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Today Stocks Were Way Up Because the Stock Market Is Pure Fantasy

After the biggest drop since the Great Recession on Monday, U.S. stocks today posted their biggest gain in four years, because the stock market is driven mainly by bullshit. http://gawker.com/is-the-stock-m…Is The Stock Market Driven Mainly by Bullshit? Is The Stock Market Driven Mainly by Bullshit? Is The Stock Market Driven Mainly by Bullshit?Last week saw the stock market take its […]

What the China stock market crash means for startups | VentureBeat …

The China stock market downturn and currency changes have started to impact the global market. With 50+ startups in my firm’s global portfolio and a fast growing startup of my own, I thought it would be very timely to discuss what is happening in China and it’s potential impact on startups.So I jumped on a call with Vaughn Tan, Assistant […]

The Dow leaps 619 points after two days of China woes – as it …

Justin McCurryMarkets across Asia were holding their breath on Wednesday after early hopes that the worst of this week’s turmoil could be behind them were tempered by concern that China has not done enough to stabilise its economy.A day after China’s central bank lowered interest rates in an attempt to ease the crisis, most Asia-Pacific stocks suffered minor losses, while […]

Reality Just Monkey Hammered Social Mood

KA-CHING!!!Amid all of the fun and excitement we forgot to pause to remember the latest generation of Etraders just cashed out by Wall Street. Yesterday:In other words, Social Mood just got monkey hammered by reality. Unlike Prechter who “believes” that social mood is the primary driver of everything. Reality IS the primary driver of everything. Slight difference. Reality doesn’t give […]

US stocks plunge in early trading after Chinese stock rout – Business …

eapcontent.ap.orgPeople watch trading boards at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. Stocks tumbled across Asia on Monday as investors shaken by the sell-off last week on Wall Street unloaded shares in practically every sector. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock markets plunged in early trading Monday following a big drop […]

Downfall in US Stocks: Worst Scenario in Last Four Years

As per the recent reports on US stocks, it has crashed more than 2% for the second session, as Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped much more than 500 points. The sudden downfall in the US stocks has raised fears of economic slowdown globally. Most markets from US to China have entered within the correction territory especially after the stocks were […]

Chris Martenson; Making Sense Of The Sudden Market Plunge

*)Making Sense Of The Sudden Market Plunge; The global deflationary wave we have been tracking since last fall is picking up steam. This is the natural and unavoidable aftereffect of a global liquidity bubble brought to you courtesy of the world’s main central banks. What goes up must come down, and that’s especially true for the world’s many poorly-constructed financial […]

Making Sense Of The Sudden Market Plunge

Submitted by Chris Martenson of PeakProsperityMaking Sense Of The Sudden Market PlungeThe global deflationary wave we have been tracking since last fall is picking up steam. This is the natural and unavoidable aftereffect of a global liquidity bubble brought to you courtesy of the world’s main central banks. What goes up must come down – and that’s especially true for […]

MAP: Countries scaled to equity market capitalization – Business …

Sometimes it helps to take look the world through an unconventional perspective when thinking about the size of things.So here’s a pretty awesome map from Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett that shows the world according to free-float equity market capitalization in billions of dollars measured by the MSCI.The US, with a market cap of $19.8 trillion, is the […]

10 Biotech Stocks With Catalysts Coming Soon – Benzinga

Related CLVSClovis Oncology Could Pass $100 By Year-End: Here’s WhyClovis Oncology Completes US, EU Regulatory Submissions for Rociletinib for Treatment of Advanced EGFR-Mutant T790M+ NSCLCClovis Oncology: Don’t Discount Rociletinib’s Chances Against AZD9291(Seeking Alpha)Related EPZMBenzinga’s Top DowngradesH.C. Wainwright Destroys Epizyme Price Target, Sees ‘No Material Value Drivers’A new report by Mizuho analyst Peter Lawson focuses on biotech stocks with major catalysts […]