Notes You Need for January 22: Bitcoin energy usage, higher targets for Permian producers, Brazil and Mexico forecasts raised by IMF, NAFTA talks resume, biotech soars on acquisitions news, oil shale cash flow positive,

Notes You Need for January 22: Bitcoin energy usage, higher targets for Permian producers, Brazil and Mexico forecasts raised by IMF, NAFTA talks resume, biotech soars on acquisitions news, oil shale cash flow positive,

In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A typical item resembles this note from today: “12:40 p.m.: Biotech stocks up strongly with iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology ETF (IBB) ahead 3% on news of two big acquisitions: Celegene (CELG) buying Juno (JUNO) for 90% premium to pre-news price and Sanofi (SNY) buying Bioverativ (BOVV) at 64% premium.”

Notes You Need for January 22: Bitcoin energy usage, higher targets for Permian producers, Brazil and Mexico forecasts raised by IMF, NAFTA talks resume, biotech soars on acquisitions news, oil shale cash flow positive,

Notes You Need for January 17: China data, casino REITs, natural gas, target price increase for homebuilders, Bitcoin, MRK, U.S. dollar,

In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A typical items resembles this from today: “4:20 p.m.: The U.S. Dollar Index gave up a morning gain to fall back to 90.32 before rallying again to close at 90.736, up 0.34 on the day. Some analysts think that the 90 level on the index might give support to the U.S. currency against other major currencies. Others think the dollar is on the verge of falling to a new thee-year low that could open the way to further declines.”

Notes You Need for January 22: Bitcoin energy usage, higher targets for Permian producers, Brazil and Mexico forecasts raised by IMF, NAFTA talks resume, biotech soars on acquisitions news, oil shale cash flow positive,

Notes You Need for January 10: KODK, bitcoin, natural gas, solar imports, State of the Union date, Nvidia, next Samsung smart phone, oil inventories, NAFTA pull out

In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A typical item resembles this one from today: “10:20 a.m.: Shares in Eastman Kodak (KODK) are up 58% this morning after the former camera and film leader said it would launch the Kodakcoin, “a photocentric cryptocurrency to empower photographers and agencies to take greater control in image rights management.” Kodak, which emerged from bankruptcy in 2013, has sold off most of its patents and now focuses on digital photography and printing.”

Saturday Night Quarterback (on Boxing Day), says, For the week ahead expect…

Saturday Night Quarterback (on Boxing Day), says, For the week ahead expect…

The week in the markets will be dominated by something old and something new. The something old is trading. The relatively light volumes during the week between Christmas and News Year’s bring out the dedicated traders who see the low volumes as creating the potential for moving the market in one direction or another. Today the action has centered on Bitcoin.The something new is parsing the recently passed tax bill.

Notes You Need for January 22: Bitcoin energy usage, higher targets for Permian producers, Brazil and Mexico forecasts raised by IMF, NAFTA talks resume, biotech soars on acquisitions news, oil shale cash flow positive,

Notes You Need for December 13: INTC, local Chinese government fraud, bitcoin, Viagra goes generic, dollar’s rough 2017, CPI, CAT

In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A typical item is much like this from today: “10:20 a.m.:  Intel (INTC) will cut payments under its “Intel Inside” program by 40% to 60%, according to CRN.com. Intel Inside darts to 1991 and paid OEMs and channel partners to mention Intel’s brand on products from PCs to workstations. CRN.com says that Intel will use some of the funds from this cut to invest in its data center business.”

Sector Monday: The hot technology behind Bitcoin

Wall Street–and especially JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon–may hate the crypto currency bitcoin. Dimon has promised to stop talking about bitcoin but he just can’t seem to help himself. Bitcoin is a “fraud” and people who buy Bitcoin are “stupid.” But that isn’t stopping Wall Street and big tech giants rom buying whole companies working on blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin