TIPSTER: Bye Bye “Merkozy” Hello “Merkeron” – Hit Sarkozy Fire An Economic Bazooka Or Hurl A Political Boomerang?
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TIPSTER | This entry was posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 and filed under
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Quote of the Day:
Austerity, as painful as it seems (and as much as the Europeans and the Americans say that “we don’t want austerity” under any measure) worked for Asia – and who are we to say that it won’t work for us?
Stephen Roach – Morgan Stanley Asia CEO Read the rest of this entry »
BreakoutTrader: Nordstrom – Calm Before Earnings?
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Stocks of Nordstrom (JWN), the high-end retailer, caught
our attention today (1/25) as one of the stocks that
generated a daily extreme breakout down signal.
The stock is down 1.8% today. Read the rest of this entry »
BreakoutTrader: Quick Charts – XLI Strong Uptrend
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Annotated Chart for SPDR Select Sector Fund – Indus (XLI) Below: Read the rest of this entry »
TIPSTER: The New Emerging Gold Standard
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TIPSTER | This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 and filed under
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Quote of the Day:
The gold standard has one tremendous virtue: the quantity of the money supply, under the gold standard, is independent of the policies of governments and political parties. This is its advantage. It is a form of protection against spendthrift governments.
Ludwig von Mises Read the rest of this entry »
Biotech: Merck (MRK) C. difficile Program Notes From R&D Day
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Biotech Due Diligence | This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 and filed under
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Ok last of this series of posts of interesting snippets from the recent Merck R&D day. See below for commentary and slides regarding their unique monoclonal antibody program for C. difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD). Important for those who follow Optimer OPTR and Cubist CBST, among others. I am working on a more complete analysis of the prospects for this MK3415A program, which is currently in phase 3 development. Read the rest of this entry »
Biotech: Biomarkers And The Future Of Cancer Drug Development
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Biotech Due Diligence | This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 and filed under
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Merck (MRK) was emphasizing the importance of cancer biomarkers in the R&D day presentation. See the chart below for the pipeline programs, indication, and biomarker strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
Potential Trades w/Charts: Signs Of A Market Top?
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Michael Kudrna | This entry was posted on Monday, January 23rd, 2012 and filed under
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Referencing the weekly homework and stock radar, I am highlighting a few of the charts below for potential trades in undervalued stocks.
On the outside, it may look like Monday was a flat day in the markets, but the underlying action was far more bullish than that view provides. Bonds were weak again helping provide fuel for equities in the form of additional support and “ammo” for dip buyers to put to use. If bonds continue to weaken this week, all of this talk of a market top forming will likely be far too early. Read the rest of this entry »
TIPSTER: The Art Of Torture – Punishing The Greeks
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TIPSTER | This entry was posted on Monday, January 23rd, 2012 and filed under
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Quote of the Day:
They want to punish Greece, they want to show to other governments that this is not the road to take…
Christian Schulz – Berenberg Chief Economist Read the rest of this entry »
Canady: Bizarre Story Shows Continuing Strength Of Apple’s Appeal
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Ryan Canady | This entry was posted on Monday, January 23rd, 2012 and filed under
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Looking around at just about any modern city in the world you might be forgiven for thinking that Apple (AAPL) has taken over the world. With literally millions of Iphones, Ipads, and Ipods being sold every month, Apple’s products are some of the most popular in the history of the world. Apple is in nearly every corner of the world as evidenced by its own website. Finally, the company became the largest in the world in terms of market cap back in August 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
BreakoutTrader: Rating Cramer’s Game Plan – The Week Of 1/23/2012
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BreakoutTrader | This entry was posted on Monday, January 23rd, 2012 and filed under
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The following is our review of some of the stocks
mentioned in Cramer’s game plan for the week
of 1/23.
The focus here is to identify each stock’s current state
in terms of its strength relative to the market, its
industry indexes and the trend. Read the rest of this entry »