Many were waiting for China’s PMI Index to reveal economic slowing, and it did dropping to 47 from 47.3. The decline looks modestly weak even if you accept their calculations to be fairly done, but the real news is this
September 23, 2015
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (HRTX – Snapshot Report) announced positive, top-line data from a phase II study on HTX-011 for the management of post-operative pain in patients undergoing bunionectomy. The candidate is developed using Heron’s proprietary Biochronomer drug delivery technology. We expect investors to
While hardly as dramatic as Bill Gross’ last letter in which he urged readers to “go to cash” as a result of the “Frankenstein creation” that ZIRP has created, his latest letter “Saved by Zero” takes a calmer stance and
As I have noted before, I highly recommend that you econo-geeks put a bookmark on FloatingPath.com, because Nick puts pictures to the raw economic data usually delivering the day’s relevant economic releases in visual form at about 4:02 US Eastern just
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that the House Price Index (HPI) increased on a seasonally adjusted basis of 0.6% in July. According to the agency, the house prices in the United States climbed 5.8% over the past 12 months. The
Master limited partnerships (MLPs) are attractive to income investors because of their high yields and tax-advantaged status. Most MLP distributions are considered a return of capital and are not taxed as dividends in the year received. Rather, the dividend lowers
Sometimes in life, in fact more often than not, the best things tend to get overlooked when flanked by a plethora of mediocres. This phenomenon can be witnessed in stock investing too. Brokers sometimes fail to appreciate a few potential
Today, three basic skills for building long-term wealth… prompted by some recent reader feedback. We receive emails from readers every day. (You can contact us at [email protected].) We can’t respond to all of them, of course… but we think about them a
The stronger U.S. dollar has been weighing on major U.S.-based companies’ top and bottom lines for some time, and this is expected to continue. In fact, S&P 500 companies with a high level of global exposure stand to see their earnings growth
There is blood on the streets wherever you look in Brazil today, but probably of most interest to the hundreds of US asset managers (the ones managing your mutual funds) is what happens to Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) as it remains so
