Related JNSBarron’s Recap: Time To Dump Your Bond Funds?Bill Gross Is Concerned If There Will Be Sufficient Liquidity If A ‘Panic Situation’ Arises AgainFranklin Fiscal Q3 Earnings & Revenues Lag, Costs Down – Analyst Blog(Zacks)On June 3, Bond King and Portfolio Manager of Janus Capital Group Inc (NYSE: JNS)’s Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, Bill Gross, tweeted , “Gross: German […]
Shah GilaniChinese stocks plummeted again yesterday.The Shanghai Composite tanked 8.48% to 3,725.56, while the Shenzhen Composite fell 7% to 2,160.09. And the ChiNext, China’s smaller equivalent of the Nasdaq, fell 7.4% to 2,683.45.Based on everything the Chinese government and regulators have done to stem the sharp sell-off in Chinese shares and pump them back up, the unexpectedly big drop yesterday, […]
REUTERS/Brendan McDermidTwitter CEO Dick Costolo, right, celebrates the Twitter IPO with Twitter founders, from left, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, November 7, 2013.The European Central Bank (ECB) just put out an interesting study looking at whether Twitter and Google can be used to predict stock market […]
Related ALXNUS Stock Futures Drop Ahead Of Economic DataStrensiq Receives Marketing Approval in Japan for Treatment of Patients with HypophosphatasiaBy and large, the number of shares short in the leading biotech and emerging pharmaceutical stocks shrank between the June 15 and June 30 settlement dates.The trend was particularly noticeable in Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) and Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: […]
Stock Trading Tips for New InvestorsThose looking to get started trading in the stock markets tend to have some relatively predictable mistakes that occur over and over again. These mistakes are generally avoidable but then the proper market research is not conducted, it can quickly become a costly exercise that can damage the health and well-being of a trading account. […]
#MarketUpdate: It’s all Greek to me…The markets opened in the red as expected, rallied to near unchanged and at midday are just modestly lower. The Dow is off 44 points, Nasdaq Comp in the red by 14 pts, S&P-500 lower by 6pts, and the Russell 2000 is holding up the best with only a 3 point loss. For some context, […]
The overheated Shanghai and Shenzhen markets have lost 29 and 32 per cent respectively over the past three weeks following 7-year highs reached on June 12.Instead of welcoming a much needed correction, Chinese brokerages and the Bank of China agreed to prop up the market.Stimulus Short-LivedThe stimulus act has failed already. The South China Morning Post reports Chinese Shares Close […]
If you don’t want to lose your shirt this month, you have to buy the strongest trends on the market. Period.So today is your final installment of this week’s post-Greece craziness “search for strength” coverage.I showed you yesterday how health care and biotech stocks are the strongest and safest names on the market right now. And today I’m showing you […]
Biotech stocks, which have risen 550% since the depths of the recession, are now prime targets of short sellers betting they will collapse in grand fashion. “Of any part of the market, this is the one with the most bubble-like characteristics, without question.”Bubble Watch: Biotech Edition Bubble Watch: Biotech Edition Bubble Watch: Biotech EditionThe financial markets have been on the […]
Biotech stocks, which have risen 550% since the depths of the recession, are now prime targets of short sellers betting they will collapse in grand fashion. “Of any part of the market, this is the one with the most bubble-like characteristics, without question.”Bubble Watch: Biotech Edition Bubble Watch: Biotech Edition Bubble Watch: Biotech EditionThe financial markets have been on the […]
