Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
E Amgen And AstraZeneca Announce Positive Results For Psoriasis In A Late-Stage 3 Study
On November 25, 2014 Amgen (AMGN) and AstraZeneca (AZN) announced positive results in a phase 3 study dealing with patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. The phase 3 trial was known as the AMAGINE-2 trial and was evaluating the experimental drug brodalumab against Stelara and a placebo drug. The trial showed that Amgen and AstraZeneca’s drug […]
Thankful For Inflation? Turkey Day Dinner Is Up 6,000% Since 1909
While not hyperinflating, the slow and insidious diminishment of the fiat US Dollar’s purchasing power(and thus the living standards of lower- and middle-class Americans – who are not balls deep invested in the US stock ‘market’) is nowhere more evident than in the soaring costs of Thanksgiving Day dinner during the Fed’s 100 year reign… In 1909… Thanksgiving […]
The Race To 0%: Plunging Yields Across The Globe
We are seeing history in the making in the bond market today, with an all-time low in 10-year yields in each of the following countries: Germany: 0.70% France: 0.98% Italy: 2.03% Spain: 1.86% Netherlands: 0.81% Portugal: 2.80% Switzerland: 0.31% Japan 0.41% Source: Bloomberg What do each of these countries have in common? Slow to negative […]
Black Friday – Oil Collapses As OPEC Meeting Ends In Chaos
Oil is failing $70! $66 is a 40% (strong) retracement from the $110 top we saw just over a year ago but this time may be different as OPEC ended their meeting with no agreement to reign in the massive over-supply of crude that’s spilling out onto the markets, even in the face of continuing declines in […]
Gold Vs. Oil
First let’s preface by stating that I have a dislike for gold sector pom pom wavers as evidenced by this post at Biiwii: Huey, Dewey & Louie. Second, let’s ask what kind of sense it makes to hammer gold mining operations because oil is going down. Gold is exploding higher in relation to the thing that […]
Copper & Crude Crash To 4 Year Lows
With all eyes focused on the malls around America, we thought a glimpse at two of the most important commodities to the world economy would provide food for thought… Copper… And Crude… are at 4-year lows… But you can still get a bargain stock at record highs…
Dramatic Increase In Gold Flows Into China
For over two thousand years, China practiced what came to be known as the “tributary system,” reflecting the view that it alone was the center of the civilized world. All who wished to do business with the Chinese were considered tributary states. Rulers and travelers from other lands had to follow certain procedures, including gift […]
Will The ECB Buy Gold
Mario Draghi made himself very clear: he is going to do everything in his power to fight off deflation. Many analysts believe that gold will play a role in this fight. We can hear you think “yeah right, the ECB buying gold…”, but the title of this article did not fall from the sky; it is […]
A Worrisome Slide For Inflation Expectations
The Federal Reserve may start raising interest rates next year for the first time in nearly a decade, but the focus at the moment is on deflation risk, or so it seems by way of the market’s softer inflation forecast via a closely followed yield spread in Treasuries. The implied outlook for inflation slumped to […]
