The bull market is nearing six years old. It turns out that the biotech sector again managed a huge outperforming year in 2014 as well. The gains of the key biotech exchange traded funds (ETFs) were up in the 40% range, with the NYSE Arca Biotech index up over 45% year-to-date. The equal-weight biotech ETF performed better than the key larger […]
Abnormal Returns posted a few particularly good links yesterday; check out the study of how returns early in the market day predict those later in the day. I’ll have more to say about that topic later this weekend, as it dovetails nicely with recent observations regarding who is participating in markets. Also worth a read is Adam Grimes’ post regarding […]
Brad Rempel-USA TODAY SportsSwarzak has been Minnesota’s swing man and long reliever since 2011.It’s a thankless job, being a long reliever. Not good enough over multiple innings to start and not good enough to come out and mow down the opposition over short appearances, long relief still requires of a pitcher a set of skills that aren’t always easily found. […]
Zynga learned the hard way that relying on one hit game would kill a company if the farm ever went arid. Now King Digital is proving to be another disastrous one-hit wonder with their increasingly unpopular game Candy Crush Saga.http://valleywag.gawker.com/there-is-no-ev…“There Is No Evil Scheme Behind It”: A Q&A with Candy Crush Games Guru“There Is No Evil Scheme Behind It”: A […]
Get Forex buy/sell signals directly to your email and by SMS.To learn more click hereOn Tuesday, September E-mini NASDAQ-100 Index futures straddled a key retracement zone as bullish investors tried to establish a new support area. Since the main trend is down on the daily chart, establishing a new higher bottom has been a struggled because of the increased presence […]
MomentumOptionsTrading.com Midday Update for 8/5/2014Trade of the Week – Is RealD the Real Deal or a Done Deal?1:00 p.m. (EST)RealD (RLD, $10.47, down $0.15) will be reporting their numbers after the close today. The company is expected to earn a profit of $0.11, on average. The chance for an earnings surprise is high, as the 11 analysts that cover the […]
Over the summer, I’ve given many lectures about SMAC — social media, mobile, analytics and cloud computing.The most popular analytics topics are business intelligence, big data, and novel data visualizations.Recently, Dr. Chris Longhurst, chief medical information officer at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and colleagues wrote an article in the Big Data Issue of Health Affairs, that suggests a very practical […]
Over the summer, I’ve given many lectures about SMAC – social media, mobile, analytics and cloud computing.The most popular analytics topics are business intelligence, big data, and novel data visualizations.Recently, Dr. Chris Longhurst, chief medical information officer at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and colleagues wrote an article in the Big Data Issue of Health Affairs, that suggests a very practical […]
Stock Market Final Thrust Higher?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 23, 2014 – 03:32 PM GMTBy: Anthony_CherniawskiGood Morning!Yesterday I commented that the final Wave needed to have 5 lesser waves in the last thrust. This appears to be it. The target for this wavelet is 2000.00 in the SPX. Round numbers appear to have a psychological attraction and this is no […]
Stock Market in DANGER of Strangling the Bears to DeathStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 20, 2014 – 07:46 AM GMTBy: Nadeem_WalayatThe 5+ year stocks bull market continues to tighten its noose around the bears throats, though despite reddening faces and bulging eyes this has not halted the increasingly exasperated calls for the stocks bull markets always imminent end to definitely […]
