The biotech industry has been absolutely soaring over the past two years, fueled by a rise in drug approvals, an merger-and-acquisition frenzy, and widespread reorganizations that have helped to mitigate the impact of the so-called “patent cliff.” Driving this point home, the closely watched iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index has appreciated a princely 162% since 2012:As earnings across the industry are […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEpisode 47: My news sources are very simple.– Firstly, I avoid visual media of any kind (ie no broadcast, cable or internet TV).– To find the truth, I triangulate between the New York Times & the Wall Street Journal.– Investor’s Business Daily is a good reference for current stock market trends.– The Financial Times, […]
Source: ;Flickr user VastateparksstaffWhen to sell a winning stock is one of the toughest questions for investors to answer. Selling a stock that is reaching for new highs might be the right decision sometimes, but other times it might mean getting out of a long-haul opportunity too early. With that in mind, we asked three Motley Fool analysts to tell […]
The past five-plus years have made for some amazing returns for equities investors. Here are some cold hard facts to put the rally into perspective.1. The S&P 500′s Price-to-Sales Ratio Has Never Been HigherMost people have heard of the S&P 500′s price-to-earnings ratio, or perhaps the more accurate Schiller ratio. What many investors aren’t aware of is the lesser-known price-to-sales ratio. […]
The S&P 500 was up 0.5 percent to 2,063 for the week, and is now up nearly 11 percent from its October lows. The S&P also had its best five-week winning streak since April 2009, and some analysts say its recent gains may take some of the steam out of a potential late December rally.”We beat the Christmas rush and […]
Two Biotech Stocks Set to Double on One Powerful CatalystCompanies / BioTechNov 21, 2014 – 02:46 PM GMTBy: Money_MorningWilliam Patalon writes: When I earned my MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) back in the mid-1990s, my focus was finance and investing.But it was a management professor who clued me in to some of the best ways to “look […]
Getty ImagesTrading versus investing. Those terms are kicked around on Wall Street all the time, and if you’re new to the market you may think they are interchangeable.They are not.Typically trading means moving in and out of positions over a short period of time, sometimes in the same day. An example would be betting on a stock’s move immediately after […]
Morningstar.comJeremy GranthamYou could argue that Jeremy Grantham is bullish.In a new quarterly letter to GMO clients, the gloomy veteran fund manager predicts the S&P 500 could see another 10% surge from the 2,041 level we’re at today.”My personal fond hope and expectation is still for a market that runs deep into bubble territory (which starts… at 2250 on the S&P […]
The career of media mogul James Altucher could be likened to a 20-year roller coaster ride, or a sprint through a minefield. Few have experienced a career as erratic, and with as many highs and lows as that of Altucher. Despite his many setbacks, he has been a pace setter in the fields of finance, corporate ownership, management, writing, blogging […]
