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NAV Premiums Of Certain Precious Metal Funds And Trusts – Front Running

NAV Premiums Of Certain Precious Metal Funds And Trusts – Front Running

For those of you who wondered why there was such concentrated selling in the mining stocks a few weeks ago, perhaps this latest bear raid on the precious metals provides an adequate explanation. See the second chart below.  As a reminder, Non-Farm Payrolls this week, and the FOMC the next.  
PHI Group Signs Investment Agreement For $10 Million Funding

PHI Group Signs Investment Agreement For $10 Million Funding

NEW YORK, March 07, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PHI Group, Inc. a U.S. public company focusing on acquisitions and investments in natural resources, other select industries and special situations(www.phiglobal.com) (OTCMarkets: PHIL), announced today that it has signed a definitive investment agreement with Azure Capital (the “Investor”) for a $10 million equity line facility to fund working capital […]
Salesforce Climbs After AI Deal With IBM Unveiled

Salesforce Climbs After AI Deal With IBM Unveiled

The shares of Salesforce (CRM) are rising after the company unveiled a “global strategic partnership” with IBM (IBM) for the development of artificial intelligence products. NEWS: Salesforce and IBM last night announced that they would partner “to deliver joint solutions designed to leverage artificial intelligence.” IBM and Salesforce said they would begin the partnership by […]
Jill Tries To Climb IPO Hill

Jill Tries To Climb IPO Hill

Despite the “retail winter” that Amazon (AMZN) has wrought on the industry, investors remain interested in finding defensible niches in the business. One meme that has gained some momentum is around “brands that control their product, distribution, and destiny.”  J. Jill (JILL) is a woman’s clothing brand that started out as a catalog business in 1959. […]
Are Stocks Overbought?

Are Stocks Overbought?

On Monday, the market sold off slightly. The sell-off was either a continuation of the selling pressure caused by the market being overbought after the Trump-speech rally or because the stock market finally realized rate hikes are coming fast and furious this year. In my opinion, the market shouldn’t have rallied after Trump’s speech because […]
This New Feature From Amazon.com, Inc. Could Disrupt Twitter Inc. Forever

This New Feature From Amazon.com, Inc. Could Disrupt Twitter Inc. Forever

Written by Stocknews.com Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is most prominently known for its rapidly growing retail presence, but its Twitch video game broadcasting service is growing fast — and just rolled out a new feature that could disrupt Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) forever. Amazon acquired Twitch back in 2014 in a move that left a lot […]
The Barron Is Back

The Barron Is Back

TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. In 2001 you could count the number of people in the world who believed we were starting a gold bull market on one hand even if you were missing fingers. Everyone hated gold, […]
“Only” 16% Of The World’s Total Debt Now Has A Negative Yield

“Only” 16% Of The World’s Total Debt Now Has A Negative Yield

On Monday in “Was $13 Trillion Peak Negative?” I highlighted the following two charts … (BofAML) …on the way to suggesting that perhaps – just perhaps – the reflationary momentum that seemed to reassert itself late last summer and which was given a Pulp Fiction-style adrenaline shot to the chest following Donald Trump’s election, might mean that we’ve […]
Why OPEC Is Colluding With Hedge Funds

Why OPEC Is Colluding With Hedge Funds

Something unprecedented happened last November when OPEC sat down in Vienna to hammer out the final terms of its oil production cut deal (which, incidentally, has yet to translate into a drop of all time high inventories): one day before the summit, the oil producing cartel – or rather Saudi Arabia – secretly invited hedge […]
Yuan Strengthens As Foreign Reserves Rise

Yuan Strengthens As Foreign Reserves Rise

Yuan Rates – China’s foreign reserves increased $6.92 billion in February from the previous month, the first rise in seven months. The February print also climbed above $3.0 trillion, a level considered to be psychological important, to $3.005 trillion. The offshore Yuan strengthened against the U.S. Dollar, with the USD/CNH falling 67 pips within the first four […]