Is this another leg for bull stock market? Stocks indices close at a new high in week 8, 2015. Top performing industries are industrial textile, gaming activities, foreign regional banks, and biotech.This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 0.68%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of […]
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) […]
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 […]
Benchmarks closed at record highs on Friday after higher oil prices boosted energy shares. While the S&P 500 closed at an all-time record high, the Dow ended above the 18K mark for the first time this year. The Nasdaq hit a 15-year high, boosted by gains in technology stocks. Friday’s gains helped benchmarks settle in positive territory for the second-straight […]
Source: Flickr user Simon & His Camera .Love is in the air, and that makes it the perfect time to confess my affection for three large-cap biotech stocks that market a slate of highly profitable, market-share leading therapies. Read on to learn more about why I have fallen for each of them.No. 1: Celgene CorporationWhile other companies hem and haw […]
Benchmarks ended in the green on Thursday after a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine boosted investor confidence. Moreover, encouraging earnings results including those from Cisco and TripAdvisor helped markets register solid gains. A rally in oil prices also boosted energy shares. However, disappointing economic data on the domestic front eroded some of the day’s gains. The Nasdaq reached its […]
View photo.By and large, short interest among the leading biotechs and emerging pharmaceuticals dwindled between the January 15 and January 30 settlement dates.Leading that trend were Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN), Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX).Here we take a quick look at how these three stocks have fared recently and what analysts expect from them. That […]
CORAL GABLES, FL / ACCESSWIRE / February 11, 2015 / It’s been a long and rough road for a push toward universal legalization of marijuana in the US. Since the early beginnings in California many decades ago with medical marijuana to the latest trail being blazed from states like Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, this has certainly become a growth […]
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Markets ended in negative territory for second-consecutive day as intensified concern about Greece’s debt negotiations continued to hurt investor sentiment. Moreover, China’s disappointing trade data also had a negative impact on benchmarks on Monday. However, rise in oil prices limited some of the day’s losses.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead […]
