People walk past a panel displaying the benchmark Hang Seng Index during afternoon trading outside a bank in Hong Kong April 15, 2015. Photo: ReutersHong Kong stock market is “very likely” to slip at its opening on Monday, Hong Kong’s finance chief predicted today, as he warned of the possibility of large market fluctuations in the near future.John Tsang Chun-wah called […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Fear that Greece could default on its debt and abandon the euro rattled global financial markets Friday.News that negotiations between Greece and its international lenders are making little progress sent European stock markets down sharply, and the selling spread across the Atlantic. By the close of U.S. trading, stocks across industries were lower, with four of […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Stock markets in China and Hong Kong extended gains on Friday on expectations of further policy easing, but other stock markets in the region were subdued.KEEPING SCORE: Shanghai Composite index gained 1.1 percent to 4,241.57 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.3 percent to 27,821.62. South Korea’s Kospi inched up 0.1 percent at 2,141.53. Japan’s […]
Stock Market Poised for a Flash CrashStock-Markets / Financial CrashApr 15, 2015 – 07:56 PM GMTBy: Anthony_CherniawskiMy earlier thesis of an unfinished retracement in SPX hit the nail on the head. Note that it didn’t go above the March 23 high, verifying the weakening uptrend. I recalibrated the Megaphone formation and verified it as an Orthodox Broadening top rather than […]
Today’s Stock Market Rally Only Makes Things WorseStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Apr 06, 2015 – 05:18 PM GMTBy: Anthony_CherniawskiThe Primary Dealers are using this morning’s action as another selling opportunity. A lot of retail traders had layered in buy orders all the way down to 2050.00 which may have been filled on Friday. This is a ready market for the […]
Academia Sinica is Taiwan’s highest-ranking research institution.Academia Sinica is considered the premier research institute here in Taiwan. Can you talk to us about the role of Academia Sinica in the research for new drug discoveries?Dr. Chi-Huey Wong (C-HW): The academy is the highest-ranking research institution here in Taiwan, and we are involved in cutting edge research in the fields of […]
What happens tomorrow after jobs?
Paul Richards, head of FX & credit distribution at UBS, looks ahead to Friday’s jobs data. Michael Block, Rhino Trading Partners, chief strategist, weighs in.
U.S. stocks could continue their overall decline on Monday, no matter how good the March job report is.Markets are closed on Good Friday, and the Monday afterwards is historically the S&P 500’s […]
Once again, acquisition news made it to the headlines with Horizon Pharma (HZNP – Snapshot Report) announcing that it will be acquiring Hyperion Therapeutics (HPTX – Snapshot Report). BioMarin has hit a 52-week high on acquisition rumors. Meanwhile, it’s been an eventful week on the pipeline and regulatory front as well with companies like Conatus (CNAT – Snapshot Report), Amgen […]
Is The Stock Market On The Verge Of Collapse?March 31st, 2015Are we watching a replay of the last financial crisis? Over the past six months, the price of oil has collapsed, the U.S. dollar has soared, and a whole bunch of other patterns that we witnessed just before the stock market crash of 2008 are repeating once again. But what we have not […]
The Stock Market In 2015 Is Starting To Look Remarkably Similar To The Stock Market In 2008
By Michael Snyder, on March 31st, 2015Are we watching a replay of the last financial crisis? Over the past six months, the price of oil has collapsed, the U.S. dollar has soared, and a whole bunch of other patterns that we witnessed just […]
