Biotech stocks had a banner year in 2014. Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGIO ), Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVNR ) and OvaScience, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVAS ), for example, each rose roughly 400%.Indeed, each year brings another set of home run stock picks in this sector, thanks to the twin pillars of FDA approval and promising clinical trial results.Trying to handicap […]
Shares of brokerage firm – E*TRADE Financial Corporation (ETFC – Analyst Report) rose 4.24% in after hours trade following the release of its impressive fourth-quarter 2014 results on Jan 22, after the market closed. Driven by strong trading activity, E*TRADE delivered a positive earnings surprise of 13% in the quarter, marking the fourth straight quarter of earnings beat.Earnings per share […]
Benchmarks turned positive for the year on Thursday after ECB announced a large-scale bond buying program to revive the near-stagnant Eurozone economy. The European Central Bank (ECB) announced a quantitative easing program worth about 1.1 trillion euros to address the risks of deflation in Eurozone. Additionally, upbeat quarterly results by banks and transportation companies boosted investor sentiment. The S&P 500 […]
Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes — just in case they’re material to our investing thesis.What: Shares of Array BioPharma (NASDAQ: ARRY ) , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Watch the market report here!Despite more or less doing what was rumored yesterday, the actions by the European Central Bank this morning set indexes on fire. This has been a consistent pattern for years now. One day it will not have the same effect but until that day comes traders will react in knee jerk reaction. The S&P […]
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 […]
Benchmarks gained for the third-straight session on speculation that ECB might provide more stimulus measures to boost the Eurozone economy. The European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board has proposed a bond-buying program of about 50 billion euros per month in order to combat concerns over deflation in the Eurozone. ECB is expected to unveil a large-scale bond-buying program on Thursday […]
Benchmarks ended Tuesday’s choppy trading session in the green led by gains from technology shares. Investors also remained focused on ECB’s meeting scheduled for Thursday. ECB is expected to unveil a bond-buying program in order to boost Eurozone’s economy. Investors also kept an eye on fourth-quarter earnings results of major companies including Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Johnson & Johnson, Morgan Stanley […]
View photo.Biotech companies have been in the spotlight over the past few months with many investors considering the sector a goldmine for great investment opportunities. President Barack Obama in Tuesday’s State of the Union speech highlighted the need for more investment in medical research, a sign that biotech is set to continue as a hot spot in within the market.Precision […]
Never mind how the U.S. stock market is posting modest year-to-date losses close to 2%. Momentum stocks are up and so is risk taking.A comparison of the iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (MTUM) – a good proxy for the risk appetite of bullishly trending stocks – versus the S&P 500 (^GSPC) shows that momentum stocks have not yet lost their luster. Over the past […]
