How Amgen’s Larger-Than-Expected Dividend Hike Stacks Up to Peers
Amgen is getting aggressive enough on its dividend payout that you might think the biotech giant is now just a Big Pharma stock.
Amgen is getting aggressive enough on its dividend payout that you might think the biotech giant is now just a Big Pharma stock.
Merrill Lynch is among the first firms to present their top picks for 2016, a decidedly conservative set of picks, and probably with good reason.
The November 30 short interest data have been compared with the previous figures, and for most of the selected pharmaceutical stocks, short interest was up.
Brokerage firm Jefferies has released its top pharmaceutical picks for the coming year and what to expect.
With the market very possibly poised for years of sideways trading and single-digit gains, the total return potential from these blue chips is outstanding.
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Despite the howling from political candidates trying to make the top drug-makers their whipping boy in populist campaign efforts, the need and demand for pharmaceuticals will only continue. This is especially the case…
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A new Jefferies research report highlights four top companies that could be looking at catalysts that in the very near term could have a huge impact on the stocks.
Jefferies has updated the thesis behind its "Top 5 for 2015" pharmaceutical stock picks
The short interest data have been released for the October 30 settlement date, and for most of the selected pharmaceutical stocks, short interest was down.