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Investing
The Top 14 Earnings to Watch This Week
Jon OggThe S&P 500 Index is hitting all-time highs and we are now deep into earnings season. This week will mark the second week of the earnings floodgates being open. 24/7 Wall…
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Health and Healthcare
Jefferies Top Biotech Stocks to Buy
ThinkstockThe world of biotechnology investing is a constantly evolving and changing one. While disease for the most part does not change all that much, the manner in which it can be treated…
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Health and Healthcare
Market Take: Biotech Suffers Under Government Shutdown Too!
ThinkstockThe field of pharmaceuticals is very well established and often is considered to be a very defensive sector. As such, investors flock to the drug sector in times of uncertainty. But what…
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Top Biotechs Set to Win in the War on Cancer
ThinkstockTuesday saw the wrap up of the 2013 European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) conference in Amsterdam, which featured key data from several of the companies covered by the biotech analysts at…
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Health and Healthcare
UBS Picks Large Cap Biotechnology Stocks to Outperform the Rest of 2013
ThinkstockEven though the equity strategy team at UBS has downgraded U.S. equities to Neutral from Outperform, they remain very positive on large cap biotechnology names. Acknowledging in their recent report that the…
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Health and Healthcare
Will Attorney Investigations or Class Action Suits Put Amgen-Onyx Buyout at Risk?
Any time you see a merger announcement, you see a myriad of press releases pertaining to law firms and lawyers investigating the terms of the deal. This is in one sense the…
Jon C. Ogg 8:40am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: 3D, Hasbro, Dollar Tree, Tyson and More
Jon OggThis will be an interesting week for Wall Street analyst coverage as many traders, investors and analysts are out ahead of Labor Day. Still, we are seeing a surprising number of…
8:05am ET
Health and Healthcare
Lessons of Buying Growth Companies Doubling Their Revenues
ThinkstockAmgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) wants to regain its status as the largest publicly traded biotech in the U.S. The company formalized a buyout of cancer drug maker Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) for about…
Jon C. Ogg 8:25am ET
Investing
Deutsche Bank Raises Price Targets on Some of Its Top Stocks to Buy
ThinkstockWith the Federal Reserve reminding investors yesterday that it can raise or lower asset purchases in its quantitative easing program based on the data, all eyes shift to tomorrow’s employment numbers. With…
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Investing
Closing Bell for Wednesday on Wall Street: Markets Open Higher, Dive to Mixed Close
July 31, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as traders and investors this afternoon’s announcement from the FOMC. In Europe, the unemployment rate in the eurozone was unchanged at 12.1%,…
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Closing Bell for Tuesday on Wall Street: Markets Open Higher, Drift to Mixed Close
July 30, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as traders and investors wait for tomorrow’s announcement from the FOMC. There was little economic data published today. In the U.S., the…
8:25am ET
Investing
UBS Top Stocks to Buy That Can Beat Earnings Estimates
courtesy of FordThe equity analysts and strategists at UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) expect to see U.S. equities continue to conform largely to the “1994 Playbook” in which stocks meander higher after correcting…
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Health and Healthcare
Which Biotech Stocks Are Buyout Targets After Onyx Pharmaceutical Rejects Amgen?
ThinkstockOn Friday after the market closed, biotech giant Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) made an unsolicited $120 per share bid for Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) that was rejected. The company has now…
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Health and Healthcare
Drugmakers Pfizer, Bayer, Novartis May Join Bidding for Onyx
ThinkstockAlthough Amgen Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMGN) $10 billion offer for Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) was unsolicited and not exactly a stalking horse bid, that’s what many observers expect to be the result.…
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Closing Bell for Monday on Wall Street: Markets Open Higher, Hold Gains
July 1, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after a blast of economic data from both Asia and Europe. In China, June manufacturing PMI slid lower. Japan’s economics minister said…