Monthly Archives: October 2015

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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 by the RPE65 gene — also known as inherited retinal dystrophies. The company uses its gene therapy drug known as SPK-RPE65 to restore…

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 and rose fractionally above 1% in the opening 10 minutes. The index then continued to rise throughout the day to its…

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 obligations, safety issues, vehicle recalls, a massive government bailout during the financial crisis, and more have left investors’ skeptical of GM since its relisting in late 2010. More recently,…

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 also carried into the European opening but interestingly – only for equities. The reaction in the bond markets is we have seen US 10’s remain just…

Can This Food & Beverage Giant Surprise Investors In This Qua

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 more optimistic, expecting an EPS of $1.30 and Revenue of $16.28 Billion. Can the North American Business Provide Growth? Pepsi Co’s North American Business consists…

There Is No Rally – Yet

Do not be fooled by the headlines or talking heads on TV. I am a great believer in Technical Analysis but I’m not a day trader. I look at trends in technical data from as short as 14 days to as long as 1 year plus a whole lot of technical trends with time frames…