Biotech stocks are among the market’s riskiest, but investors willing to accept the potential for pipeline failure might consider owning these five small-cap biotech stocks in 2015. All five have intriguing therapies in late-stage clinical trials, and three have high-profile big-cap partners.Source: Flickr user Carlos Gracia1. Proven performerInsys Therapeutics is already rewarding shareholders with rapid sales growth and profitability, but […]
This week Jim Cramer has been highlighting the hottest biotech stocks for 2015 as a part of his series “Biotech, the Next Generation.”One of the best performing biotechs for 2014 was the orphan drug company PTC Therapeutics, which rallied 205 percent last year. Shire PLC recently acquired NPS Pharmaceuticals at a 51 percent premium to where it was trading before.This […]
Miami, FL — (ReleaseWire) — 01/14/2015 — Investing in marijuana stocks as been referred to in the past as the “green rush”, especially after Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational cannabis. Businesses with no experience in the cannabis circuit were trying to move in to make some green of their own. Savvy penny stock investors soon […]
11 ways to play biotech
The Fast Money traders discuss 11 ways to play biotech.
On a sluggish Monday for U.S. stocks, some biotechnology names shined. Celgene and Agios jumped nearly 3 percent while biotech-linked funds continued their steady climbs from last year.Acquisitions and breakthroughs abound in a sector brimming with options ripe for growth. Traders on CNBC’s “Fast Money” outlined their […]
View gallery.Rumor has it that if the S&P 500 finishes its first five trading days of the year with a gain, then the year in question will — 80 percent of the time — end with a gain as well.Last Thursday’s rally gave the S&P that five-day gain. However, since that day, the market has seen a decent amount of […]
Source: Flickr user Chris PotterBiotechnology stocks were among the market’s top performers in 2014, but biotech stocks were also among the market’s riskiest plays. For risk tolerant investors, biotech’s pop-and-drop nature may be enticing, but should investors focus on big or small cap biotech stocks? We asked some of our top Motley Fool analysts for their opinion. Read on to […]
You might want to invest in biotechnology, but be careful. It’s not an easy industry to master, and while some companies eventually skyrocket, many others flame out.One simple way to invest in biotech is the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (Nasdaq: IBB), which is a fund of roughly 150 stocks that has grown by an annual average of almost 15 percent […]
Source: Flickr via Idaho National Laboratory.Biotech stocks have the uncanny ability to absolutely crush it following a positive clinical or regulatory catalyst. And this trend has been especially pronounced among standout clinical-stage companies over the past few years.In 2014, for instance, we saw bluebird bio more than triple in share price after reporting positive early- to mid-stage study results for […]
Thinking about buying into biotech ahead of the JPMorgan Health Care Conference? History says the best play is to buy the day before the meeting starts and hold until the end.The JPMorgan conference, from Monday to Thursday, is the health industry’s biggest annual event, setting the agenda for the year. Sentiment out of the conference can dominate the first half […]
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