Forecasts & Analysis |

General Electric shares tested multi-month highs after the release of Q4 earnings report.

Maplewood-based company 3M, which manufactures N95 face masks, reported better-than-expected earnings in the fourth quarter of 2020 as the company saw sequential improvements in demand for its healthcare products during the coronavirus pandemic, sending its shares up about 3% on Tuesday.

Despite all the political intrigue, ad revenue is likely to be the final arbiter of 2021 price action.

Silver remains stuck in the range between the 50 EMA and the 20 EMA.

Traders have been pricing in additional stimulus for weeks, but it continues to get pushed down the road.

NatGasWeather called it “a messy” pattern this week “as numerous weather systems track across the country with rain and snow.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate and international-benchmark Brent crude oil futures are edging higher shortly before the regular session opening on Tuesday after shrugging off earlier weakness.Prices were pressured during the early futures session as concerns that a U.S. stimulus package might hit snags and rising coronavirus cases countered bullish signals

Gold is 0.1% lower this morning, as it continues to trade within a short-term consolidation.

As of 3:30 PM EST, both gold and silver are trading lower on the day. A stronger U.S. dollar is a major component of today’s decline in pricing.

AUD/USD managed to settle below the 20 EMA and is trying to settle below the next support level at 0.7675.