Yellen’s speaking again… give it all you’ve got!! Stocks stalled early on (around 1010ET) thanks to inflation comments from Yellen, but that dip was bid back to the highs… then...
To the naked eye, it represents progress. China has still an enormous rural population doing subsistence level farming. As the nation grows economically, such a way of life is an inherent drag, an anc...
The pharma/biotech sector has picked up this year after being battered by the drug pricing controversy in 2016. The first half has been pretty strong for companies in the space. The NYSE ARCA Pharmace...
“I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.” – Edmund Hillary Some better action today in the bio, pharma and tech sector but action ...
Wheat supplies were slightly higher, but Weather now rules Market Analysis This month’s US supply/demand revisions generally followed the indications from June 30th quarterly stocks changes. Old-c...
Lethargic summer markets tend to instill a sense of false security. Stocks and property are near all-time highs, interest rates are at 72-year lows and most investors feel richer than ever. Central ba...
So yeah, another day, another largely fruitless effort to figure out what exactly the message is from DM central bankers. Yellen was, well, Yellen, and her second day on Capitol Hill brought little in...
Vol-sellers beware. That’s the message from Natixis Global Asset Management’s Brett Olsen and Nicholas J. Elward, in their latest note, as they warn “it stands to reason that the mark...
Shares of corrugated box maker International Paper (IP) are outperforming broader market measures after being upgraded to buy on eCommerce drivers. E-COMMERCE GROWTH: Goldman Sachs’ analyst Bria...