Gold futures took a small gain on Friday to stop a third consecutive slide, but the advance of the precious metal for the day was not enough to prevent the first back-to-back weekly declines since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March . Experts say a resurgence in US dollar investors …
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Gold prices plunged sharply on Wednesday, ending a two-day string of gains as the U.S. dollar stopped its skid and as commodity investors watched minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July policy meeting, which could provide further insight into the central banker’s perspective for US and global business. Market participants will …
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Greg Less, the technical director of the University of Michigan’s Battery Lab, says Manthiram’s cathode material “shows great promise.” He says more tests need to be done to address issues seen with other similar cathodic chemistry, such as the tendency for manganese to dissolve at elevated temperatures, but that the …
Read More »Gold prices pop higher than Buffett shares of the second largest miner in the world
Gold prices rose higher on Monday, partly supported by a slide in government bond yields and the US dollar, which were the attraction of the precious commodity. But the yellow metal may also have attracted extra interest after a public submission that offered a glimpse of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway …
Read More »Goldman Sachs just raises its S&P 500 price target. Here’s why
COVID-19 is still raging, traders are starting to bet on “hornworms around the election,” and the US and China could not even agree on planning a scheduled meeting over the weekend. None of this is, of course, significant to the stock market. Goldman Sachs became the latest company to increase …
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