Kurt Osterberg

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After The Towel Is Thrown

Bill Ackman had a famously bad time with Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), which crashed from $263 to the single digits. Last March, having suffered terrible losses for his fund, Ackman “threw in the ...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Lemme Know When The Russell 2000 Gaps To New Highs

Really. Not a whole lot more to add about my dog’s just expression until something dramatic happens. We both seek excitement. Surely for her, excitement comes in the form of a treat or a walk. Yet I...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Tech Market Technicals Turn Net Positive

Two days of gains have helped re-establish the bullish technical picture for tech indices, Nasdaq and Nasdaq 100. While the improvement was welcomed it didn’t come without a price. The Nasdaq br...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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S&P 500 Snapshot: Up 9.34% YTD

The S&P opened above this week’s previous daily opens and briefly oscillated around a narrow point until it steadied and closed the day with a small gain of 0.19%. The index is up 0.93% sinc...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Yellen Sings A Dovish Song With Brainard

Janet Yellen’s testimony before the House committee was what drove markets on Wednesday. The key takeaway from the testimony was that she was moderately more dovish than she was previously. This dov...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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SeaSpine – Chart Of The Day

The Chart of the Day belongs to SeaSpine Holdings (SPNE). I found the medical technology stock by using Barchart to sort today’s Top Stocks to Own list first by the most frequent number ...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Warnings Of A Frothy Market Rise Along With U.S. Stocks

U.S. stocks were on track for a new record on Thursday as Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s testimony made bulls feel even bolder than they have for most of this year. The strong gains are even more time...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Speculators Sour On Gold And Silver, Which Means The Bottom Is Near

The stars — in the form of smart and dumb money futures contract positions — have once again lined up favorably for precious metals. Here are those positions for gold and silver as of Tuesday the ...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Treasury Turmoil Returns As Fed-Flip-Flop Sends Stocks To Record Highs, VIX Below 10

Yellen’s speaking again… give it all you’ve got!! Stocks stalled early on (around 1010ET) thanks to inflation comments from Yellen, but that dip was bid back to the highs… then...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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The Ghost Recovery

To the naked eye, it represents progress. China has still an enormous rural population doing subsistence level farming. As the nation grows economically, such a way of life is an inherent drag, an anc...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg