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Key Chart Shows Silver At Critical Crossroads

Gold and silver markets enter the week with an opportunity to build on last Friday’s strong reversal. The metals had drifted lower through Thursday’s close, but they got a big boost Friday after t...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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E Spark Therapeutics Reports Positive Phase 3 Results In Patients With Rare Blindness

Shares of Spark Therapeutics (ONCE) ended the day up 25% after reporting positive phase 3 results in patients with rare blindness. More specifically these patients have a rare blindness that is caused...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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S&P 500 Snapshot: Rally Day Five

Global markets rallied today. The Nikkei and Hang Seng both rose in the vicinity of 1.6% and the Euro STOXX 50 surged 3.31%. US equity indexes followed suit. Our benchmark S&P 500 opened higher an...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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S&P 500 Snapshot: Rally Day Five

Global markets rallied today. The Nikkei and Hang Seng both rose in the vicinity of 1.6% and the Euro STOXX 50 surged 3.31%. US equity indexes followed suit. Our benchmark S&P 500 opened higher an...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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A Compelling Case For General Motors’ 4.5% Dividend Yield

GM has been nothing short of an extremely disappointing business (and investment) for more than a decade. Market share losses, chronically unprofitable operations, ballooning pension and healthcare ob...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Market Talk October 5th, 2015

The market reaction to the US data on Friday has confused many with both stocks and Bonds bouncing into the close. Overnight the Asian equity markets have continued the positive response which has a...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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SP 500 And NDX Futures Daily Charts – 3Q Earnings Season Starts This Week

US corporations will begin announcing their 3Q numbers shortly. The economy continues to flounder, so the earnings may obtain additional attention. I am sitting largely in cash after today’s ral...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Financial Repression – Governments Boost Their Coffers And Hold Down Interest Rates

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said the government will run out of money to pay its bills sooner than previously thought around November 5, 2015. Lacking sufficient cash, it would be impossible for th...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Can This Food & Beverage Giant Surprise Investors In This Quarter’s Earnings Report?

Pepsi Co. (PEP) will report its third-quarter earnings Tuesday before the market opens. Wall Street analysts are anticipating an EPS of $1.27 and Revenue of $16.19 Billion. The Estimize consensus is ...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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A Global Recession Is Coming… And It Won’t Be Pretty

Syracuse, Sicily – “When in doubt, go to Italy” is the saying. We are always in doubt. What better place to go? Today, a warning about why a global recession is now likely. But first, an update ...
On October 5, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg