Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK)

Major Pharma Sees Fading Short Interest

Posted: January 11, 2019 at 9:50 am

Pharmaceutical companies usually are involved in a lengthy process of getting their drug candidates to market through clinical trials. There is a fair amount of risk involved, should a study ...
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Merck’s Blockbuster Cancer Drug Keytruda Wins Multiple Approvals in Japan

Posted: January 3, 2019 at 8:45 am

Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) has announced that its blockbuster drug Keytruda received a series of approvals in Japan. The firm said that its anti-PD-1 therapy has simultaneously received ...
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Bull/Bear Outlook for 2019: How All 30 Dow Stocks Could Take the Market Up to 28,000

Posted: January 2, 2019 at 7:55 am

As 2019 gets into gear, there is a simple question that comes with a very difficult answer. Is the bull market that has raged since March of 2009 dead, or ...
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Meet the 2019 Dogs of the Dow

Posted: December 31, 2018 at 2:20 pm

Investors love their dividends. It was no secret that the bull market’s strength and reputation heading into the end of 2018 was tarnished. In fact, on the last trading day ...
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Short Sellers Hike Bets in Major Pharma Stocks

Posted: December 27, 2018 at 10:00 am

Pharmaceutical companies usually are involved in a lengthy process of getting their drug candidates to market through clinical trials. There is a fair amount of risk involved, should a study ...
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Major Pharma Stocks See a Surge in Short Interest

Posted: December 12, 2018 at 9:50 am

Pharmaceutical companies usually are involved in a lengthy process of getting their drug candidates to market through clinical trials. There is a fair amount of risk involved, should a study ...
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Major Health Care Catalysts Coming by the End of 2018

Posted: December 8, 2018 at 7:20 am

Companies in the health care sector face great risk and great reward every time they make an announcement. Drug candidates passing clinical trials, gaining regulatory approval or being canceled can ...
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Short Sellers Hike Their Bets in Major Pharma Stocks

Posted: November 28, 2018 at 9:00 am

Pharmaceutical companies usually are involved in a lengthy process of getting their drug candidates to market through clinical trials. There is a fair amount of risk involved, should a study ...
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Short Sellers Pull Back on Major Pharma — With 1 Big Exception

Posted: November 12, 2018 at 10:10 am

Pharmaceutical companies usually are involved in a lengthy process of getting their drug candidates to market through clinical trials. There is a fair amount of risk involved, should a study ...
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The 6 Most Shorted NYSE Stocks

Posted: November 12, 2018 at 6:50 am

October turned out to be a very volatile month, with the stock markets seeing a correction and some sectors and many individual stocks slipping into bearish territory. Investors had plenty ...
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Merck Takes Over as Dow’s Top-Performing Dow Stock

Posted: November 3, 2018 at 8:04 am

Last week saw the Dow recover a goodly portion of the previous week's loss. The move higher resulted in a change at the top as Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Apple, Intel Tank the Dow Friday

Posted: November 2, 2018 at 4:01 pm

November 2, 2018: Markets opened higher Thursday but it didn't take long for word to spread that trade talks between China and the United States were going nowhere. The threat ...
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Merck Wins Yet Again With New Keytruda Approval

Posted: October 31, 2018 at 10:55 am

Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) shares were up slightly on Wednesday after the pharma giant gave another key update for its Keytruda line. The firm announced that the U.S. ...
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Dow Stars Apple and Merck Up Over 25%

Posted: October 31, 2018 at 6:50 am

The Dow Jones industrial average is up only 1.7% this year to 24,875, a contrast to several years of double-digit improvement. Of the Dow 30 stocks, 12 are down for ...
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5 Stocks to Move to Now If You Fear a Total Market Crash

Posted: October 27, 2018 at 9:55 am

This is probably territory most investors are very uncomfortable with. The fears of a massive global trade war just have not been part of the investing lexicon in years, and ...
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