25 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Quarterly Earnings Game Is Far Crazier Than You Could Ever Imagine
The Quarterly Earnings Game Is Far Crazier Than You Could Ever Imagine
It comes four times a year: earnings season. For better or worse, shareholders, analysts, and the media breathlessly follow the latest corporate figures and news tidbits. Stock prices swing based on whether financial results match up to Wall Street’s expectations. It’s a high-stakes time for publicly traded companies.
With so much on the line, companies go to great lengths to portray themselves as well positioned, their managers straightforward and competent. Some techniques are well known, but much of the earnings game goes on behind the scenes, hidden from the public.
25 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Stock Caught Fire Today
Why BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Stock Caught Fire Today
Shares of the rare-disease drugmaker BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BCRX) gained as much as 44% today in early-morning trading on sky-high volume. The catalyst behind this surge higher is the news that the company’s experimental hereditary angioedema (HAE) drug candidate, BCX7353, continued to post impressive results in a mid-stage dose ranging study based on a second interim analysis.
25 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bitcoin $10,000?
Bitcoin $10,000?
By FS Staff – Bitcoin has entered a parabolic phase, blowing past the price of gold and hitting new all-time highs on a daily basis. This time on FS Insider, Trace Mayer, host of the Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast and a leading expert on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies…
25 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Global Exposure Without Leaving Home
Global Exposure Without Leaving Home
Investors should shed home country biases and use international ETFs to increase portfolio diversity.
25 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Federal appeals court upholds block on Trump’s travel ban
Federal appeals court upholds block on Trump’s travel ban
A federal appeals court has upheld the nationwide block of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel.
25 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The tsar of Zara: How Amancio Ortega is staying dry in the retail storm
The tsar of Zara: How Amancio Ortega is staying dry in the retail storm
From the retail issue: Zara founder Amancio Ortega’s empire is rooted in retail, so it’d be no surprise if it were going the way of the current market: rapidly downhill. But as competitors like Bebe, BCBG Max Azria and the Limited fall like dominoes and corporate retailers shed real estate assets amid the great retail recession, Ortega appears to be headed in the opposite direction. In April, Zara announced it would open its largest store, […]
25 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on TD will stay short USD/CAD
TD will stay short USD/CAD
TD on what’s next for the Canadian dollar
TD Research maintains a bullish bias on CAD following yesterday’s BoC policy statement in which the central bank made a ‘gentle pivot’ towards a more neutral policy stance.