Source: Celgene Corp.The volatility that comes with investing in biotech stocks can test the patience of even the most risk-tolerant investor. Many investors may be better served focusing on companies with proven track records of success rather than concentrating on emerging biotech stocks that are more promise than profit. Fortunately, investing in proven performers doesn’t have to mean sacrificing growth! […]
Joe Weisenthal
Aug. 11, 2014, 6:05 AM
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There’s one line of thinking that goes that the market has rallied only because of the Fed. And that when the eventual Fed tightening comes into view, markets will tumble.
The other view is that the market represents fundamental economic and market improvement.In his latest Weekly Kickstart note, Goldman’s David Kostin relays some observations from […]
The Fed-Induced Stock Market EPS Fairy TaleStock-Markets / Corporate EarningsAug 04, 2014 – 10:50 PM GMTBy: Michael_PentoThe stock market has advanced sharply over the past five years no matter what geopolitical situation has blown up or how tenuous the economic foundation may be. This is because Investors have simply been forced to throw money at the market with a reckless […]
SummaryStocks that had big-volume breakouts off earnings beats fared moderately well in June, averaging 4% on a 10-day holding period.
This breakout strategy is a “home-run” type, in that it produces a few big winners and lots of small losses and flat trades.
Google looks like a very promising candidate for the strategy and it releases earnings on July 17th.
This post will […]
SummaryBeware of buying stocks based solely on the magnitude of their positive EPS surprise, as it is unlikely to lead to significant outperformance.
Shorting stocks that miss estimates by wide margins (>50%) and covering within a few days is a viable, though not spectacular, strategy.
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Earnings Beats Not Necessarily Bullish For StocksBy Catherine Holahan+ (@cholahan) Editor |
May 7th, 2014
Share on StockTwitsEarnings are nearly over and most companies are surpassing consensus estimates. But there’s considerable debate on StockTwits.com concerning whether the beats are really a bullish sign for the overall market.
Earnings season is 80% over at this juncture – 75% […]
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U.S. GDP growth is expected to be greater than 3% this summer, which would mark the end of a run of mid-year soft patches and potentially open the door for a longer period of growth in the 3% range.If the 10-year U.S. treasury yield can stay under 3.25% this summer against the backdrop of stronger growth, Deutsche Bank strategist David […]
The recent dip in the stock market has people talking about a bubble and a potential big decline in the market again. I discussed my general view on this last November, but I think Goldman puts things in the right perspective – while there might be pockets of excessive behavior, this is still nothing like the broadly excessive euphoria […]
Facebook (FB), the social media giant, reports after the closing bell on Wednesday, January 29th, 2014. Analyst consensus per ThomsonReuters is currently expecting $0.27 in earnings per share (EPS) on $2.32 billion in revenues, for expected year-over-year growth of 59% and 92% respectively.Exiting the October ’13 quarter’s report, the consensus EPS and revenue estimates were for $0.22 and $2.2 billion […]
