Stocks finished mixed again on Thursday in another quiet session. I checked the calendar, because the action feels eerily like a holiday reprieve. Where is everyone?Or maybe like a calm before a storm given threatening data on nascent deflation and a rollover in corporate earnings. I know it’s almost forbidden to say this out loud with sentiment so bubbly — […]
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Benchmarks hit record highs on Tuesday after Janet Yellen made her semiannual testimony before the Senate Banking Committee. Markets interpreted her dovish comments as reassurance that rate hike may only come in the latter half of the year. Moreover, gains in Home Depot, First Solar and Toll Brothers also boosted markets. The Dow reached a record high for second time […]
A calm trading session ended with the Dow and S&P 500 slipping into the red as another decline in oil prices affected energy shares. Though these two benchmarks eased off their record highs, the indices were able to erode a chunk of their initial losses following a late-afternoon rally. However, a rally in Apple’s shares propelled Nasdaq to its ninth-straight […]
Stock Market Trading at New Record High – Will Uptrend Extend Even Further?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Feb 23, 2015 – 03:51 PM GMTBy: Paul_RejczakBriefly: In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,150 and profit target at 1,980, S&P 500 index)Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish:Intraday outlook (next 24 hours): bearishShort-term outlook […]
Markets rebounded on Friday to register solid gains as Eurozone’s officials approved a four-month extension to Greece’s bailout program. However, another decline in oil prices weighed on energy shares, which in turn eroded some gains. The Dow finished at a record high for the first time this year, while S&P 500 hit the same for the third time. Meanwhile, the […]
Source: Celgene CorporationIt’s been proven time and time again that investing for the long haul outperforms short-term trading, but biotechnology stock investors must also realize that the industry moves so quickly that only the best-of-breed players ought to be stashed away for the long term. For that reason, while I’m happy to own a few speculative biotech stocks here and […]
The fact that biotech stocks can trade up or down significantly based on news from clinical research trials ensures there is no shortage of pop-and-drop stories in this business. The industry’s volatility might scare off many investors, but for those willing to accept the risk, here are three tiny biotech stocks that could make big moves thanks to the release […]
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 […]
