Commodities

Stocks involved in the shipping industry can be one way to play the transportation sector and global economic expansion theme. However, the continued collapse in worldwide commodity prices and economic uncertainty in Europe has sent prices of these companies lower in recent months.  Both...

In a recent report, Morgan Stanley released its top stock picks in the international mining sector. Not all stocks sell on American exchanges, but Morgan Stanley provides reasons to go shopping abroad for each of these six companies. New Boliden (Price target: +3 percent) This Swedish...

Freeport-McMoRan Inc's (NYSE: FCX) recent weakness is a good reflection of what's been happening in much of the commodities complex, which has been miserable for the most part. Freeport shares have long been a favorite of equity investors trying to play the moves in the commodities...

Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) shares are the number one go-to stock for traders and investors trying to play the moves in the silver futures indirectly. PAAS longs have been suffering through the gut-wrenching drop in silver prices for the last two months. So, how much more downside...

Many investors and professional money managers over the past ten to fifteen years have allocated a significant amount of funds into the ‘commodity' asset class. The reasons given for this allocation included equity-like long term returns, a guard against inflation and the printing of ‘fiat money'...

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) priced its initial public offering at $26 a share after Wednesday's trading, a touch lighter than investment bankers had hoped. It's not clear how the pricing, which values the company at roughly $14.2 billion, will affect markets on Thursday. Stocks mostly finished higher...

Stocks ended Tuesday basically flat, as investors started to focus on economic realities. But the market could see some volatility Wenesday after parts of Tesla Motor's (NASDAQ: TSLA) third-quarter results disappointed investors. Shares were off sharply after hours. Keeping the market in check...

Stocks moved modestly higher on Monday for a second day in a row. The gains came despite a steep losses suffered by shares of mobile phone maker BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) and Kellogg (NYSE: K [FREE Stock Trend Analysis]) announcement it will cut seven percent of its workforce over the next...

Stocks pushed higher Tuesday in a rally that sent the Dow Jones industrials and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to new highs. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished at a 13-year high. The rally was built on expectations the Federal Reserve will leave its current bond-buying program in place...

Despite weak economic data, markets rallied this afternoon pushing the major indexes (except the Dow) positive for the week. Major Averages The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a gained 46.62 points, or 0.31 percent, to 15,010.36. The S&P 500 gained around 6.51 points, or 0.39 percent...

Instead of “David versus Goliath,” the Senate Banking Committee had to sort out a “Goliath versus Goliath” scenario Tuesday, according to Reuters. Big aluminum buyers, represented by the second largest brewer in the U.S., charged that the largest banks in the country drove up their costs by...