Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Biopharma Portfolio 2018 YTD: Performance Summary
Rayno Biopharma Performance 2018: YTD 8/4 Large Caps Begin to Outperform FBT Is the Best All Around Life Science Play We have provided herein a summary of biopharma portfolio positions for our readers. The Rayno portfolio picks are designed for long-term performance and does not include short-term high volatility trades. The best way to make money in biotechnology […]
Americans’ Real Wage Growth Slumps Most In 6 Years
And just like that, a million hopeful voices cried out in horror… Real average hourly earnings shrank by the most since 2012 in July… For years hope has been soaring that household income will rise any minute now… and despite two years of disappointment, they remain optimistic… But unemployment is so low? Full-employment? Wage pressure? Hmm, […]
E Forex Analysis Of USD/JPY For Friday, August 10
First, we look into the previous day trade and what happened on August 9, 2018, and it opened at 110.976 and went high at 111.180 and gone low 110.700 and finally closed at 111.074. The calculated pivot point for the day is 110.980. The difference between high and low was nearly 0.480 points and there […]
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Yitu Cashes In On China’s Growing Surveillance Market
According to a Markets and Markets report, the global facial recognition software and tool market is estimated to grow 14% annually over the next four years to $7.8 billion by the year 2022 from just over $4 billion in 2017. The growth is estimated to be driven by the growing need for enhanced surveillance and monitoring […]
Long And Short Of Short Interest – Friday, August 10
Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the July 16-31 period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) XLB ($59.54) bulls continued to defend a rising trend line from early April. At the same time, a falling trend line from late January is intact. The ETF is barely […]
Year-Over-Year Core CPI Jumps Most Since 2008
Economists expected a 0.2% rise in the CPI but not a new high in the year-over-year core CPI. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in July on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.1 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the […]
Weekend Reading: Why We Don’t Talk Anymore
I have been doing a daily radio talk show for 18-years. I started out, totally by accident, doing a financial talk show on a business radio station in early 2000 as the “dot.com” crash was underway. It was the genesis of what would eventually become Real Investment Advice.com Then, in 2007, I got picked up by a larger radio […]
Bears Are Coming
My Swing Trading Approach Be very careful with today’s market. I may add some short exposure today if the market provides me with the opportunity to do so. Otherwise, I will follow my stops on my existing two positions and go from there. Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Big rally into the close, to finish 4% […]
Post-CPI Analysis – Friday, August 10
Below is a summary of my post-CPI tweets: half hour to CPI. Welcome again to the private channel. Tell your friends! Another easy comp (0.143%) versus year ago. August 2017 was +0.222%, Sep was 0.132%, Oct was 0.214%, and Nov was 0.121%. So we still have some easy comps ahead although not easy as they […]
Japan Q2 GDP Grow Faster Than Expected As UK GDP Meets Expectations
Earlier today, the Japanese statistics office released the preliminary numbers for the second quarter GDP. The numbers showed that the economy rose by an annualized rate of 1.9% in the second quarter. This was higher than the expected 1.4% annualized rate and the Q1 contraction of 0.9%. The growth in the GDP in the quarter […]
