Biotech stocks can often make big moves after reporting trial data, but it’s FDA drug approvals or denials that can really make stocks in the industry pop or drop. For that reason, we asked three Motley Fool experts what FDA decisions they’re most excited about. Read on to learn which three companies and drugs are on their radar.Source: Celgene Corporation.: […]
The sudden bloodletting that leveraged currency speculators experienced when the Swiss National Bank yanked the cap on the franc should have been a warning: central-bank promises that everything is under control are meaningless. And because of leverage, innumerable trading accounts blew up in a matter of moments.Leverage acts like a powerful drug. It creates buying pressure and inflates asset prices […]
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Benchmarks ended Monday’s volatile trading session with solid gains after a rally in oil prices boosted energy shares. An offer from Greece’s finance minister to end the standoff with its international creditors over the country’s debt was also welcomed by investors. Monday’s solid gains came in after the S&P 500 and the Dow posted their biggest monthly loss in almost […]
View photo.Deutsche Bank on Thursday named its top Small-Cap Biotech picks for 2015. The top picks were selected because they were either a disruptive technology, a rare or orphan disease market, an unmet need market or a stock with a big-time catalyst.Here is what to watch for in Deutsche’s top picks.
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT)
Deutsche highlighted PTC Therapeutics as its […]
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Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made waves last week, calling out the regulatory environment for banks as downright un-American.That kind of bluster is old hat for the top bank exec. Dimon was quick to position himself as the chief critic of bank regulation even as J.P. Morgan’s JPM, +0.32% peers Bank of America BAC, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil and gas companies led U.S. stocks up Friday, setting the market up for its first gain in more than a week.KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 16 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,009, as of 3 p.m. Energy companies led all 10 of the index’s industries to gains, surging 3 percent.The Dow […]
Thursday was the third day this week they tried to “gap up” the market in premarket, and instead sellers came in hot and heavy once the actual session started. These gap ups are making it difficult for the market to “flush out” and create a near term oversold condition. The S&P 500 fell 0.92% and NASDAQ 1.48%. A measure of […]
Falling oil prices are bringing smiles to millions of Americans, but they’re also creating headaches for energy companies. Watch for this story to play out during the upcoming earnings season.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)It’s the best of times for consumer and transportation companies. They are capitalizing on extremely cheap gas that’s left consumers flush with cash.As earnings season begins this week, […]
Benchmarks continued to suffer losses on Tuesday due to another slump in oil prices. Political uncertainty in Greece and Bill Gross’ dismal outlook for 2015 also dented investor mood. Further, data showing weaker-than-expected growth in the U.S. service sector and a drop in factory orders for four consecutive months weighed on investor sentiment.For a look at the issues currently facing […]
