Category Archive: Finance
Invuity Announces Pricing Of Public Offering Of Common Stock
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Invuity, Inc. (Nasdaq:IVTY) (“Invuity” or the “Company”), a leading medical technology company focused on minimal access surgery, today announced the pricing of its public offering of 6,200,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $3.50 per share. In addition, the Company has granted […]
COT Black: Whose Seasonality?
Is there a seasonal pattern to oil prices? It is beginning to look that way, though statistical purests would object to a sample size of two. Over the past couple of years, the switch between “reflation” and anti-“reflation” has taken on a little too much familiarity in terms of time and timing. In the summer […]
How The Fed Could End The Bull Market
With the new economic and trade policy policy commentary coming out of Washington seemingly on a daily basis, along with the much discussed stock correction from February, which was caused by the unwind of the short volatility trade, it’s easy to lose track of what the Fed will do in 2018 and how it will affect […]
Empire State Manufacturing Survey: Growth In March
This morning we got the latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The diffusion index for General Business Conditions at 22.50 was an increase of 9.4 from the previous month’s 13.10. The Investing.com forecast was for a reading of 15.20. The Empire State Manufacturing Index rates the relative level of general business conditions in New York state. A level above […]
Trade Wars And Currency Wars: Financial Markets Have Good Reason To Be Wary
On Tuesday, market watchers did not witness the buying or selling of a single 10-year Japanese Government Bond (JGB) on an exchange. Not a one. Let that sink in for a moment. The Bank of Japan has swallowed up so much of the country’s debt obligations in its quantitative easing endeavors, trading activity across the […]
2018 Second-Quarter Forecast
Overview The White House Takes on the World: The White House will bump up against the laws of the United States and the central tenets of the World Trade Organization as it launches a global trade offensive in the name of national security. US production costs will rise in response, and countries will target America’s politically […]
Stock Market Seasonal Patterns – Best Times Of Year To Buy And Sell
See times of the year when the stock market (S&P 500) tends to do well and poorly, based on long-term historical tendencies. These tendencies may aid in making buy or sell decisions. Typically, we look at price charts chronologically, one day follows the next and each month follows the prior in sequence. Chronological charts show […]
Dull Market This Week – But Stay Ready
Considering all the fireworks we have seen so far in 2018, this week here, has to be the most boring trading weeks so far. Fear not, the summer time is around the corner, and there will, no doubt be some mind numbing weeks there as well. We have been in a declining trend-line through yesterday, […]
4 Growth Stocks In Insurance Industry Poised To Surge In 2018
The U.S Insurance Industry battled a plethora challenges in the form of a tumultuous 2017 — a year plagued with weather-related events, regulatory upheavals as well as political turmoil. However, the U.S. insurers have entered 2018 with renewed confidence and are anticipating improved performance as the year rolls on. Although there will be challenges to […]
Confused Markets, More Inflation Data, And The Potential Of A Liquidity Squeeze
I wrap up the markets today with Chris Temple. On another day when the markets were up early we saw them sell-off into the close. We discuss the constant back and forth of the markets that are not showing us any defined direction currently. There was also some inflation data in terms of imports that […]
