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Industrials
Eleven Must-Read Weekend Stock Stories for Monday
Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. has tracked many stocks on the move in the last week. Now it is the weekend and this can be considered your weekend cheat sheet for the stocks…
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Health and Healthcare
Pharma Merger/Buyout Hunt Continues in Biotech, Valuations Under Focus
ThinkstockThe hunt by Big Pharma stocks for smaller drug companies and biotech stocks continues. A report citing “sources” from Dow Jones News has signaled that Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) has considered large…
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Health and Healthcare
ETF Folly: Biotech ETFs, Nothing but Confusion
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has always wondered about the confusing universe of biotech exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Biotech stocks can rise or fall regardless of the market direction, and the sector performed very well…
8:25am ET
Investing
Strange Stock Trends in the Fidelity Contrafund (WFC, JPM, IRE, KO, PEP, BRK-A, BIIB, AMGN, AAPL, GOOG, INTC, MSFT, XOM, CVX)
The Fidelity Contrafund has released its 2012 annual report for its shareholders. While the date is December 31, 2012, and the asset size is listed as more than $84 billion as of…
8:30am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (MDRX, BIIB, DRI, FLSR, GOOG, GTI, LNKD, MWE, NOK, OPEN, PKG, PCLN, RSH, VRSN, NCLH)
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) raised to Outperform with $15 price target at…
4:03pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 8, 2013: Markets Start Higher, Hold on to Gains (DIS, CS, ARMH, BIIB, DFS, ATVI, CSTR, LNKD, RVBD, SPWR, AOL, APO, MCO, CCJ, L, NAT, WPP, ZNGA, ONCY, CZR)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning boosted by higher-than-expected trade balances in China (more coverage here) and in the U.S. (more coverage here). In Europe the big news came later in…
10:10am ET
Health and Healthcare
JMP Securities Very Positive on Five Key Biotech Stocks (AMGN, BIIB, AFFY, ALNY, CELG, ONXX, PCYC, PFE, LLY, MRK, BMY)
ThinkstockInvesting in biotech or biopharmaceutical stocks can prove to be a very daunting task. Many of the stocks have limited pipelines or their very survival depends on a single binary event that…
8:40am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALU, NLY, ARMH, BIIB, BX, COF, CS, DFS, IGT, NUAN, KORS, RVBD, VOD, DIS)
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley and reiterated Hold…
10:05am ET
Health and Healthcare
Years Later, MS Drug Ownership Consolidation — M&A Next?
ThinkstockBiogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) may be a half decade or so late on this move, but as the saying goes “better late than never.” The biotech and drug company is the leader in…
9:58am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, AM, AHT, BIIB, BMC, CAT, CLH, DLR, EQIX, IDTI, LGF, RT, STX, SBUX, TSN, VMW)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) raised to Outperform at BMO. American…
4:05pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 28, 2013: Markets Open Mixed, Close Nearly Flat (AKS, HEP, NWSA, FB, BBY, CAT, ROP, SIFY, BIIB, YHOO, STX, VMW, STLD, BSX, DHI, F, BTU, PFE, VLO, KERX, JOSB, HLF)
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning on relatively little new data. In Europe, Italian consumer confidence rose more than expected and Germany auctioned 12-month bills at a positive yield for the…
7:45am ET
Health and Healthcare
Biogen Idec Results Mixed
ThinkstockBiogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the biotech firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.40 on…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 25, 2013: Markets Open Higher, S&P Closes Over 1,500 (JNS, AMZN, AMGN, AAPL, EBAY, T, JNPR, MSFT, SBUX, HAL, HON, KMB, WY, CAT, ROP, SIFY, BIIB, NFLX, BFAM, SCSS)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning before dipping following the report on new home sales in the U.S. Stocks regained positive momentum during most of the remaining session. In Europe, Germany’s…
8:38am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AFL, AXP, AINV, ARMH, BIIB, CELG, CS, DELL, GMCR, INFY, LOGI, LYG, MLNX, NKTR, PDLI, PCYC, REGN, RBS, UAL, LCC, VRTX, VPHM, WFT)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far this Tuesday. There is a larger concentration around biotech and emerging pharma this morning, but that is…
7:27am ET
Health and Healthcare
The Big Biotech Winners and Losers for 2013 (AMGN, BIIB, CELG, GILD, ALXN, ARIA, CBST, INCY, JAZZ, MDVN, ONXX, THRX, VPHM, VVUS)
ThinkstockBig biotech had a stellar 2012. In 2013, though, the large biotech companies may be dwarfed in performance by the smaller players in the $1 billion to $5 billion range. If you…