“The NDC states that mainland China’s legal environment is not transparent, with many unwritten rules increasing the risk of entrepreneurship. Mainland China is not the region of choice for Taiwan’s young entrepreneurs, and is not a good environment for entrepreneurship.” – Statement by the NDC Image Credit: Shuttterstock/ Business man refusing money offered by business man…
Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) posted their fiscal second quarter 2015 report on March 2nd. The cyber security company’s report topped estimates following large-scale breaches at Sony and Target that garnered media attention. The cyber security company now has over 22,000 customers, or 6%-7% of the market share as stated by CEO Mark McLaughin on CNBC….
Markit has new reports out today on service activity in China and Japan. The former shows a bit of growth, the latter contraction. Because the reports are diffusion indices that give no weighting to the size of the companies reporting, one must look at these reports with a broad brush. Japan Business Activity Contracts The Markit…
As I mentioned yesterday, there wasn’t anything that amazing and new in the annual letter of Berkshire Hathaway. Lots of people found things to comment on, and there is always something true to be reminded of by Buffett, but there was little that was new. Tonight, I want to focus on a few new things,…
TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ADMP) announced the results of its pharmacokinetic (PK) study for its dry powder inhaler product, APC-5000. The study was a Phase I PK study comparing the bioavailability of Adamis’ APC-5000…
The EUR/USD pair fell during most of the session on Tuesday, as the 1.12 level continues to be resistance. Ultimately, I believe that this market should continue to go lower but the fact that we bounced enough to form a bit of a hammer suggests that we may get a little bit of a bounce as follow…
As the competition for a 2016 presidential nomination heats up, the Republican Party will be split on several issues. On foreign policy, the battle between the hawks and libertarian doves will be a critical factor. Then, in terms of monetary policy, one faction is happy with current Fed practices. The other wants radical change, or even…
The consumer staple sector experienced a roller coaster ride in 2014. In the beginning, the companies had to bear the effects of a prolonged and severe winter, increasing food costs, a weak consumer spending environment and currency headwinds. However, things began to improve in the second half of the year on the back of a…
The US Daily Cash Deficit for Friday 2/27/2015 was $39.4B bringing the February full month cash deficit to $211B, $1B over my initial estimate of a $210B deficit for the month. So hooray for wild ass guesses….even though my last guess was between $200B and $210B. Click on picture to enlarge February went off mostly…
There’s an excellent post on Keep Talking Greece this evening on the simmering feud between Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras and Spanish prime minister Minister Mariano Rajoy. Tsipras made a claim that Rajoy’s plan is to “wear down, topple or bring our government to unconditional surrender before our work begins to bear fruit and before…
