Junior Mining News

As reported earlier, it has been a good day for European stocks, most notably the German DAX Index. However, shares on Wall Street have not been so buoyant despite a very good earnings season so far. Sentiment has been boosted after U.S. President Donald Trump decided to extend the deadline on deciding whether to impose […]

A year ago, we had pointed out that despite May’s reputation as being a time to sell equities, the prior four years produced positive returns in all three equity indexes in May. Make that five years in a row now. Though, when you take a closer look at recent equity performance in May, each year

The pieces are falling into place, but there is still a mountain to climb. Yesterday morning, we laid out many of the geopolitical headwinds that face this market. Nothing has been solved overnight but the market’s recovery from yesterday’s low, while extremely technical, exudes its resilience. …read more

Today’s main event risk for the dollar, and potential market shaker will be the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s meeting, which is widely expected to conclude with monetary policy left unchanged. Although May’s FOMC meeting will not include a press conference or fresh economic projections, investors should not be quick to expect the meeting to

There were no obvious triggers behind Tuesday’s bullish reversal; although news that U.S. President Donald Trump had extended the deadline on deciding whether to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on U.S. allies, including the European Union, Mexico and Canada, helped to reduce the threat of a trade war. …read more