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The spot gold price today (Friday) is higher in morning trading, which is a reprieve from the losses the precious metal saw throughout the month of November.
While some investors and traders remain bearish on gold prices in the near term, the bottom for gold prices is in sight.
In fact, we see the price of gold beginning its next rally very soon...
Italy's vote outcome could come as a shock to the world, and it could definitely impact U.S. markets. Just look at what happened last June when Brexit wiped out $3 trillion of wealth in just two days.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is dipping in early morning trading after the November jobs report release
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World stock markets were mostly weaker overnight, ahead of the big economic report of the week that is due out shortly: the U.S. Labor Department employment report for November. The non-farm payrolls figure is forecast to rise by 180,000.
U.S. stock indexes are pointed toward weaker openings when the New York day session begins. Some market watchers are now wondering if the "Trump rally" in world stock markets has now run its course.
If the "official" start of this holiday shopping season is any indication, this year will be one for the history books.
From Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, records were smashed. More than $3 billion was spent online, an increase of nearly 12% from the year before.
Two of e-commerce's heaviest hitters reported large mobile crowds: Amazon reported that 70% of its Thanksgiving Day web traffic was mobile, while Target pegged its mobile traffic at 60%, suggesting that a lot of folks were "multitasking" while eating turkey and watching football (in my case, the Pittsburgh Steelers).
Most importantly, spending patterns confirmed our very bullish outlook on e-commerce in general and mobile retail in particular; shoppers on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday forked over more than $1.1 billion each day, via smartphones mostly.
We've been recommending profitable e-commerce and mobile plays like Apple Inc. and PayPal Inc. to my Private Briefing readers since soon after we started publishing in 2011. I "walk the walk and talk the talk," so naturally I'm more than comfortable spending money online, whether I'm on a PC or a smartphone.
But when it comes to planning how I spend, I take a decidedly low-tech approach. Every holiday season, you'll find me at my kitchen table with a very un-cutting-edge pen and paper, writing out a list of gifts I'd like to get my loved ones. I've done it for years, ever since I was a kid.
And, since I love making money as much as the next guy, I like to pick gifts that I'm sure will "keep on giving" to my friends and relatives.
Knowing how to prepare for a stock market crash is a necessity for investors today. With the Fed set to raise interest rates this year, the stock market bubble could pop sooner rather than later.
But prepared investors can not only protect their money, but also profit during a market crash.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today climbed again as investors believe oil prices will continue to rise.
Yesterday's OPEC deal means there should be a balance between supply and demand.
by Jack Delaney
Right now, the Snap Inc. IPO is one of the most hyped IPOs on Wall Street.
Investors can't wait to get their hands on Snapchat stock.
Turns out over half of American workers don't know their out-of-pocket healthcare costs, which can making saving for retirement, well, impossible…
by Shah Gilani
Diversification is automatic with robo-advisors – but there's a serious pitfall they're not telling you about.
This could wipe out your entire portfolio...
