General Options Blog

Friday Focus: Now Comes The Fall

It's an hour until Yellen and all through the  market, banks had lots of cash but no where to park it.  Yields were too low,  too stock prices at record highs, this has to fall apart at some point, why should I buy?

The market is safe, they said with a grin Lehman is gone and Enron is a has been.  So hold up your nose, and nod your big head, just buy up those stocks, volatility is dead.

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$IBB Biotech Discount

I'm all for the free market.  Let supply and demand dictate price, not 7 or 10 Economic book worms.  But when the price of something becomes a life or death matter, it's tough to argue against some 'price fixing', at least from my perspective.

MYLAN's  CEO is on CNBC defending the 400% increase in price for the Epipen while taking home an almost 600% increase in salary over the same time.  I'd be curious to know what those actually producing the product have seen their compensation grow over the same time.  Perhaps 6%?  It's really all about the money.  That's it.

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