View gallery.A recent report by Morgan Stanley predicts a greater than 40 percent growth in the Hepatitis C (HCV) market in 2015. Projections indicate that the HCV market could be worth $15 billion in upcoming years, with two-thirds of treatment occurring in the United States.
HCV Forerunners Gilead And AbbVie
Morgan Stanley projects that Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GILD) Harvoni and Sovaldi […]
Sam Ro
Nov. 19, 2014, 3:59 PM
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JP MorganA country’s stock market and its economy are far from being the same thing (Read LPL Financial’s write-up on the matter.)One big reason for the discrepancy is that many of the companies that make up a stock market engage in business overseas.This chart from JP Morgan highlights just how much of a country’s stock […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Worried about a stock market bubble? Morgan Stanley sure isn’t.In a compelling 27-page report released on Tuesday, the investment bank said the S&P 500 could surge to 3,000 by 2020. That’s a pretty big leap considering the index only topped 2,000 last week.Their reasoning is that the economic recovery isn’t even close to being over.“We believe […]
Benchmarks ended in the green yesterday following hopes that tensions between Russia and Ukraine would recede. Encouraging corporate news, ceasefire agreement in Gaza and subdued Chinese inflation data also boosted the markets.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall Street articleThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) rose 0.1%, to close […]
The overall uptrend in the S&P 500 continues despite light trading volume and regular pullbacks from marginally higher highs. While this isn’t a reason to bet against the trend, it’s always worthwhile to have a few stocks written down to trade on the short side in case the market does break lower. Relative strength, or weakness, is a key component when […]
By: Nancy Zambell of Street AuthorityA “follow-up” market crash could be coming.I don’t mean to scare you, but it’s only a matter of time…The past two happened like clockwork — seven years apart. One happened just before 2001, after the dot-com burst. The other came with a vengeance in 2008, right after the housing collapse.It’s getting close to another seven […]
Elena Holodny
Jul. 22, 2014, 3:50 PM
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The stock market is up 17% in the last year and up a whopping 197% since its March 2009 low.
Unfortunately, far too many young people haven’t participated in this rally, and, unfortunately, this may be detrimental to their futures.According to a new survey by Bankrate.com, millennials are uncomfortable with choosing the stock market as […]
Sam Ro
Jul. 10, 2014, 4:08 AM
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With the U.S. economy improving and geopolitical risks relatively benign, stock market volatility has remained near historic lows.In this environment, correlations between stocks have been relatively low as investors seek out individual opportunities over indexing strategies. When correlations are low, stocks […]
Every quarter, JPMorgan Funds publishes this annotated chart of the S&P 500 since 1997.It highlights the last two stock market peaks and subsequent crashes.Back when we saw it in April 2013, the S&P 500 was at 1,569, which was just points from the Oct. 9, 2007, high. Back then, the message was that valuations were actually attractive despite the elevated […]
Benchmarks finished hardly changed on Thursday as investors received mixed corporate results as well as encouraging economic data. Morgan Stanley, General Electric, Goldman Sachs and Pepsi reported upbeat quarterly results. However, the Dow closed in negative territory following IBM and UnitedHealth Group’s dismal earnings report. Google’s disappointing earnings also weighed on the markets. Positive economic data on […]
