22 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia – ANZ weekly consumer sentiment: 121.8 (Prior 117.6)
Australia – ANZ weekly consumer sentiment: 121.8 (Prior 117.6)
ANZ Roy Morgan Weekly Consumer Confidence Index, comes in at 121.8
– for the week ended August 21
– The previous week was a move higher to 117.6
At 121.8 its at its highest since November of 2013
22 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Meet The Hedge Fund Puppetmaster Behind The US Presidential Election
Meet The Hedge Fund Puppetmaster Behind The US Presidential Election
In the world of hedge funds, few have achieved as much consistent success and profitable returns as Jim Simon’s Renaissance Technologies, the multi-billion fund which unleashed and popularized quant investing, and whose legendary “Medallion” fund, run mostly for fund employees, has been the object of LP lust for years.
22 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on BOJ’s near doubling of its stock purchases causing worry of price distortions
BOJ’s near doubling of its stock purchases causing worry of price distortions
Well, D’uh! Of course its gonna cause distortions
(Reminder …. On July 29 the Bank of Japan annopunced it would to expand stimulus by increasing its annual purchases of ETFs to 6 trillion yen (around USD60 billion), 3.3 tln yen)
22 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on An economist talked me out of spending $140 at the massive Lilly Pulitzer sale
An economist talked me out of spending $140 at the massive Lilly Pulitzer sale
#AfterPartySale is sweeping Twitter to promote the luxury brand’s massive sale.
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22 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cramer Remix: Stocks to own ahead of a potential rate hike
Cramer Remix: Stocks to own ahead of a potential rate hike
Jim Cramer looked ahead to Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s speech in Jackson Hole.
22 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan press asks: Why were smart people suckered by Abenomics?
Japan press asks: Why were smart people suckered by Abenomics?
A columnist in the Japan Times poses the question
But …
Its an interesting piece, worth a read while we await Asia to get active today
22 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ouch! iPhone 6s Crushes New Galaxy Note 7 in App Speed Test
Ouch! iPhone 6s Crushes New Galaxy Note 7 in App Speed Test
Samsung‘s (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF) new flagship Galaxy Note 7 arguably has Apple‘s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 6s beat when it comes to hardware specs. The Galaxy Note 7 boasts a 14-nanometer Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 quad-core 64-bit processor and 4GB of RAM — not to mention it’s waterproof and can charge wirelessly. But Apple’s nearly one-year-old iPhone still beats — or, more accurately, crushes — Samsung’s latest and greatest in an app speed test.