Dynamic Inefficiency
This is a post about macroeconomic theory. It is technical and I honestly don’t know how much is already in the literature. The aim is to address an important policy question — is public debt a burden on future generations. It is possible in theory that the answer is no and that higher public debt […]
The Stock Whisper Of The Day: UUP, GDX, MU, USO, MDVN, VXX, UNG
Hot stocks of the day: UUP, GDX, MU, USO, MDVN, VXX, UNG Video length: 00:06:11
Canadian GDP Leaps 0.6%- USD/CAD Breaks Support
The Canadian economy grew by 0.6% in the wake of 2016, double the early expectations for January. year over year, this is a rise of 1.5% instead of 1.1% expected At the same time, US jobless claims missed with 276K. USD-CAD slides under support at 1.2930 and reaches down for a new a new low at […]
DAX 30 Gives Back Some Of Its Gains Following Yesterday’s Strong Rise
The DAX 30 (FXCM: GER30) is lower by 0.40% at the time of writing in what appears to be a normal profit taking pullback following the gains that were witnessed yesterday. Other stock markets such as the FTSE 100 are lower today following the presence of softer mining stocks, in turn following soft copper prices. The overall trend of the DAX 30 is […]
EC Top ETF Stories Of First Quarter 2016
The start to the first quarter of 2016 was a nightmare, given the twin attacks from oil price slide and China turmoil that intensified fears of a global slowdown. However, these concerns started to fade in the back half of the quarter on continued signs of improvement in the domestic and international markets, pushing global […]
Premarket Biotech Digest 2016-03-31: VRX Debt, OPK RAYALDEE NDA, ICPT Presentation
Top Pick of the Day: CTRV Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD 26.01 +2.20 9.24%) shares, not surprisingly, surged on Wednesday following a positive recommendation from the FDA’s Ad Comm late Tuesday. With Nuplazid now a step closer to reaching commercialization stage, the question is how much is ACAD worth. Analysts believe that the drug could achieve peak sales of […]
Federally Fueled Thursday – Rally Almost Out Of Gas
One BILLION Dollars! That’s how much ADDITIONAL money the ECB begins pumping into the markets as of tomorrow morning per Draghi’s 33% increase in QE. That means, of course, he was already pumping $3Bn/day into the markets and that didn’t help but, clearly, investors believe somehow that this is going to be the straw that […]
Expect The Fed To Cut Rates In 2016
Analysis Overview – The Fed is likely to cut interest rates in 2016 and this article discusses the factors for this view and the investment strategy in the current scenario. The Big Slump – When the fed increased rates in December 2015, there were economists talking about at least four rate increases in 2016. However, global economic […]
Eight Things The Chinese Are Scrambling To Buy In America
There has been some confusion in recent months about the unprecedented M&A buying spree unleashed by Chinese investors on international, but mostly U.S. targets, a spree which has already resulted in a record amount of Chinese outbound M&A capital, manifesting in $41 billion in US deals in just the first quarter, already double the full amount […]
FTSE 100 Turns At The Resistance Level Following Soft Mining Stocks
The FTSE 100 (FXCM: UK100)is lower by 0.52% at the time of writing as mining stocks such as BHP Billiton, Glencore, Rio Tinto, and Anglo American traded lower on softer metal prices. Copper prices have also fallen to a four-week low over the last few days. With today’s decline in the FTSE 100, the index remains trapped within the 6006 to 6237 […]
