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Stock Market Poised for a Flash Crash :: The Market Oracle …

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 […]

Technology Indices and Creative Destruction – When Might the Bubble Burst?

Technology Indices and Creative Destruction – When Might the Bubble Burst?Publically traded technology stocks trade on modest multiples compared to 2000
Private sector overinvestment may, however, be cause for concern
European technology companies have outperformed US this year – it may not last
Technology and growth stocks remain highly correlated to the major indices
I adhere to the belief that technology and other such […]

Stem cell pioneer lures big pharma

by Tony BoydJust when Australia’s beaten-down biotech sector was in need of a boost, Silviu Itescu at stem cell pioneer Mesoblast sends positive signals by selling $58.5 million in stock to US pharmaceutical giant, Celgene Corporation.This is a hugely important transaction for Mesoblast and the Australian biotech sector. It shows big pharma is not content to sit back and rely on […]

No 10 … but do prime ministers really move the stock market?

New prime minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie outside No 10 in May 1997. Photograph: Martin Godwin
The headlines began warning us months ago of stock-market meltdown should the opposition win control after 7 May. “Shares tipped to fall if Labour wins next year’s general election” the Daily Telegraph announced in October, and some business leaders have echoed the sentiment, […]

Hong Kong stocks surge over 5pc as Chinese funds flood the market …

Mainland investors piled into the city’s stocks via the through train programme, with turnover hitting a record HK$21 billion. Photo: Dickson LeeThe Hong Kong stock market opened high on Thursday morning with a 5 per cent rise in the Hang Seng Index a day after it was swamped by a wave of mainland Chinese money that helped drive trading to a record […]

Investing in Water and Energy Insights with Jud Hill, Managing Partner at Blue Star Capital

Investing in Water and Energy Insights with Jud Hill, Managing Partner at Blue Star CapitalHow Consolidation in the Fracking Industry is Creating Greater Efficiencies and Opportunities For Companies Treating WaterNew York, NY – Point Roberts, WA – April 7, 2015 – Investorideas.com and its water investment portal, Water-stocks.com issues an exclusive Q&A with Jud Hill, Managing Partner of Blue Star […]

Stock Market News for April 02, 2015 – April 2, 2015 – Zacks.com

Benchmarks ended the first trading session of the second quarter in the red on weak economic data. Both private payrolls and manufacturing data were weaker than anticipated. The S&P 500 closed below its 50-day moving average, with 7 out of 10 S&P 500 sectors ending in the red. The Dow also witnessed more than two-third of its 30 components ending […]

3 Biotech Stocks in Danger of Running Out of Cash

Source: Flickr user Mike PoreskyFew sectors offer a greater potential for risk and reward than biotechnology. It’s a sector where many companies are still in the early stages of their drug development process, but if you happen to catch a winner the returns can compound many times over.Unfortunately, the odds are stacked against biotech investors with far more drugs failing […]

GoDaddy opens at $26.15 on first day of trading, up 31% from IPO …

Hosting and web domain-registration company GoDaddy made its debut today on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GDDY, with shares becoming available at $26.15, up about 30.8 percent from the $20 price at which the company sold shares for its initial public offering.The debut price is also higher than the $17-19 range that GoDaddy set for its stock shares two […]

NY Post: Stock market rigging is no longer a 'conspiracy theory'

The stock market is rigged.When I started making that claim years ago — and provided solid evidence — people scoffed. Some called it a conspiracy theory, tinfoil hats and that sort of stuff. Most people just ignored me.But that’s not happening anymore. The dirty secret is out.With stock prices rushing far ahead of economic reality over the last six or […]