(RTTNews) - Uncertainty about the status of U.S.-Iran peace deal, inflation concerns due to the rise in oil prices, and fears of monetary tightening by central banks rendered the mood bearish on European markets on Thursday.
(RTTNews) - Uncertainty about the status of U.S.-Iran peace deal, inflation concerns due to the rise in oil prices, and fears of monetary tightening by central banks rendered the mood bearish on European markets on Thursday.
natatravel/iStock via Getty Images The four precious metals trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s COMEX and NYMEX divisions are gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. After reaching highs in late January 2026, prices have declined. While geopolitical turmoil has historically supported the precious metals, a rising U.S. dollar and elevated interest rates can have the opposite effect. The met...
natatravel/iStock via Getty Images The four precious metals trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s COMEX and NYMEX divisions are gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. After reaching highs in late January 2026, prices have declined. While geopolitical turmoil has historically supported the precious metals, a rising U.S. dollar and elevated interest rates can have the opposite effect. The metals have focused on the debt markets over the past few weeks and have largely ignored the escalating conflict in the Middle East, which has sent shockwaves through markets across all asset classes. Gold and silver remain in long-term bull markets, dating back to the turn of this century. In 2025, platinum and palladium experienced technical bullish breakouts and remained above critical technical support levels. The Aberdeen Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF ( GLTR ) owns physical gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion. Buying GLTR during price corrections has been optimal since its inception in 2010 and could offer value at the current price level. However, any investor or trader considering GLTR should leave plenty of room to add if the current decline continues, as risk-off price behavior does not exempt the precious metals, which have experienced substantial price appreciation. I last wrote about GLTR on Seeking Alpha on January 26, 2026 , where I concluded with the following: I continue to rate GLTR a 'Buy' in early 2026 but prefer buying the ETF on price weakness, as this has been the optimal approach over the past years. GLTR was trading at $274.17 on January 26, right before precious metals experienced a substantial correction. At below $205 per share on March 26, I rate GLTR a "S trong Buy" during the current price weakness but would leave room to add on further declines. Precious Metals Prices Have Corrected After reaching highs in late January 2026, the four precious metals futures markets have experienced substantial declines. Monthly Continuous C...
Jonathan Kitchen Amid ongoing market volatility fueled by geopolitical tensions, below is a list for large‑cap investors seeking stability in undervalued growth plays. The list contains top performers on valuation and growth metrics, ranked by Seeking Alpha Quant Ratings. These names were specifically filtered for their standout A grades in those key factors, offering potential bargains even as br...
Jonathan Kitchen Amid ongoing market volatility fueled by geopolitical tensions, below is a list for large‑cap investors seeking stability in undervalued growth plays. The list contains top performers on valuation and growth metrics, ranked by Seeking Alpha Quant Ratings. These names were specifically filtered for their standout A grades in those key factors, offering potential bargains even as broader indexes whipsaw. The list is topped by Sandisk Corporation ( SNDK ) and Micron Technology, Inc. ( MU ), both sharing the highest possible rating of 4.99. Southwest Airlines Co. ( LUV ) and DaVita Inc. ( DVA ) follow closely behind with Strong Buy ratings of 4.84 and 4.80, respectively. The list spans a variety of sectors, from technology and semiconductors to healthcare, transportation, and real estate services. While the top five stocks maintain Strong Buy ratings, the list also includes highly-rated Hold candidates like Antero Resources ( AR ) and Centene Corporation ( CNC ), which still score well on valuation and growth metrics. Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating system grades stocks on their relative performance across critical quantitative measures, including valuation, growth, stock momentum, and profitability. Ratings are given on a scale from 1 to 5, with any rating of 3.5 or above considered a bullish rating and any rating of 2.5 or below considered a bearish rating. Here is the list: Sandisk Corporation ( SNDK ), Quant Rating: 4.99 Micron Technology, Inc. ( MU ), Quant Rating: 4.99 Southwest Airlines Co. ( LUV ), Quant Rating: 4.84 DaVita Inc. ( DVA ), Quant Rating: 4.80 Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated ( JLL ), Quant Rating: 4.71 Antero Resources Corporation ( AR ), Quant Rating: 3.39 Centene Corporation ( CNC ), Quant Rating: 3.28 Incyte Corporation ( INCY ), Quant Rating: 3.22 Ally Financial Inc. ( ALLY ), Quant Rating: 3.10 More on large cap stocks Perfection Is A Fragile Thing To Hold: Why Sandisk Is A Sell (Rating Downgrade) Micron Is Still One Of The Best S...
