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Japanese Traders Are Getting Angry: “The BOJ Is Destroying The Functioning Of The Market”

Japanese Traders Are Getting Angry: “The BOJ Is Destroying The Functioning Of The Market”

Back in the summer of 2014, when the ECB first unveiled NIRP, many were concerned that this submersion into the monetary policy twilight zone would first crush Europe’s money markets. However, at least until now, European MM funds have proven relatively resilient, The story in Japan is different. When the Bank of Japan announced they […]
Belated Payrolls/ISM Thoughts

Belated Payrolls/ISM Thoughts

Last week when I was not doing my own market positioning or writing subscriber updates, I was bringing Biiwii back to life, so on Friday I skipped the entirety of the Payrolls hype and never got to ISM either. So here’s a post. From BLS, a breakdown by industry of the +215,000 Payrolls data. No change here from […]
March 2016 Conference Board Employment Index Again Declined

March 2016 Conference Board Employment Index Again Declined

The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index – which forecasts employment for the next 6 months declined suggesting “with GDP barely growing at a two percent rate, it’s difficult to see how employment can continue to expand by 200,000 or more jobs per month.” Consider that this projected growth is six months from now. Econintersect is forecasting […]
Five Tech Stocks That Crushed The Market In March 2016

Five Tech Stocks That Crushed The Market In March 2016

The year 2016 started off with some of the most volatile trading in recent times. Slowdown in the Chinese economy coupled with sliding oil prices set off alarm bells every now and then at all the major domestic indexes, fueling concerns of a global economic slowdown. “March” to the Rescue However, things started improving in […]
Three Snowstorms To Hit Northeast – Heating Oil Prices To Spike

Three Snowstorms To Hit Northeast – Heating Oil Prices To Spike

Winter is blasting the Northeast in April. Three snowstorms back to back to hit the Northeast, it appears winter is lasting longer than usual for this part of the country. Natural gas futures have spiked, HO Futures haven`t moved much yet. Video length: 00:02:33  
Oil Prices Fall Again On Doubts Over Output Limits

Oil Prices Fall Again On Doubts Over Output Limits

Crude oil prices fell again below $40 per barrel following comments by Saudi Arabia’s officials that it would only limit production if other leading oil manufacturers would agree to do the same. Even though the statement by the deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman referred to the entire group of the world’s largest oil producers, […]
DAX 30 Trades Higher Ahead Of Eurozone Unemployment Report

DAX 30 Trades Higher Ahead Of Eurozone Unemployment Report

The DAX 30 (FXCM: GER30) is up by 0.28 % at the time of writing. Telecommunications and Information Technology Sectors are the biggest losers, down by 0.39% and 0.15% respectively (delayed), whilst those gaining are the Utilities and Health Care sectors, both up by 1.29% and 0.89% respectively. The ECB low of 9397, carved out […]
ISM New York Drops To September Lows As All Components Decline; Employment Plunges

ISM New York Drops To September Lows As All Components Decline; Employment Plunges

While last week’s Chicago’s PMI staged a strong bounce from its recent contraction and back into expansion, New York did not. ISM New York just printed at 50.4, just barely above the contraction point, and the lowest headline print since mid 2015. The extremely noisy time series continues to swing, this time lower, with every […]
Rayno Biopharmaceuticals: New Buy Idea – Roche Plc.

Rayno Biopharmaceuticals: New Buy Idea – Roche Plc.

Roche/Genentech Has a Strong Pipeline in Diagnostics and Therapeutics to Drive Moderate Growth in 2016 New Stock Pick: Roche Holding (RHHBY) $30.36 Over the past 3 months we recommended several new buys for the Rayno Biopharma Portfolio emphasizing moderate growth, relative safety and dividend plays. Three large cap biopharma stocks were previous picks: Abbvie (ABBV), […]