17 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "It Is A Battle Between Data And Theory" – Fed PhDs Second-Guess Inflation Model After 5 Years Of Failure
"It Is A Battle Between Data And Theory" – Fed PhDs Second-Guess Inflation Model After 5 Years Of Failure
Federal Reserve officials are finally waking up to the fact that there’s something wrong with their inflation models. It only took them five years.
As Bloomberg points out, the minutes from the Fed’s July policy meeting, released yesterday, included a debate about whether the models that help the central bank set its inflation target are no longer functioning properly.
17 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Is Regeneron Pharmaceuticals the Best Biotech Stock to Buy?
Is Regeneron Pharmaceuticals the Best Biotech Stock to Buy?
It may not get the attention as often as larger-cap biotech stocks like Celgene Corp. (NASDAQ: CELG) and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), but a bunch of recent drug approvals could soon change that for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN). Is Regeneron Pharmaceuticals about to reward investors with a steady stream of big-time sales and profit growth?
17 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bank of England monetary policy – Mark Carney is going off script
Bank of England monetary policy – Mark Carney is going off script
Here is an interesting read for what may turn into a sedate Asian Friday …
, noting
Its from Bloomberg on the Bank of England
that
textbooks would say to raise interest rates. Mark Carney is going off script.
17 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ackman: ADP Stock Could Double In Five Years If Transformation Plan Implemented
Ackman: ADP Stock Could Double In Five Years If Transformation Plan Implemented
Bill Ackman’s activist hedge fund Pershing Square held a conference call on Thursday in which he detailed the reasoning behind his ambitious decision to target payroll processing behemoth Automatic Data Processing, declaring that the company’s stock could double in the next five years if a series of changes are instituted now.
17 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Krieger Warns "Nazi Fears & ‘Hate Speech’ Hysteria Are Being Amplified To Attack Civil Liberties"
Krieger Warns "Nazi Fears & ‘Hate Speech’ Hysteria Are Being Amplified To Attack Civil Liberties"
Authored by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
It doesn’t take courage to denounce Nazism. Moreover, it appears many of the people incessantly proclaiming how anti-Nazi they are, happen to be the same folks who have the most to answer for when it comes to all sorts of transgressions against the world over the past couple of decades.
17 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on What to expect for the Canada CPI & US consumer sentiment
What to expect for the Canada CPI & US consumer sentiment
National Australia Bank on the inflation figures due from Canada & confidence data from the US on Friday
More interesting offshore tonight will be Canadian CPI – given that markets are about 80% priced for another Bank of Canada rate rise during the 4th quarter – and the preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment August read-out.
17 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on White House jitters and Barcelona terror attack weigh on Asian shares; Nikkei falls 1%
White House jitters and Barcelona terror attack weigh on Asian shares; Nikkei falls 1%
Asia markets were pressured in Friday trade after investors on Wall Street sold off in the previous session.