In the last week, the United States market has stayed flat, but over the past 12 months, it has risen by 16%, with earnings forecasted to grow at a similar rate annually. In this context of steady growth, stocks with strong insider ownership can be particularly appealing as they often indicate confidence in a company's future prospects and alignment between management and shareholders.
In the last week, the United States market has stayed flat, but over the past 12 months, it has risen by 16%, with earnings forecasted to grow at a similar rate annually. In this context of steady growth, stocks with strong insider ownership can be particularly appealing as they often indicate confidence in a company's future prospects and alignment between management and shareholders.
The recent sharp selloff in gold miner stocks has created opportunities for investors to buy at bargain prices if the appetite for gold flips back to bullish, as history suggests.
The recent sharp selloff in gold miner stocks has created opportunities for investors to buy at bargain prices if the appetite for gold flips back to bullish, as history suggests.
Turkey Dumped 58 Tons Of Gold After Iran War Started, Slamming Price There has been much speculation about the mystery seller(s) that sent gold sliding into a bear market from its January high: was it a sovereign seeking to plug holes in their budget from the recent surge in oil, a "market maker" trying to spark stop loss liquidations, or just retail investors taking profit after one of the best y...
Turkey Dumped 58 Tons Of Gold After Iran War Started, Slamming Price There has been much speculation about the mystery seller(s) that sent gold sliding into a bear market from its January high: was it a sovereign seeking to plug holes in their budget from the recent surge in oil, a "market maker" trying to spark stop loss liquidations, or just retail investors taking profit after one of the best years in history for the precious metal? Today we learned the identity of at least one of the sellers: Turkey’s central bank sold and swapped about 60 tons of gold, worth more than $8 billion, or more than 10% of the country's total holdings, in two weeks after the start of the war in Iran, adding to the sharp downward pressure on bullion prices. Turkish gold reserves showed a decline of 6 tons in the week of March 13 and another 52.4 tons in the week of March 20, marking a sharp drawdown in reserves, according to the latest data published by the central bank. While the composition of the sales is unclear, some of that was sold outright, while the majority was used to secure foreign exchange or liras via swap agreements, according to Bloomberg. It’s not uncommon for central banks to sell spot gold and simultaneously agree to buy it back in the future via swap agreements, effectively a gold-collateralized USD loan, which grants the country cheap dollar funding using the precious metal as collateral. The move comes amid strains on Turkey’s disinflation strategy - meaning the currency isn’t allowed to depreciate at a rate faster than monthly inflation - which relies heavily on maintaining a stable or steadily depreciating lira, including with hard-currency interventions, usually via state-run banks. Rising energy import costs and increased dollar demand since the conflict began have made that approach more challenging to maintain, and forced Turkey to resort to its hard currency reserves. Turkey officials turned to gold sales and gold swap arrangements from the central bank’s $...
An Amsterdam court banned Elon Musk ’s xAI from generating and distributing undressed images of people in the Netherlands without permission, the latest in wider pushback against the controversial feature. XAI’s Grok artificial intelligence tool and the X social media platform may not be used to produce or distribute “sexual imagery that partially or fully undresses individuals without their expli...
An Amsterdam court banned Elon Musk ’s xAI from generating and distributing undressed images of people in the Netherlands without permission, the latest in wider pushback against the controversial feature. XAI’s Grok artificial intelligence tool and the X social media platform may not be used to produce or distribute “sexual imagery that partially or fully undresses individuals without their explicit consent” in the country, according to a Thursday ruling. A representative for X didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Some X users deployed the Grok chatbot to create and publish undressed images of minors and women without consent in December and January, an apparent violation of the company’s acceptable use policy. XAI restricted the feature after an uproar, though governments have moved to explicitly ban similar features in the fallout. The European Union is set to ban AI that creates nonconsensual pictures and videos in draft rules that could be put into law later this year. Read more: EU Moves to Ban AI That Creates Nonconsensual Sexual Images
Elon Musk ’s lawyer says the billionaire didn’t get a fair trial because a San Francisco jury slipped a “bizarre and highly questionable” joke into a verdict form when it concluded he defrauded Twitter Inc. shareholders before acquiring the social media platform. In a letter to the federal judge who oversaw the civil trial, attorney Alex Spiro pointed to the jury’s computation of how much Musk’s t...
