The coming week ahead is likely to be quite similar to last week in terms of the volume and likely impact of due data. There is a fair amount of crucial U.S. economic data including the vital Non-Farm...
Stocks around the globe have seen more than $3 trillion wiped off their valuations so far in 2016. Now, I’ve been in the investment business since the 1980s, and I’ve witnessed every large market ...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players, and a variety of related software, services, periphe...
The S&P 500 Index (SPY) has suffered agonizing declines in 2016. As you can see from the above graphic, it plunged from approximately 2,080 to its current level of 1,882.95, with no clear dir...
It wasn’t in any way magnanimous for the FOMC to state clearly what everyone already knew without any need for aid of GDP calculations. The policy statement for its January 2016 meeting included lan...
Deals and Financings CARsgen Therapeutics, a Shanghai company developing CAR-T immunotherapies for solid tumors, completed a $30 million Series B round (see story). CARsgen is currently conducting Ph...
Saudi Arabia – which was busy playing headline hockey with Russia over a rumored 5% production cut proposal – is running out of money. Yes, we know, that sounds absurd. But believe it or n...
It’s time for Twitter Inc. (TWTR) to stick or twist. Last Sunday, the embattled social media company suffered a mass exodus of executive talent. If you believe the official statement, Alex Roett...
Stocks once again made a sharp turnaround late in Wednesday’s session. The “mystery” rebound took the S&P 500 (SPY) up 3.5% in about two days of trading. Despite the important economic relea...
Gold prices settled at $1117.83 an ounce on Friday, making a gain of 1.8% on the week and 5.2% over the month. The precious metal’s gains were mainly driven by the risk-off sentiment in the mark...