BSX and Medical Devices

Back in October 2015 we had an NFTRH+ highlight on medical (stent) device maker Boston Scientific, a customer of mine in my former life.  From the update, which included daily,…

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Tweet This, TWTR -12%

I just saw a headline about Twitter's poor revenue and forecast.  Down over 12% in after hours.  I was curious about what the chart may have looked like before the…

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Some Ratios, Pre-FOMC

The looks of some ratios before the FOMC regales us with the latest non-action (with an IMO lessening possibility of some hawkish talk)... Gold vs. US stocks is nearly 3…

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Durable Goods & Consumer, Pre-FOMC

Today's economic data have moved the needle back a bit toward 'no change' to the Fed's dovish stance.  The March Durable Goods figure was .8% vs 2% expected and even…

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NFTRH; Pre-FOMC Notes and Charts

A look at how a few markets are setting up pre-FOMC.

The charts are what they are, but we are dependent upon what the Fed may or may not put out there on Wednesday.  I would put the odds of a rate hike at just this side of zero.  But they are free to leave forward looking wording as is or do a little tweaking from the currently ultra dovish stance toward at least opening a discussion for rate hike expectations for June.

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NFTRH 392 Out Now

We talk a lot about FOMC stuff, inflation stuff and silver stuff.  At 40 easy to read pages (w/ lots of graphical data backing up the themes) NFTRH 392, the…

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Quick Reminder About Biiwii

Biiwii.com does a public service in keeping my more ugly, unacceptable, obnoxious err, human side mostly off of this more analysis-based site.  Today, we do an MSM critique (on a…

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SOX Looking Suspect

I don't love this market, even as it breaks into the bears' dorm and panty raids them routinely. Today is SEMI's equipment sector March Book-to-Bill release (probably out after the…

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Birthed in Short Covering?

While I do not pretend to have been impervious to the bearish CoT data for gold and silver, we noted on February 28th in NFTRH 384 the similarity in silver's…

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Resource ‘Promotion’ Season in Full Swing

There is nobody like Otto at IKN for uncovering the pigs who live off of scaring and titillating gullible or inexperienced people looking to get rich off of their recommendations. …

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Quiet the Fear!

One of the least desirable aspects of my job is in hearing from people who seem semi-traumatized by what they are reading out there in the off the beaten track…

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