Elon Musk ’s lawyer says the billionaire didn’t get a fair trial because a San Francisco jury slipped a “bizarre and highly questionable” joke into a verdict form when it concluded he defrauded Twitter Inc. shareholders before acquiring the social media platform. In a letter to the federal judge who oversaw the civil trial, attorney Alex Spiro pointed to the jury’s computation of how much Musk’s tweets depressed Twitter stock and how the panel highlighted just one number in blue ink — $4.20. The number 420 is cultural slang for pot smoking. The jury found Friday Musk misled the investors in 2022 when he tweeted that Twitter — now called X — had too many fake accounts and then tried to back out of his $44 billion offer to buy the company. The investors who sued claimed Musk acted intentionally and they lost money when the shares fell. Musk’s legal team has vowed to appeal the verdict. The eight-person panel found Musk liable to Twitter investors for misleading them with two tweets he posted in May 2022 stating concerns about the prevalence of fake accounts on the platform. Jurors rejected a claim in the class-action case that a third Musk statement violated federal securities law as well as an allegation that the billionaire waged a broader scheme to defraud investors. Musk’s rare defeat in court — which could cost him billions of dollars — was a “mockery of justice,” Spiro said in the letter. He said the jury “used its verdict to mock Mr. Musk and the process” and made a “numerical joke.” Back on Aug. 7, 2018, Musk caught the attention of federal securities regulators when he tweeted he had “funding secured” to take Tesla Inc. private at $420 a share. Musk, the world’s richest person , co-founded the electric-car maker and is its chief executive officer. Tesla stock shot up, only to plummet when the serial entrepreneur later said the plan was abandoned. Some Tesla investors sued, but a San Francisco jury in that case cleared Musk in 2023 of wrongdoing. In a separate...
US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with intensified military action as the two sides remain at loggerheads on how to end the almost month-long conflict. Iran had “better get serious soon, before it is too late,” Trump posted on social media after Tehran rejected his initial 15-point plan through intermediaries. Though he later claimed Iran’s negotiators were “begging to work out a deal,” du...
US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with intensified military action as the two sides remain at loggerheads on how to end the almost month-long conflict. Iran had “better get serious soon, before it is too late,” Trump posted on social media after Tehran rejected his initial 15-point plan through intermediaries. Though he later claimed Iran’s negotiators were “begging to work out a deal,” during a cabinet meeting at the White House. The Islamic Republic is waiting for a response to its rejection of the truce proposal, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. Iran’s suggestions include the payment of reparations for war damages and the recognition of Iran’s authority over the Strait of Hormuz. Read our live blog for more updates. Trump also criticized NATO during the cabinet meeting , saying its refusal to support US military operations was a “test” for the alliance. He reiterated his ire in relation to the Strait of Hormuz, saying he had asked NATO allies to help reopen it. “They didn’t want to get involved, and I believe that’s going to cost them dearly,” he said. There is pressure internationally for Trump to persuade Iran to reopen the strait to allow the flow of critical oil and gas as part of efforts to stop a global supply shock. He also said in the meeting that Tehran had allowed 10 oil tankers to move through the strait, but this claim could not be verified. Hear from bold thinkers at SXSW London , June 1–6, 2026. Featuring Sir Nick Clegg, Max Jaderberg (Isomorphic Labs), and Ioannis Antonoglou (Reflection AI) on sovereign AI, drug discovery and tech supremacy. The festival for the convergence of technology, business, and creativity that challenges thinking and shapes what comes next. What You Need to Know Today Officials in Germany have started mapping vulnerabilities in US supply chains to identify points where European Union countries could apply pressure. The goal, we’re told, is to create a consensus in the bloc on how to use leverage if...
Get a jump start on the US trading day with Matt Miller and Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." Tensins are rising fast in the Middle East as President Trump pushes Iran to get serious as ceasefire signals grow more confusing. Becca Wasser says talks are already dead on arrival, while Dana Stroul, Director of Research at the Washington Institute and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defen...
Get a jump start on the US trading day with Matt Miller and Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." Tensins are rising fast in the Middle East as President Trump pushes Iran to get serious as ceasefire signals grow more confusing. Becca Wasser says talks are already dead on arrival, while Dana Stroul, Director of Research at the Washington Institute and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, warns that Tehran sees a path to war, not diplomacy. Plus, a major warning from Wall Street: Lloyd Blankfein flags a potential fire in private markets. And bonuses surge to record highs as trading and dealmaking roar back. (Source: Bloomberg)