- Two ‘insurance’ rate cuts from Fed in ’90s produced no big shocks to corporate bonds, Goldman Sachs says (MarketWatch)
- Growth Is Worth Paying Up for at Pfizer (Wall Street Journal)
- Draghi puts further ECB easing firmly on the table (Reuters)
- U.S. Treasuries ‘most crowded’ as investors flee risk: BAML survey (Reuters)
- Fed Models Suddenly Call for Stronger Than Expected GDP Growth (24/7 Wall Street)
- Contra-indicator?: Investors Haven’t Been This Bearish Since 2008 Financial Crisis (Bloomberg)
- Boeing Drought Gives Way to Second-Day Slugfest: Air Show Update (Bloomberg)
- A Wall Street investment chief overseeing $26 billion breaks down why recession fears are overblown, even as the market clamors for Fed relief (Business Insider)
- Jefferies Analysts Are Out With Four Daring Summer Growth Stock Picks (24/7 Wall St.)
- What I Have To Offer You (Ray Dalio)
Unusual Options Activity – Transocean Ltd. (RIG)
Today some institution/fund purchased 23,090 contracts of July $6 strike calls (or the right to buy 2,309,000 shares of Transocean Ltd. (RIG) at $6). The open interest was 8,994 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity – Transocean Ltd. (RIG)”
Insider Buying in Chemical Financial Corporation (CHFC)
Where is money flowing today?
Hedge Fund Trade Tip (PCN) – Position Completion Notification
Be in the know. 10 key reads for Monday…
- Trials Near for Boeing 737 MAX Fix (Wall Street Journal)
- Boeing Says Grounded 737 Max May Resume Service This Year (Bloomberg)
- Pfizer to buy Array Biopharma for $10.64 billion ()
- The World Cries Out for Onion Derivatives (Wall Street Journal)
- The Fed is likely to drop âpatientâ word this week, clearing way for July cut, economists say (CNBC)
- Iran, Russia talks raise hopes of progress on OPEC+ meeting date (Reuters)
- What the Fed Will Do This Week, and Why (Bloomberg)
- Case for Cutting Rates Can Be Found in Close Calls of the 1990s (Wall Street Journal)
- Gary Woodland Wins U.S. Open (Wall Street Journal)
- Meet the Art Worldâs Rising Stars (Wall Street Journal)
Be in the know. 15 key reads for Father’s Day…
- The Richest Person In Every Country, Visualized (digg)
- 10 Great Rosé Wines Worth Sipping This Summer (Maxim)
- Who are these people who write thousands of Amazon product reviews? (Vox)
- Sega does the retro console right with the fantastic Genesis Mini (The Verge)
- Pulse of the nation: How Beyond Meat could turn this humble pea into Canada’s new gold (Financial Post)
- Animal Spirits (Planet Money)
- Better Memory through Electrical Brain Ripples (Scientific American)
- Jeff Bezos Says People With High Intelligence Do This 1 Thing Often. (Now, Amazon Just Proved His Point) (Inc.)
- How ‘Shaft’ Brought the 1971 Chevy Chevelle SS Into 2019 (Popular Mechanics)
- Oil Inches Higher On Falling Rig Count (OilPrice)
- U.S. Navy official sees more orders for Boeing P-8A in coming months (Reuters)
- JGB Bulls Look to Kuroda to Keep Rally Going as Inflation Wanes (Bloomberg)
- Economy Breaks Record on Trump’s Watch. He Wants All the Credit (Bloomberg)
- Five things to watch in the pivotal Fed meeting (MarketWatch)
- Saudi Energy Minister hopes OPEC agrees to extend production cut ‘early July’ Reuters)
Bullish Percent – What it says about the Nasdaq/Risk Appetite
The Bullish Percent Index, or BPI, is a breadth indicator that shows the percentage of stocks on Point & Figure Buy Signals. There is no ambiguity on P&F charts because a stock is either on a P&F Buy Signal or P&F Sell Signal. The Bullish Percent Index fluctuates between 0% and 100%. Continue reading “Bullish Percent – What it says about the Nasdaq/Risk Appetite”
What the Commitments of Traders says about Copper Futures
The Commitments of Traders is a weekly market report issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) enumerating the holdings of participants in various futures markets in the United States. It is collated Continue reading “What the Commitments of Traders says about Copper Futures”
Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…
- Saudi Arabia Seeks to Balance Global Crude Markets Before 2020 (Bloomberg)
- Why Alzheimer’s Treatment Hopes Endure Despite High-Profile Drug Failures (Investor’s Business Daily)
- Tips for Spotting a U.S. Recession Before It Becomes Official (Bloomberg)
- Drugmakers Sue Trump Administration to Halt Advertising Rule (Bloomberg)
- As Trump demands major concessions, Beijing wants the world to think that the US will blink first (CNBC)
- Trump is threatening sanctions on Germany over its Russian gas pipeline, opening a new front in the trade war that the Kremlin calls ‘blackmail’ (Business Insider)
- The automotive industry has not reached ‘peak car’ as some Wall Street analysts suggest. Here’s what’s really going on. (Business Insider)
- As China exports slow, government might face growing labor unrest, researcher says (MarketWatch)
- Here’s who keeps investors abreast of the opaque leveraged loan market and possible systemic risk (MarketWatch)
- Boeing Makes Another Vertical Leap As It Looks For Fatter Profits (Investor’s Business Daily)
- McLaren’s Customer Racing Program Gets Drivers on the Track (Barron’s)
- Week in review: How Trump’s policies moved stocks (TheFly)
- Boeing lands $6.5B contract with US Air Force (yesterday): (DoD)
- Schlumberger: Has This Oil Services Giant Fallen Too Far? (TheStreet)
- Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Anthony Scaramucci, Dan Loeb, Elliott Management, Kirkland’s, Inc. (KIRK), Sharps Compliance Corp. (SMED), and More (InsiderMonkey)
- NBC Sports posts record NHL ratings (NewsTimes)
- The New McLaren GT Is a Race Car Built for Road Tripping (Robb Report)
- Why Attitude Is More Important Than IQ (Forbes)
- Hip-Hop’s Next Billionaires: Richest Rappers 2019 (Forbes)
- ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)