AI-Focused Drug Discovery Stocks Index Up 10.6% Last Week
New drugs are currently approved through clinical trials that typically cost billions of dollars and take many years to complete. As we wrote previously, evidence keeps adding up that AI is a potential alternative. Now another study concludes that the AI method of drug discovery is up to 250 times more efficient than the traditional method.The […]
Current Analysis: Carlyle Secured Lending
Image Source: PixabayCarlyle Secured Lending Inc. (CGBD) is a business development company specializing in first-lien debt, senior secured loans, second-lien senior secured loan unsecured debt, mezzanine debt, and investments in equities.It specializes in direct investing. It specializes in the middle market. It targets healthcare and pharmaceutical, aerospace and defense, high-tech industries, business services, software, beverage food […]
Weekly Portfolio Update – Sunday, Dec. 17
Two weeks before the Fed’s December 13 meeting, Chairman Jerome Powell poured a bucket of cold water on the financial markets with this:“It would be premature to conclude with confidence that we have achieved a sufficiently restrictive stance, or to speculate on when policy might ease.”Then came the phone call (I’m speculating here), in which the White […]
Weekly Portfolio Update – Sunday, 17 December
Two weeks before the Fed’s December 13 meeting, Chairman Jerome Powell poured a bucket of cold water on the financial markets with this:“It would be premature to conclude with confidence that we have achieved a sufficiently restrictive stance, or to speculate on when policy might ease.”Then came the phone call (I’m speculating here), in which the White […]
The Newest Bogus Narrative: The Bulls Are Back. They May Not Like The Reasons Why The Fed Is Easing.
Image source: Pixabay Is the Fed’s signaling the end of rate hikes and potential cuts this year a good thing or a bad thing? Does the sub-4% yield on the 10-year US Treasury note presage bad times? Have the bear’s changed their tone? After fearing a Fed-driven recession for the better part of two years and hoping […]
A Bipartisan Zeal For Nonsensical Tariffs That Raise Prices And Slow EV Progress
Image Source: UnsplashTariffs are one thing that Republicans and Democrats, agree on. It’s economic madness.Tariffs Are for LosersAndy Kessler at the Wall Streety Journal accurately sums things up on four words, Tariffs Are for Losers Who said this? “To really rebuild the industrial heartland of America, you need a committed national policy of tariffs, of protecting American […]
Psychedelic Drug Stocks Index Declined 1.6% This Week
The 5 constituents in the munKNEE Psychedelic Drug Stocks Index went down 1.6% the second week of December, on average, and are now down 11.5% YTD, on average.Below is how they performed this week, in descending order. Compass Pathways (CMPS): up 23.6% is focused on the use of psilocybin (magic mushrooms) in their research. Go here for much more extensive information on Psilocybin. […]
Equity Funds Experiencing Outflows In Spite Of A Strong Stock Market
It is often said that actions speak louder than words, and for investors, there seems to be quite a divergence. By many sentiment measures, investors are indicating that they are bullish on stocks. The American Association of individual Investors (AAII) weekly sentiment survey shows bullish investor sentiment equals 51.3%, above the average plus one standard deviation level […]
Japanese Yen Speculators Reduce Bearish Bets To Lowest Since August
Here are the latest charts and statistics for the Commitment of Traders (COT) data published by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).The latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data is updated through Tuesday December 12th and shows a quick view of how large market participants (for-profit speculators and commercial traders) were positioned in the futures markets. All currency positions are in direct relation to […]
Macro: Initial Claims — Strong Employment Translating To Consumption
Image Source: PixabayStrong employment translating to consumption continues to be the biggest positive contributor to GDP in Q4.Initial claims continue to signal all good for the economy. 202,000 was the 4th best week of the year. The 4-week moving average is heading lower.Continuing claims reversed the positive print from last month. The trend higher is slowing.More […]
