Kurt Osterberg

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Generation Two Liquid Alternatives

Beachhead Capital Management has published a white paper on what it calls the “second generation of liquid alternatives.” To begin at the beginning, “liquid alternatives” are investment produc...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Gold Bullion Imports Into China Via Hong Kong More Than Doubles In March

Gold bullion imports into China via main conduit Hong Kong more than doubled month-on-month in March, data showed on Tuesday as reported by Reuters. China’s net-gold imports via Hong Kong more than...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Global Fixed Income: Expect The Unexpected

Based upon projections for 2017, it would appear as if the global bond markets have once again surpassed expectations. Indeed, following the U.S. election and the subsequent rate hike by the Federa...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Twitter Surges After Beating Expectations, MAUs Jump Despite Revenue Slowdown: The Quarter In Charts

For once Twitter (TWTR) did not disappoint Wall Street, when moments ago it reported results that beat consensus estimates handily as non-GAAP EPS of $0.11 beat consensus of $0.02, even topping the hi...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Piper Says Buy Chipotle On Today’s Rally, Ups Target To $530

Piper Jaffray analyst Nicole Miller Regan tells investors to add to Chipotle Mexican Grill positions even with the stock up 3%, or $13.44, to $485.20 post last night’s earnings release. The comp...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Morning Call For Wednesday, April 26

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.04%) this morning are down slightly by -0.04% before President Trump unveils the outlines of his tax plans later today. The upside in equities ...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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When Shorting Small-Caps Goes (Horribly) Wrong

Here’s some Tuesday afternoon humor for you. So the latest CFTC positioning data (out last Friday and current through last Tuesday) showed that specs (so basically, hedge funds) went all-in-er-er...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Forex Forecast For EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDCAD, USDJPY – Wednesday, April 26

Forecast for the EUR/USD currency pair Technical indicators of the currency pair: Prev Opening: 1.08672 Opening: 1.09276 Chg. % of the last day: +0.53 Daily range: 1.09211 – 1.09511 52-week range: 1...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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3 Rare Skeptical Ratings From The Street’s Top Analysts (AMZN, BABA, GOOGL)

Analysts tend to lean away from more bearish ratings as it can sour corporate relations and- in extreme cases- even lead to dismissal: see Mike Mayo and Adnaan Ahmad as two warning cases. “My vie...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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A Murky IPO In Store For Cloudera?

Cloudera (Pending:CLDR) filed an S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering. The company intends to offer 15 million shares at a price range of $12 to $14. It has ...
On April 26, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg