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News Out of Europe a Driver (BNS, FLEX, RUE, LUKOY, LYSCF, P)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:53PM on May 29th

Stocks roared out of the long U.S. holiday weekend with a bang. The rally lost a little steam midday when the European markets closed, but regained the momentum at the end of trading. News out of Europe continues to be…

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Retailer Numbers Today, Unemployment Numbers Tomorrow (STZ, MAR, RT, JCP, LYSCF, CAH)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:42PM on October 6th

In yet another seesaw session, stocks once again rallied higher after spending some time in negative territory. It has been a recurring theme the last three days. Retail sales, meanwhile, came in strong, with the 23 retailers tracked by Thomson…

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Buy Favorites on Down Days (WAG, ESRX, AM, NEOG, BA, LYSCF, IOC)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 5:02PM on September 27th

Stocks rallied strongly for the second-consecutive day to start the week on the hopes that a plan to help backstop EU banks and ease the European debt crisis will soon be implemented. However, by the end of the day, the…

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Even Gold Went Down (KMX, FDX, DFS, HON, FDX, EDV, LYSCF)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:59PM on September 22nd

There were few places to hide today. Stocks got pummeled, oil plunged, and even the price of gold sunk. Weak European economic data, coupled with FedEx (FDX) reducing its guidance on Asian weakness and the lingering aftereffects of yesterday’s Fed statement…

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Molycorp Leads Rare Earths Rally After New Supply Agreement (MCP, REE, AVL, LYSCF, REMX, NEMFF)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:44PM on July 28th

Shares of Molycorp (MCP), the largest U.S.-based rare earths miner, are soaring 8% and leading a broader rally in the rare earths sector after the company announced that one of its major supply agreements has been modified to allow the company…

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Clarity On Chinese Exports Brings Small Gains For Rare Earths Stocks (MCP, AVL, REMX, REE, LYSCF)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:10PM on July 15th

Shares of Molycorp (MCP), the largest U.S.-based rare earths miner, are higher by 2% as China, which controls about 95% of the global export market for rare earths, remains locked in a game of “he said, she said” with international organizations…

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Rare Earths Stocks Stung By China Export Increase (MCP, AVL, REE, NEMFF, LYSCF, REMX)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:47PM on July 14th

Shares of Molycorp (MCP), the largest U.S.-based rare earths miner, are down 2% after China, which controls 95% of the global export for rare earths, pledged to raise export quotas in the second half of this year, perhaps in a bid…

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Underwater Rare Earths Deposits More Dream Than Reality (MCP, AVL, LYSCF, REE, REMX)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:35PM on July 8th

Shares of Molycorp (MCP), the largest U.S.-based rare earths miner, are down 2% as analysts speculate that the vast underwater deposits of rare earths recently discovered by Japanese scientists are not economically feasible to try to extract and that doing so…

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Afternoon Spy: Live Nation May Go Private, Should Apple Do a Split? (SWKS, DDS, LYSCF, LYV, FNSR, JPM, LNKD, AAPL, IBM, T)

Posted by Eric Monte at 2:07PM on July 7th

The markets continue to trader higher on Thursday after initial jobless claims fell for the first time in three weeks, falling from 432,000 for the week ending June 25 to 418,000 for the week ending July 2. Analysts’ estimates were…

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Under The Sea: The New Place To Find Rare Earths Deposits (MCP, AVL, LYSCF, REE, NEMFF, REMX)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 10:56AM on July 5th

Shares of Molycorp (MCP), the largest U.S.-based rare earths miner, and rival Avalon Rare Metals (AVL) are down 1% today after Japanese scientists announced that massive deposits of the 17 elements used to produce hybrid cars, laptops, smartphones and other high-tech devices…

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