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Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Update 3/30 – Stuck In A Trading Range With Upside Opportunities

Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Update 3/30 – Stuck In A Trading Range With Upside Opportunities

Rayno Biopharmaceutical Portfolio Update- Biotechs with Upside Opportunity Caution No Rush to “Load Up” in a Bear Market Since Mid-January all of our previous portfolios were placed on hold and we recommended four new positions as long term holds. Here are initial prices and the current performance: Abbvie (ABBV) Started at $56.49 now at $56.96 Bluebird bio […]
Binary Options Trading Opportunities – March 31, 2016

Binary Options Trading Opportunities – March 31, 2016

During the session on Thursday, it’s likely that we will have a little bit of volatility when it comes to Great Britain due to the fact that we have GDP numbers coming out, but beyond that there is not much in the way to move the markets due to the fact that we have the […]
EIA Oil Summary Report Analysis – March 30, 2016

EIA Oil Summary Report Analysis – March 30, 2016

The typical buy the rumor sell the news trading day in the oil market. The RBOB and HO product contracts along with Brent contract expire tomorrow, watch for spikes at the close. This Friday is loaded with economic reports including the Employment Report and the Baker Hughes Rig Report where we saw a drop of […]
Back To Fundamentals & Funding?

Back To Fundamentals & Funding?

With stocks up and treasuries down, there were a couple of interesting contrary trades today in my view. For one, oil prices at the front end of the futures curve did not participate and have been down since the last FOMC non-decision. That may suggest funding and financing, as the overall curve steepened slightly where […]
Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – ‘The Mother Of All Short Squeezes’

Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – ‘The Mother Of All Short Squeezes’

“I think that what we need to do is pretty clear. If one views the current version of the Democratic establishment as a different kind of evil rather than the lesser of two evils, one has to withhold support and votes regardless of the consequences. For me, it will start by not voting for Hillary. Then perhaps it would […]
4 Strong Dividend Stocks Surging In 2016

4 Strong Dividend Stocks Surging In 2016

In the words of the chief investment officer of investment advisor firm Richard Bernstein Advisors, “People are paying a lot to get the dividend” and “To think it’s safe is naive.” Intriguing and cautionary at the same time, it again shifts the focus to the ever-enticing concept of dividend investment. In recent times, stock markets […]
Bonds, Bullion, & Black Gold Bidless But Stock-Bounce Sticks

Bonds, Bullion, & Black Gold Bidless But Stock-Bounce Sticks

“Just one more wafer-thin mint of monetary-easing?” Before we start, a reminder… This was the greatest quarterly comeback in the history of stocks… Because fundamentals… So with that said, stocks remain the big winner post-Yellen as all the gains for bonds, bullion, and black gold are erased… Because all that matters is a green close […]
Deflation Welcome! Lower Third Of Population Goes Deeper In Debt, Cannot Afford Any Price Increases

Deflation Welcome! Lower Third Of Population Goes Deeper In Debt, Cannot Afford Any Price Increases

A new PEW study on Household Incomes and Expenditures goes a long ways towards explaining why economists who expected a big jump in consumer spending based on falling gasoline prices were dead wrong. The study shows that although expenditures recovered from the downturn, income did not. Also, low-income families spent a far greater share of their income […]
Closer To The Shovel-Ready Resurrection

Closer To The Shovel-Ready Resurrection

Household spending in February 2016 in Japan rose year-over-year for the first time in six months. That was the sum total of any good economic news for the monetary-stricken economy, and it doesn’t really survive closer inspection. The rise in spending was due largely to “other” activities you don’t associate with strong economic rebounds. The […]
Market Talk – March 30, 2016

Market Talk – March 30, 2016

Asia followed the bullish tone provided by the Federal Reserve with a gap higher opening of around 1%. Mainland China and Hang Seng managed to build upon this enthusiasm eventually closing up almost 2.5% each. The same could not be said of Japan when the Nikkei had problems holding the 17k psychological level. Tomorrow being […]