Benchmarks finished Thursday’s session mostly in the red as oil prices dropped and deadlock over Greek debt deal continued. While decline in oil prices dragged energy shares down, Germany’s rejection of Greece’s request for loan extension unnerved investors. However, the Nasdaq settled in positive territory banking on gains among chipmakers and bio-tech stocks. Priceline’s upbeat quarterly results also helped the […]
Apple shares are currently valued at roughly $124 each in intraday trading, giving the Cupertino-based company a record-breaking market cap exceeding $720 billion. Apple stock continues to rise after the iPhone maker became the first U.S. company to close with a market cap over $700 billion on Tuesday, the same day in which CEO Tim Cook spoke live at the […]
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Here’s Why Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) Stock Is Trading Up 9.1%
Following the release of an amended supply agreement with Inotera, Micron Technology stock is trading up by around 9.1% today
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By: Joshua GriffinPublished: Feb 10, 2015 at 3:24 pm EST
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) is trading up by around 9.1% as of 3:02 PM EST today. The rally in the stock price […]
Although biotech stocks as a whole handily outpaced the S&P 500 returns last year, there’s no guarantee that investors will be similarly rewarded this year. To get insight into whether biotech stocks can continue climbing, we asked three top Motley Fool contributors to give us their opinion. Read on to learn what they think.: Bringing a new drug to market […]
It’s silly time in the stock market calendar. First there was the Santa Claus rally in December, then there is the incessant talk about the January Effect, then it’s the Super Bowl Indicator, then it will be “sell in May” and on and on. I am sorry to sound harsh, but these indicators are less than useless. They are little […]
Disappointing earnings results dragged down benchmarks on Tuesday to their biggest one-day losses in three weeks. Major market movers including Microsoft and Caterpillar reported dismal earnings reports that dented investor sentiment yesterday. Moreover, discouraging durable order report also had a negative impact on the markets.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead […]
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 […]
By The Life Science Report
Thursday, 15 January 2015 08:42
Are life sciences stocks in a bubble? Will this be the year biotech overshadows big pharma? Can you fit one more meeting in the schedule? (A reported 4,400 official one-on-one partnering events occurred during the Biotech Showcase 2015, with thousands more cards exchanged in hallways and ballrooms.)Now that the PowerPoint presentations are […]
What Investors Are Looking At In The Stem Cell Sector
By iCELL News on January 14, 2015 · Sector
Stem cell stocks did poorly in 2014.However, many of these companies have catalysts in the first quarter of 2015 that could bring attention to the sector.In anticipation of a Phase 2 clinical update, Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics IncBCLI 1.89%stock rallied nearly 100 percent. The […]
Over the last several years, there has rarely been a bad time to own biotechnology exchange traded funds. That much is confirmed by the presence of multiple biotech ETFs on the annual lists of the top 10 sector funds.In 2014, each of the five major biotech ETFs ranked among the year’s top 10 sector ETFs. That includes the First Trust […]
