Week In Review: China Pharma Continues Record Deal Pace With $2 Billion In New Announcements
Deals and Financings OrbiMed, a global healthcare investor, closed its third Asia private equity fund with $551 million in capital commitments, about $100 million more than the target listed in its initial filing six months ago (see story). OrbiMed Asia Partners III will consider investments in all parts of Asia healthcare, but it expects to focus on growth-stage […]
Tech Sector Close To Forming A “SELL” Signal
The Technology ETF (XLK) is close to forming a “SELL” signal. Two of the three technical indicators on the Daily chart below have done so, as of Friday’s close, while the RSI threatens to join the MACD and PMO if it crosses below the 50 level. Price action this week, following its all-time high made last Friday, has been overly […]
Stocks Quiet Ahead Of The Hurricane
Stocks Quiet Ahead Of The Hurricane The stock market remains very strong. The major indices slid last week but were quiet as the country waits for Hurricane Irma to hit Florida and parts of the East Coast. Stepping back, the action remains healthy as the market continues to trade just below record highs […]
Imperfections
A pretty quiet end to the week as kids head back to school. September is usually choppy and so far that’s what we’re seeing although select stocks continue to act great, along with the mining space, but it could use a little rest. Is this an imperfect cup and handle? Maybe so. Ideally we would […]
The Longer-Term Trend – Saturday, Sept 9
I really believe that the market will follow the semiconductor index either up or down. An optimist would look at this chart and see a very nice sideways, bullish consolidation pattern that started in June. A pessimist, on the other hand, sees this as a bearish topping pattern confirmed by the momentum indicator pointing downward… […]
Us Dollar/Yen- Slip Here, Bear Trend Could Start!
Since 2011, it has paid to be long the US$/Yen, could that trend be about to change? Big test in play friends! Below looks at the US$/Yen over the past 8-years- The trend is your friend and the trend in the US$/Yen still remains up at this time. It has paid for years to […]
Can EUR/USD Reach Even Higher Ground? – 3 Opinions
Mario Draghi did his best to talk down the euro, complaining about the exchange rate. This did not succeed, to say the least. What’s next? Here are three opinions: Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: EUR/USD: Market Won’t ‘Overdo’ EUR Rise Post-ECB; Where To Target? – NAB NAB Research comments on today’s ECB September policy decision. […]
Who’s Going To Eat The Losses?
Unsustainable. Many more people need to understand what that word really means, and how it applies to pretty much everything in the current human living arrangement. Especially the so-called ‘developed’ nations. Here’s the dictionary definition: Let’s take these three definitions one at a time. First: our entire economic model, which dependent on borrowing at a […]
