December 2, 2015: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday and only the Nasdaq Composite was able to remain in positive territory until the afternoon release of the Fed’s Beige Book. U.S. crude oil…
December 1, 2015: Markets opened higher on again on Tuesday and, unlike yesterday, held on to the gains for the most of the day. Equities took their cue from markets in Asia…
ThinkstockNovember 25, 2015: Markets opened higher on Wednesday on a trading day when light volume is expected ahead of tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Day holiday. WTI crude for January delivery added about 0.4% today…
Stocks were indicated surprisingly higher after international markets recovered more than might have been expected. The trend that has been static for 4 years now is that investors want to buy stocks…
November 24, 2015: Markets opened lower on Tuesday following reports that a Turkish plane had shot down a Russian plane in Turkey’s airspace. The news did give traders a reason to bid…
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…
November 23, 2015: Markets opened mixed on Monday with very slight positive or negative differences from Friday’s closing prices. The trading band for all three major indexes was quite narrow today though…
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.
November 4, 2015: Markets opened higher on Wednesday following an in-line report on jobs from ADP and somewhat smaller-than-expected U.S. trade deficit. The EIA report on crude oil stockpiles showed another increase…
Solid growth stocks that pay good dividends make sense, especially when they all pay higher dividends than the current 30-year U.S. Treasury bond.
The health care sector may have sold off a fair amount since this past summer, but there is some M&A action between giants in the sector that has potential to heat it…
November 2, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday and added strength as the day drew to a close. Healthcare and energy stocks carried the weight today even though WTI crude oil for…
Last week, a few biotech companies made absolutely massive runs, and some had serious falls.
