BioTech

Biotech investors up big amid bubble talk – CNBC.com

Others note continued opportunity in biotech.Robert Christian, who analyzes hedge funds as head of research at K2 Advisors and Franklin Templeton Solutions, said biotech stock-focused managers stand out as one of his favorite strategies among the few dozen he tracks.Christian’s optimism rests on what he called exciting new technologies that justify higher company valuations.”Biotech used to be about making life […]

early May Market Update

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early May Market Update

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Biotech Stock News (SRPT) (BMRN) (PBMD) (ISR) | CNA Finance

Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRPT)After the closing bell on May 19, 2015 shares of Sarepta Therapeutics were up as much as 38% in after-hours trading after the company reported that the FDA will allow the company to file a New Drug Application — NDA — for Eteplirsen. This drug Eteplirsen helps patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy — DMD —  to restore dystrophin […]

MAY 22nd – GLOBAL EQUITIES – MARKET REVIEW

MAY 23rdUS STOCKS-Wall St ends lower after Yellen comments fail to inspire – Yellen comments leave rate expectations unchanged on Wall Street – Core inflation highest since January 2013 – Boeing falls after Bombardier jet report – Microsoft down after report of Salesforce deal talksU.S. stocks were generally lower Friday after hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who […]

For Today’s Investors: Ignorance Is Not Bliss – It Is Oblivion

Submitted by Tim Price via The Cobden Centre,

“We’re not gonna make it, are we ? People, I mean.”
“It is in your nature to destroy yourselves.”
“Yeah. Major drag, huh ?”
From James Cameron’s ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’.
Here is a thought experiment. It is January 2000. The last wild Pyrenean ibex has been found dead, squashed by a tree. America Online has just […]

A Beautiful Biotech Summer?

By Ben LevisohnBarclays’ Geoff Meacham and Jonathan Eckard are feeling good about biotech stocks like Biogen (BIIB) and Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) heading into the summer. They explain why:
Associated Press

[The] Nasdaq Biotech Index index has outperformed the broader market eight out of 10 times over the summer period (Memorial Day to Labor Day) and in 2Q/3Q, there are a number of meaningful […]

The Diversification Dividend

by Lars Kroijer, The CFA InstituteThe world equity portfolio is the most diversified equity portfolio available — or as I described it in my last post, “the cheapest, broadest, most tax-efficient index tracker of aggregate world equity markets” an investor can find.In order to get a sense of the overall benefits of diversification in a given domestic market, consider the following chart:Printer-friendly […]