They’re back!! BBVA Compass helping low- and moderate-income borrowers overcome barriers to homeownership – New HOME program helps qualifying borrowers meet down payment, closing costs – It’s part of bank’s effort to support low- and moderate-income individuals, neighborhoods February 26, 2015 BBVA Compass announced today the launch of its Home Ownership Made Easier, or HOME,…
It’s seed time for the 2016 presidential elections, when candidates try to figure out what they stand for and will run on. One thing seems reasonably clear. The Democratic nominee for President, whoever she may be, will campaign on reviving the American middle class. As will the Republican nominee — although the Republican nominee’s solution…
It was another good day for indices, but it was left to the Semiconductor Index to drive the biggest gain of the day. This is good news for Nasdaq and Nasdaq 100 bulls. The measured move target for this leg is 800. The Nasdaq is running along the upper 10% envelope relative to the 200-day…
Get ready to buy. Our most reliable technical indicator—one that has historically been 99% accurate—is suggesting that stocks are poised for a major breakout. Bangladesh butter production surged in February, as moderating grain prices allowed Bangladeshi dairy farmers to boost production by getting higher milk yields from their existing stock of cows. Meanwhile, butter production…
(Photo Credit: Alexandra Duris) The last of the premium handbag companies to report for the fourth quarter releases results before tomorrow’s opening bell. Kate Spade currently has an Estimize EPS consensus of $0.26, a penny below the Wall Street consensus, suggesting the Estimize community is looking for a miss. While this denotes EPS growth of 73% over Q4 2013,…
Going through 10K now (350pp). This is good, NOI came in a $4M more than my $70M estimate and land sales and operating income from RE affiliates both had great years (up 42% and 51%). The best part remains that 2015 still looks to be an even better year with major operating properties coming online…
Going through 10K now (350pp). This is good, NOI came in a $4M more than my $70M estimate and land sales and operating income from RE affiliates both had great years (up 42% and 51%). The best part remains that 2015 still looks to be an even better year with major operating properties coming online…
Valuation Models for Biopharma Stocks -M&A Update In October 2013 we compared emerging biotech stocks after the acquistion of Onyxx Pharmaceuticals by Amgen (AMGN). Now that rumors are “out there” for the acquisition of Pharmacyclics (PCYC) by large healthcare companies such as Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) and Novartis (NVS) we can compare valuations. The $11B++ range is…
The past year month has been flowing into risk on assets like US equities. And when money is flowing into one investment class there is typically an outflow in others. Commodities in general have been beaten up bad but there is some money to be made here using the livestock COW ETF. I is amazing…
Investment A vs. Investment B Investment capital is always looking for a home. Stocks continue to benefit from easy money policies around the globe. From Reuters: “Money is continuing to pour into the (equities) market because of low interest rates, and although stocks are somewhat expensive they’re not overly expensive,” said Stephen Massocca, chief investment officer…
