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Best Performing ETFs Of 9-Year Bull Run

Best Performing ETFs Of 9-Year Bull Run

Video Length: 00:08:05 The bull market turned nine years old on March 9. Its momentum has slowed down this year as stocks have struggled with rising rates, heightened volatility and trade was risks. Still, stocks have come a long way since bottoming out about nine years back, following a brutal sell-off in the aftermath of […]
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company Announces Pricing Of Public Offering Of Common Stock

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company Announces Pricing Of Public Offering Of Common Stock

SAN DIEGO, March 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (Nasdaq:LJPC) (La Jolla), a leader in the development of innovative therapies intended to significantly improve outcomes in patients suffering from life-threatening diseases, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 3,400,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the […]
Import Prices Rise 0.4%, Exports 0.2%: Bond Yields Mostly Yawn

Import Prices Rise 0.4%, Exports 0.2%: Bond Yields Mostly Yawn

Those looking for a bit of inflation can point to import prices and a weak dollar, but the bond market barely reacted. U.S. import prices up 0.4% in February on higher nonfuel prices; export prices rise 0.2% according to the BLS report on Import and Export Prices. All Imports: The price index for U.S. imports rose […]
Multiple Jobholders: Over Two Decades Of Trends As Of February

Multiple Jobholders: Over Two Decades Of Trends As Of February

What are the long-term trends for multiple jobholders in the US? The Bureau of Labor Statistics has two decades of historical data to enlighten us on that topic, courtesy of Table A-16 in the monthly Current Population Survey of households. At present, multiple jobholders account for just 5.2 percent of civilian employment. The survey captures data for […]
This Is Why U.S. Dollar Could Be Headed Much Lower, Not Up

This Is Why U.S. Dollar Could Be Headed Much Lower, Not Up

iStock.com/Madmaxer U.S. Dollar to Drop on the Back of Higher Deficits Mark my words: the U.S. dollar could be heading much lower before it goes any higher… Just recently, newly appointed White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said, “A great country needs a strong currency.” (Source: “Kudlow says he favors a strong dollar, has no reason […]
Bitcoin Leads Cryptocurrency Market Collapse

Bitcoin Leads Cryptocurrency Market Collapse

Written by Crypto Guru In just a matter of 24 hours, cryptocurrency markets with Bitcoin in the lead, saw a whopping $60 billion getting wiped off their values on Thursday. Nearly every cryptocurrency at the top of the pile was headed south. This major collapse was triggered by multiple factors including closer scrutiny of the space by regulators, […]
Why Boeing Stock BA Could Fall Further

Why Boeing Stock BA Could Fall Further

Stocks in the U.S. declined on Wednesday after Donald Trump implied he wanted to impose new tariffs on China. Doing so could increase the costs and hurt overseas sales for U.S. manufacturers such as Boeing. A White House spokeswoman said that the president is pressing China to “reduce Beijing’s bilateral trade surplus by $100 billion.” After setting […]
UK Predicted To Become Slowest Growing Major Economy In 2018

UK Predicted To Become Slowest Growing Major Economy In 2018

The UK has been governed by the Conservative party since 2010; in coalition with the Liberal Democrats (2010-15) and in its own right 2015 to date). It presided over a period of austerity which it claimed was necessary to rebalance the economy in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis and the ensuing weak global […]
February 2018 Import And Export Price Year-Over-Year Inflation Rate Little Changed

February 2018 Import And Export Price Year-Over-Year Inflation Rate Little Changed

Year-over-year import price inflation marginally grew, whilst export prices marginally declined. Analyst Opinion of the Import / Export Price Situation Because of backward revisions – the import and export price indices were little changed from where we thought we were last month. Import Oil prices were down 0.6 % month-over-month, and export agricultural prices were […]
The Egregious Errors Of Static Statistics

The Egregious Errors Of Static Statistics

The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. Lord Macaulay wrote this nearly two hundred years ago. His aphorism is particularly apposite of modern politicians, and also of the modern state itself, which is meant to be selfless in the interest of […]