Category Archive: Finance
Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio In A Biotech Bull Market
Biotech Bull Market 2017 Performance as of 9/5/17 Rayno Biopharmaceutical Portfolio outperforms the market. XBI was the Best Play up 41.88% YTD. Biotech stocks broke through the July sector highs as tracked by major ETFs. However we are still about 25% off the July 2015 bubble highs but supported by good earnings fundamentals, strong technicals and potentially a seasonal strong Q4. […]
EUR: The ECB Poses ‘2-Way’ Risks For EUR/USD On Thursday – Barclays
The European Central Bank’s meeting is getting closer and the tension is felt in euro/dollar. Here is the view from Barclays: Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: Barclays Capital FX Strategy Research argues that the ECB meeting on Thursday poses ‘two-way’ risks for EUR/USD. “We expect that the ECB will leave its policy settings […]
North Korean Profit Taking
Friday’s tight action plus a long weekend of North Korea news left traders skittish and wanting out. However, there wasn’t a significant break of support to suggest a rout is imminent but further losses need to be watched. The S&P is resting on rising support but the nature of today’s candlestick is not one to […]
Oh, Those GPUs….
OK, at the moment, I have nothing to say – – but we need a comment cleaner! So I’ll just toss in this cute little SlopeChart to show the correlation between BitCoin and Nvidia. There are a handful of firms which make GPUs, Nvidia being big of the lot, this chipmaker’s fortune is tied tightly to bitcoin’s. With the nearly […]
SPY Expected Move Fade Trade
Traders come back from Labor Day weekend hitting the sell button. In tonight’s video market update we look at the SPY weekly expected move being hit on the downside on the first trading day of the week. Watch the video for a timely trade set up you can put on tomorrow morning… Video Length – […]
The Three Faces Of Bitcoin
After plunging 20% in the last few days from its $5000 highs – following China’s ICO bank, Bitcoin has bounced back to $440 today amid global turmoil… As SHTFplan.com reported earlier, Rick Rule, the billionaire Chief Executive Officer of Sprott Global Resources, noted in his recent interview with Crush The Street: Bitcoin to me is all positive… I’m a consumer of […]
Multiple Jobholders: Two Decades Of Trends As Of August
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 4.5 percent of civilian employment. The survey captures data for […]
How Averaging Down Can Improve Your Dividend Income
As a dividend investor we are for the main purpose income investors and should not be worried about the current price of the share price. A high share price gives you a good feeling but is not very helpful when it comes to buying more shares. A drop in the share price is bad for […]
A Pathetic Attempt To Justify A Bond Short
For bond bears like myself, today was an ugly day. Fixed income prices ripped higher, egged on by continued escalations of the North Korea situation with an added dose of poor economic reports for good measure. Some dovish Fed talk was the icing on the cake, and there was no mercy shown for bond shorts. […]
Comprehensive Financial Planning – Explained
From time to time, the question is asked of me: What exactly makes up a comprehensive financial planning engagement? A truly comprehensive financial planning engagement requires 10 to 15 hours of effort (or more) by the financial planner. What exactly makes up a comprehensive financial planning engagement? Each individual situation is going to be different, and […]
