ShutterstockNEW YORK (MarketWatch)—Biotech stocks slumped Monday, with the largest biotech ETF down about 1.7% and on track to snap an eight-session winning streak.The slide comes as some market watchers warn that biotech shares have enjoyed a great run-up and could be due for a drop.“Biotech must be slaughtered” is how a post over at the iBankCoin blog puts it.How low […]
Trading Nation: How hot can biotech get?
David Seaburg, Cowen & Co., and Ari Wald, Oppenheimer, join “Power Lunch” to discuss the biotech rally.
Biotech stocks have been on fire. The industry has risen 40 percent in the past year, and added 2.3 percent on Friday alone. This after drug giant Biogen reported positive results for a new Alzheimer’s drug, leading its […]
The stock has even more upside from where it was trading Friday, around $475 per share, Yaron Werber, senior biotech analyst at Citi Investment Research, told “Power Lunch.” As the Alzheimer’s drug likely will not reach the market for years, it is important to Biogen’s long-term prospects, he said.When looking at valuations, investors need to consider that low interest rates […]
The stock has even more upside from where it was trading Friday, around $475 per share, Yaron Werber, senior biotech analyst at Citi Investment Research, told “Power Lunch.” As the Alzheimer’s drug likely will not reach the market for years, it is important to Biogen’s long-term prospects, he said.When looking at valuations, investors need to consider that low interest rates […]
The stock has even more upside from where it was trading Friday, around $475 per share, Yaron Werber, senior biotech analyst at Citi Investment Research, told “Power Lunch.” As the Alzheimer’s drug likely will not reach the market for years, it is important to Biogen’s long-term prospects, he said.When looking at valuations, investors need to consider that low interest rates […]
No one likes the “B” word, but it’s worth asking whether we’re seeing one in large-cap biotech stocks right now.Source: ©iStock.com/AlexRathsAt first glance, it seems to be a legitimate question given how well the sector has performed in the past year. The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (ETF) (NASDAQ:IBB) has gained nearly 70% since the low of mid-April 2014, and it […]
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When the market gets a little sketchy, investors might tend to prefer the “blue chip” companies vs. the smaller companies due to the perceived safety in the bigger names.To isolate those bigger names, the most common method is by searching for companies with the largest market capitalization.Market cap is defined as the total dollar market value of all of a […]
Source: Celgene CorporationIt’s been proven time and time again that investing for the long haul outperforms short-term trading, but biotechnology stock investors must also realize that the industry moves so quickly that only the best-of-breed players ought to be stashed away for the long term. For that reason, while I’m happy to own a few speculative biotech stocks here and […]
You may have already been aware that the biotechnology sector has been hot over the past several years. But have you seen it lately? While most other sectors have been trending sideways, or even down as in the case of energy, the biotechnology sector has been absolutely on fire – with the largest biotech ETF iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (NASDAQ: IBB) […]
