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February 2017 Producer Price Final Demand Year-over-Year Inflation Jumps To 2.2%
The Producer Price Index year-over-year inflation jumped from 1.6 % to 2.2 %. This inflation cycle began in the 2H2016. Analyst Opinion of Producer Prices After last month’s pause in inflation, it has returned with a vengance this month. From the BLS: On an unadjusted basis, the final demand index climbed 2.2 percent for the […]
Allergan Has Struck A $90 Million Upfront Deal To Partner With Editas Medicine, Inc.
Allergan (AGN) has struck a $90 million upfront deal to partner with CRISPR/Cas9 leader Editas Medicine, Inc. (EDIT) on up to five programs aimed at curing eye diseases. EndPts.com Editas recently won…a nasty scrap over patent rights to its CRISPR/Cas9 technology (a faster, easier way to do gene editing) squaring off against CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP) and Intellia […]
2017 IPO Prospects: HelloFresh Needs The Profitability Spice
Photo Credit: SITS Girls/Flickr.com As per a report by Slice Intelligence, the growth rates for food subscription services is slowing down. Back in 2015, food subscription services like Blue Apron and HelloFresh were seeing growth of nearly 200% each quarter. Those growth rates have dropped to under 60% in the last quarter of 2016. HelloFresh’s Financials […]
E UK Readers: Last Chance For A Guaranteed Inflation-Beating Investment
I have long feared that inflation will rip through our savings, sooner or later. Possibly there will be deflation first, but our various feckless governments will eventually try to repair their dodgy budgets by stealing value from our savings. In fact, it’s already happening, if you look at the derisory interest on bank accounts, which […]
China Suffers Worst Start To A Year For Retail Sales Growth Since 2002
With its credit impulse wearing off (and inflation spikes stalling any hopes of renewed stimulus anytime soon), it appears China’s always-happy consumer is not so happy as 2017 begins. Against expectations of a 10.6% year-over-year gain in year-to-date cumulative retail sales, February saw just a 9.5% rise – the weakest February since 2002. Presumably there is some lunar-new-year adjustment that […]
Bull Market; Weakness Cracks Could Be Starting
This past week the bull market in stocks, celebrated its 8-year anniversary, off the March 2009 lows. The bull trends off the lows in 2009 are still solidly in play, as key indices remain inside of long-term rising channels. Make no mistake the series of higher lows and higher highs has NOT been broken. Speaking of broken, […]
Pfizer Inc. Suddenly Faces Stiff Breast Cancer Drug Competition From Novartis
Pfizer Inc. (PFE) had been just the only player in a very specific breast cancer treatment game, but now Novartis (NVS) has entered the race with a brand new drug that could be a blockbuster and threaten Pfizer’s dominance.
More On The Oil Oversupply And OPEC’s Lost Swing Production Dominance
Bloomberg oil analyst Javier Blas reported earlier today that Saudi Arabia has told OPEC that it lifted oil production in February, despite the ongoing OPEC production cut agreement with Russia. In essence, the Saudis have rolled back approximately one-third of the original production cut that they just agreed to in November. Why this matters: The […]
The Stock Whisper Of The Day: GDX, SPY, IWM
Hot stocks of the day: GDX, SPY, IWM Video length: 00:03:51
6 Bullet Points Explain Why You Should Be Wary On Wednesday
On Monday in “These Charts Do Not Scream ‘Ready For A Super Aggressive Fed’“, we warned that a fairly rapid repricing higher of yields is being met with price action that suggests markets aren’t prepared to digest an overly hawkish message. Commodities are in free fall, HY spreads are widening, IG is selling off now […]
