If you don’t want to lose your shirt this month, you have to buy the strongest trends on the market. Period.So today is your final installment of this week’s post-Greece craziness “search for strength” coverage.I showed you yesterday how health care and biotech stocks are the strongest and safest names on the market right now. And today I’m showing you […]
June 25 Market Close: GovCon Index Down, US Stocks Stutter on Biotech LossesRoss Wilkers June 25, 2015 Financial Report, News 0 ViewsThe GovCon Index closed in negative territory for the third consecutive day Thursday with a loss of 0.264 points to end at 76.030.Losses in the transportation and biotechnology sector sent U.S. stocks slightly down Thursday and many investors attributed […]
Summer doldrums drivel:+ It’s a “stockpickers” market now. That means the market is about to fall big time.+ Yields are rising. When muni bond yields hit 5%, investors will flee equities and load up on bonds, especially investors in high-tax states like New York and California.+ No deal for Greece spells stocks will fall. (At least today.)+ Everyone is at […]
Kyle Anderson: Spending on cancer treatment has been skyrocketing globally. According to the IMS Institute of Health, spending on cancer topped $100 billion globally in 2014. That was a 10% increase from 2013.That’s why many biotech stocks tied to cancer treatments have seen triple-digit gains in the last two years.Have you ever wondered how billionaires continue to get RICHER, while the rest of […]
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When a company announces its quarterly financial results, it’ll sometimes offer a two sets of earnings.The first is GAAP earnings, which are based on generally accepted accounting principles. This is an industry standard that requires every industry and company to account for and report items in a uniform way.But some companies and industries believe GAAP earnings aren’t always representative […]
Benchmarks ended the last trading day of the week in the red following a deadlock between Greece and its creditors over the country’s bailout program. Positive consumer sentiment data also raised anxiety about a possible hike in interest rates sooner than later. For the week, the S&P 500 and the Dow ended in the green, while the Nasdaq finished in […]
Immunogen (NASDAQ:IMGN)Shares of Immunogen soared as much as 68% on June 1, 2015 after the company reported positive results in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. There are about 21,290 cases of women who get ovarian cancer in the United States each year. The problem is that a lot of these patients that take chemotherapy treatments such as platinum and paclitaxel […]
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The Top Performing Stocks Of 2015by Bespoke InvestBelow is a list of the top performing stocks in the Russell 3,000 year-to-date. Of the 3,000 stocks in the index, 18 are up more than 100%. The best performer in the index is Retrophin (RTRX), which is up 161%. In recent years past, there have been at least a couple stocks up […]
Benchmarks ended the first trading day of June with modest gains following mixed economic reports. While reports on construction spending and manufacturing were encouraging, data on consumer spending was disappointing. Investors are keeping an eye on economic data for clues on when the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure […]
