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Here's how to protect your profits in biotech: Trader

Here’s how to protect your profits in biotech: Trader
Susquehanna’s Stacey Gilbert thinks biotech could be due for a pullback. She lays out an options strategy to protect your biotech holdings.
It’s been a record-breaking run for biotech stocks, with the Nasdaq Biotech ETF, the IBB, up 18 percent this year alone and nearly 300 percent in the past five years. But […]

STOCKS RALLY, EURO GOES WILD, DOLLAR SINKS: Here’s what you need to know (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ, TLT, USO, OIL, BHI, DRI, USD, DXY, BIIB)

Financial technology startups are getting funding from the very industry they hope to disrupt.Known in short as fintech, these startups are changing the way people pay, lend, and invest, threatening the long-established and entrenched financial systems. In the past couple years, fintech has increased in notoriety among financiers and investors, most notably in London and New York.From investing in growing […]

Robinhood's zero-commission stock trading app is now available to all

Gaming execs: Join 180 select leaders from King, Glu, Rovio, Unity, Facebook, and more to plan your path to global domination in 2015. GamesBeat Summit is invite-only — apply here. Ticket prices increase on April 3rd!
Today Robinhood is opening up its zero-commission stock trading iOS app to everyone.The company’s initial app launch was something of a limited release. Only a select number of people were able […]

European shares lower; Japan shares at 14-year high | Business …

Originally published February 18, 2015 at 6:29 AM | Page modified February 19, 2015 at 6:17 AMTOKYO —
European shares were mostly lower early Thursday as investors waited to see the outcome of negotiations between Greece and its eurozone creditors.Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.4 percent to 6,871.27, while France’s CAC 40 shed 0.3 percent to 4,786.14 and Germany’s DAX lost 0.4 […]

Morningstar gives A+ credit rating to Texas Instruments, stock …

This chart shows shares of Texas Instruments Inc. from Jan. 1, 2000, through today.Morningstar investment research firm has given Texas Instruments Inc. an A+ credit rating, indicating that the company is a low default risk.Related
Texas Instruments plans to boost 300mm wafer production to drive growth
Texas Instruments revenue growth returns in 2014, profits jump 30 percent
Analysts see strong 2015 semiconductor performance, […]

Biotech Stocks: What's Hot, What's Not – As Seen By Market-Makers …

SummaryHot = near-term stock price gain potential, not just product developments, lab breakthroughs, corporate acquisitions, financing deals, trial progresses etc.
Only opinions; not even “just the facts, m’aam”. But opinions expressed by folks who need to know, willing to put their money at risk, based on what they know.
Maybe even better, ones who are willing to pay up for price-change risk […]

ICE commits to NYSE for at least 2 years – CNBC.com

Jeff Sprecher, chief executive of the US exchanges operator, acknowledged the fragmented, regulated world of equities trading was not “ever going to be wildly profitable”, but added the value of the NYSE lay in its listings franchise and data business.”I don’t know why we would get rid of that. I think our shareholders want to participate in the earnings growth […]

E*TRADE Q4 Earnings Beat on Solid Trading Activity, Stock Up …

Shares of brokerage firm – E*TRADE Financial Corporation (ETFC – Analyst Report) rose 4.24% in after hours trade following the release of its impressive fourth-quarter 2014 results on Jan 22, after the market closed. Driven by strong trading activity, E*TRADE delivered a positive earnings surprise of 13% in the quarter, marking the fourth straight quarter of earnings beat.Earnings per share […]

Stock Watchlist 5 January 2015

First off, I am sure some of you have been wondering where I have been. I did not post a watchlist on Friday, and have been off chat/Twitter/StockTwits for the past few days as well. For those of you who do not know, I do not do this full time – I am currently in the Army and have been […]

After record peaks, stock market cautious in 2015 – CNBC.com

“People are a bit more cautious as we head into the beginning of 2015; the 10-year and 30-year, these levels are taking everybody by surprise, after all this talk in the third week of December that we’re going to see rising rates,” Kinahan said of falling Treasury yields.”Financials are always key, with these rates down, these companies have become incredibly […]