Invuity Announces Proposed Public Offering Of Common Stock
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Invuity, Inc. (Nasdaq:IVTY) (“Invuity” or the “Company”), a leading medical technology company focused on minimal access surgery, today announced that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Invuity expects to grant the […]
What Next For Qualcomm After Trump Blocks Takeover?
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
“The proposed takeover of Qualcomm (QCOM – Free Report) by the Purchaser (Broadcom – (AVGO – Free Report) is prohibited, and any substantially equivalent merger, acquisition, or takeover, whether effected directly or indirectly, is also prohibited,” the presidential order read. The order was purportedly based on the national security findings of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United […]
Q4 Household Net Worth: The “Real” Story
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Note: With yesterday’s release of the Federal Reserve’s Z.1. Financial Accounts of the United States for Q4 2017, we have updated this commentary to incorporate the latest data. Let’s take a long-term view of household net worth from the latest Z.1 release. A quick glance at the complete data series shows a distinct bubble in net […]
Eye Opening Index, Volatility, Charts And Predictions
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Volatility setting up like 2014/2015, get ready for some interesting range rotation and price swings. Our recent research shows that the current US markets are setting up for what could become a very interesting price range rotation as well as increased volatility. Let us take a look at the 2014 price activity first.You may not be […]
Despondency In Silver-Land
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Speculators Throw the Towel Over the past several years we have seen a few amazing moves in futures positioning in a number of commodities, such as e.g. in crude oil, where the by far largest speculative long positions in history have been amassed. Over the past year it was silver’s turn. In April 2017, large […]
Worries Creeping Into Treasuries And US Markets
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Chris Temple, Editor of The National Investor shares his thoughts on the treasury and US equity markets. The call of yields peaking this year that Chris made a couple weeks ago could have come sooner than even he expected. The 10 year is closing in on 2.8%, which a break lower could pick up steam. […]
China’s Questionable Start To 2018
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The Chinese government reported estimates for Industrial Production, Retail Sales, and Fixed Asset Investment (FAI) for both January and February 2018. The National Bureau of Statistics prepares and calculates China’s major economic statistics in this manner at the beginning of each year due to the difficulties created by calendar effects (New Year Golden Week). Despite […]
Is Price Inflation Falling?
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Price inflation increased in the January CPI report and the average hourly earnings from the labor report came in hot. This combination caused economists and analysts to start making projections for inflation to trend higher in 2018. This is just like how investment banks raised their 2018 year end S&P 500 forecasts after stocks rallied […]
Trade War: US Launches WTO Challenge Of Indian Export Subsidies
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The US Trade Representative announced the launch of a WTO challenge to Indian export subsidy programs, in the latest global trade skirmish which is likely to grow into something far bigger. U.S. LAUNCHES WTO CHALLENGE TO INDIAN EXPORT SUBSIDY PROGRAMS -OFFICE OF U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE USTR SAYS APPARENT INDIAN EXPORT SUBSIDIES ALLOW INDIAN EXPORTERS TO […]
Nutanix – Chart Of The Day
Mar 14, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The Chart of the Day belongs to Nutanix (NTNX). I found the cloud services stock by suing Barchart to sort today’s Top Stocks to Own list first by the highest Weighted Alpha, then I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 3/2 the stock gained 40.42%. Nutanix, Inc. […]