000. Revisions also took February up to 232,000 from 219,000. Last month, economists blamed the weather. If so, the correct thing to do is average both months…
When billions of dollars flow into an ETF, it’s safe to assume this is because of its popularity among investors. The VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ), which invests heavily in junior gold miners around the world, can attest to this kind of popularity, with some $1.5 billion flowing into it this year alone….
The French stock market is up over 7% since Macron won the first round of the French elections. The German stock market just closed at a record high. FX and equity market ‘hedges’ are non-existent as this weekend’s “done deal” election of establishment patsy Macron is 100% priced into markets… As Bloomberg notes, there’s limited scope for a relief rally in…
Video Length: 00:43:40 On Tuesday, May 9th, NVIDIA (NVDA – Free Report) is expected to report 1st quarter earnings after the bell. The company is a Zacks Rank 4 (Sell), and have a Value, Growth, and Momentum score of D. NVIDIA in Focus NVIDIA Corporation designs, develops and markets a top-to-bottom family of award-winning 3D graphics processors,…
The pace of jobs creation picked up sharply in April, the Labor Department reports. The solid increase suggests that the weak gain in March, which was revised down, was an anomaly. That’s an encouraging sign, and for the moment it revives the view that the US labor market is still expanding at a healthy if unspectacular rate….
The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010–commonly known as the Dodd-Frank act–was a peculiar piece of legislation. It did not directly change financial rules or regulations; instead, it told financial regulators to write new rules in nearly 400 areas. Given that writing a regulation involves a legislatively-mandated process that includes rounds of…
Photo Credit: Marco Paköeningrat/Flickr.com According to eMarketer’s report on US advertising, total digital ad spending in the country is expected to grow 16% to $83 billion this year. While Alphabet will remain the leader in the market with 41% of US digital ad revenues, it will continue to lose ground to Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) within display advertising….
TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. Video by SmallCap Power Southern Silver Exploration Corp. (TSXV: SSV) (SSVFF) President Lawrence Page hopes to replicate his past success in developing a Mexico silver property that was later sold for more than $1…
Well everyone is talking about commodities. And that’s good, because the entire complex is collapsing on itself. Generally speaking, that’s worrisome if you’re long the global reflation trade. Nothing says deflation like commodities in free fall. Clearly, there are supply/demand dynamics at play. We went over this earlier today in our overnight recap. But as former FX…
