There are still income opportunities in businesses that grow everlastingly.   Read More

The Bank of Canada says, “No.” Read More

In this issue:The Big Picture: Biotech Sector Nears Major Decision PointIn Depth: New EBIS Pick – DYAX Corp (DYAX) – High Risk, High PotentialEBIS Portfolio Alerts: Alert: EBIS Portfolio Pricing Updates News Update: New FDA Commissioner Nominee Could Foster New Climate at AgencyThe Big Picture:  Is The Biotech Sector Heading… Read More

Businesses these days are spending more money on analytics software because they realize there are a lot of strategic insights that can be gleaned from all of their data. The overall business intelligence (BI) analytics software market, expected to grow about 9% annually over the next few years, is going… Read More

The $50-billion global business communications market is ripe for disruption from the cloud. Older on-premise phone communications systems no longer meet the needs of a highly mobile and distributed workforce. People simply aren’t tethered to their desks anymore, so organizations need to adapt by changing the way they enable workers… Read More

When does one plus one equal 3?  In the bizarre math of Wall Street, a corporate spin-off or split can be the fuel needed to fire up a stock.  Although these break ups have no impact on total earnings investors will often assign a higher valuation to a pure growth… Read More

Like many of you (and 22 million other people, according to CNN), I watched last week’s Republican presidential candidate debate. Even at nearly three hours in length it didn’t leave much enough for any of the eleven participants to delve into substantive dialogue, but I was intrigued by an exchange… Read More

But we may not stick around for too much longer. Read More

With weak cards and no ace in the hole, the Fed doesn’t raise. Read More

Some MLPs have drawn bearish bets by the barrelful of late, while others have seen a meaningful decline in short interest.  Read More