These are the Biggest Risk to Biotech – Stocks to Watch – Barrons.com

By Ben LevisohnIn a note this morning, BofA Merrill Lynch’s Christina Giannini and team note that the risk for big-cap biotech stocks–think Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Biogen (BIIB)–and small-cap biotech stocks–everything else–are quite different. They explain:
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Biotech is now more passive than actively managed: Perhaps due to the difficulty picking stocks within such an idiosyncratic sector given the complicated science […]

Margin calls fuel China's dramatic stock market collapse | Business …

Stock market investors in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Photograph: AP
What goes up, can also come down, as the old adage and the modern-day investor warning go. And that is precisely what the tens of millions of people who hold shares in China have been discovering.Chinese stocks had doubled between last November and mid-June, to the delight of a fast-growing army […]

What's going on with China's stock market? | Financial Post

China’s stocks look to be falling back down to reality.After an epic rally that saw the Shanghai Composite index climb more than 40% this year and the tech-heavy Shenzhen Composite rise a world-leading 90%, a correction — or maybe worse — looks to be in the works.Last week both indices lost more than 10%, falling solidly into correction territory. But […]

STTG Market Recap May 13, 2015 – Stock Trading To Go

While the closing print on the U.S. indexes were near unchanged it was a disappointing day in the lens of a big gap up in the morning that was sold off.   The S&P 500 fell 0.03% while the NASDAQ gained 0.11%.  Retail sales data for April was flat, with the ex-autos figure up just 0.1 percent, below estimates of a […]

STTG Market Recap May 4, 2015 – Stock Trading To Go

Indexes gapped up mildly in the U.S., tried to rally a bit and failed, and then did little from there.  The S&P 500 gained 0.29% and the NASDAQ 0.23%.  A lot of eyes will be set on Friday’s employment data; economists forecast a 225,000 increase in April non-farm payrolls, and a one-tenth decline in the unemployment rate to 5.4 percent..   […]

5 Biotech Stocks On JMP's Radar – (BIND), (CERU) | Benzinga

Related 13 Management Changes That Happened This Week8-K Filing Shows Bind Therapeutics Closes Offering Of StockRelated Morning Market LosersCerulean Announces Completion of Enrollment of a Phase 1b/2 Study of CRLX101 in Combination with Avastin® in Relapsed Renal Cell CarcinomaCerulean Pharma (CERU) Shares March Higher, Can It Continue? – Tale of the Tape(Zacks)In a recent report, analysts at JMP Securities discussed […]

Maxim Sees Major Upside In These Biotech Stocks

In a recent report, analysts at Maxim Group discussed the biotechnology sector and gave their outlook for five names in the space. Here’s a rundown of what they had to say.Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX)Analysts believe that Athersys may have found a “sweet spot” for stroke treatment timing, as data from a phase II trial of MultiStem treatment one to two […]

Maxim Sees Major Upside In These Biotech Stocks – Athersys, Inc …

Related ATHXMorning Market GainersWhy Investors Are Watching Athersys Ahead Of Stem Cell DataIn a recent report, analysts at Maxim Group discussed the biotechnology sector and gave their outlook for five names in the space. Here’s a rundown of what they had to say.Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX)Analysts believe that Athersys may have found a “sweet spot” for stroke treatment timing, as […]

STTG Market Recap Jan 12, 2015 – Stock Trading To Go

BLAIN UPDATE – Interview with Ross Cameron of DayTradeWarrior now available for viewing!Watch tonight’s video market recap on my Ticker.tv channel, Mark333.Indexes continue to be troubled with the drop in oil as the S&P 500 fell 0.81% and the NASDAQ 0.84%.  As we said Friday, in good markets you don’t sell good news and that is what happened on the […]

These stocks look the most promising for January

Read More Why stocks ‘more vulnerable’ in 2015: PaulsenIt might be tempting to try something new altogether, but Sam Stovall of S&P Capital IQ says in a report that one of the best sectors of 2014 is looking good again. The health-care sector has jumped more than 23% during 2014 — making it one of the best places for stocks.And […]