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Fear These Three Biotech Stocks: Anthera Pharmaceuticals (ANTH …

They say good things come in threes. If so, biotech companies could be in for not just another year of outperformance, but another decade. The first era of biotech was a building phase, when companies created their first blockbuster drugs. The second, current one, has resulted in a four-year rally that reflects the sector’s transition from a cluster of one-hit […]

Don’t Forget These 5 Advantages You Hold Over Professional Investors

Written byJae Junfollow me onFacebookTwitter5 Common Excuses that Investors Believe 
The Uniqueness of the Stock Market
1. As a Small Investor You Are Able to Choose Your Expertise
2. You Can Go Against the Grain
3. You Are Not Judged Monthly, Quarterly or Yearly
4. You Can Afford to Be Patient
5. It’s Cheaper
Take Advantage of Your Advantages
“Don’t bother. The professionals are better than you and […]

Stock Trading Tips for New Investors | Benzinga

Stock Trading Tips for New InvestorsThose looking to get started trading in the stock markets tend to have some relatively predictable mistakes that occur over and over again. These mistakes are generally avoidable but then the proper market research is not conducted, it can quickly become a costly exercise that can damage the health and well-being of a trading account. […]

Greece Saved the Biotech Bull Market! – Daily Reckoning

Biotechs rise on Greece ‘No’ Vote!Amazing news, right? I mean, who would think the news out of Greece would push biotech stocks higher?But apparently it did. The Greek people let the world know they ain’t interested in more austerity (not that they really had any). Meanwhile, biotechs were the strongest group of stocks on the market to kick off the […]

Greece Saved the Biotech Bull Market!

Biotechs rise on Greece ‘No’ Vote!Amazing news, right? I mean, who would think the news out of Greece would push biotech stocks higher?But apparently it did. The Greek people let the world know they ain’t interested in more austerity (not that they really had any). Meanwhile, biotechs were the strongest group of stocks on the market to kick off the […]

A Sector Immune to Greece

“By declaring Greece in arrears, the IMF avoided using the term ‘default,’” says this morning’s New York Times.If you read yesterday’s 5 Minute Forecast, you already knew that’s what would happen. The Greek government missed a $1.7 billion payment to the International Monetary Fund. But don’t call it a default.The U.S. finance industry played this game a few years ago. […]

Toxic Markets Are Everywhere. Here’s the Safest Place for Your Money Today…

Have you come out of your bunker yet after Monday’s Greek tragedy?You might have expected more fireworks yesterday after Monday’s 350-point rout. But the Dow managed to gain 23 points and the Nasdaq tacked on 28.So where do we stand right now? And what should you do with your money today?I’m going to tell you…But before we get to my […]

5 Things To Ponder: Shades Or Umbrella

Submitted by Lance Roberts via STA Wealth Management,Since the beginning of this year the markets have primarily treaded water. The primary support for the bulls has been continued acknowledgement by the Fed on an inability to remove accommodative policy by raising interest rates. (Which should make you question what happens the first time they do.) The bears have been feasting […]

Biotech Stocks…and Benjamin Graham | Jason Zweig

Posted by Jason Zweig on Mar 30, 2015 in Blog, Featured, Posts |Image credit: Genetically modified Amflora cells, BASF, flickr Creative CommonsBy Jason Zweig11:17 am ET  Mar. 27, 2015In a research note out today, Credit Suisse analysts Ravi Mehrotra, Jason Kantor, Anuj Shah and Jeremiah Shepard write that biotechnology stocks are not in a bubble but “rather in a new […]

The NYSE has suspended trading in RadioShack – Business Insider

REUTERS/Robert GalbraithSee AlsoIBM is giving its CEO a big bonus again despite the company’s tumbling stock priceApple Stores will have custom-designed safes to store the gold Apple Watch inThe FCC is about to make a major decision on Net NeutralityUpdate 5:45 pm ET: A press release from the New York Stock Exchange on Monday night said the exchange is taking […]