A new report from the global equity strategy team at Credit Suisse maintains that the best defensive sector now is large cap pharmaceuticals. Here are their top large cap pharmaceuticals to buy…
Several things are taking place ahead of the end of May, and the number of pundits getting more worried about the markets seems to be on the rise. The problem is that…
thinkstockMay 19, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday but look to close the day on the upside, even if just barely. There was no economic news of note today, no major earnings…
ThinkstockBig news from two of the market’s biggest names is making waves across Wall Street today as stocks advance through a quiet start to the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has…
ThinkstockCreating the most popular product of the year will make consumers and investors happy. But making an all-time bestseller can transform an industry and define a business for decades. Many of the…
thinkstockMay 6, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday and sank slowly and surely for the rest of the day. The dollar weakened against the yen overnight removing some enthusiasm for risk in…
Merck has had its consumer products business on the market since the beginning of this year, and Tuesday it announced that it had sold the business to Germany-based Bayer for $14.2 billion.
thinkstockMay 5, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday but gamely pushed to the upside in midafternoon. General concern over the situation in Ukraine and a weaker outlook on global growth prospects kept…
Drug giant Pfizer reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2014 earnings before markets opened Monday morning, but revenues fell short. Shares traded lower in the premarket.
Jon OggEarnings season is far from over, but roughly three quarters of the stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index stocks have now reported their earnings for the first calendar quarter of…
British drug maker AstraZeneca once again rejected a takeover bid from U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, this one worth $106 billion (about £50 a share) in cash and stock.
thinkstockApril 28, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday with little economic data to drive the market either up or down. Consequently shares fell then rose and look to be headed for small…
The NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index fell nearly 9% between a peak on Jan. 22 and a low on Feb. 5. It jumped 23% over the next three weeks, and then gave it…
In a new research report, the Healthcare team at UBS took an in-depth look at the top companies that are making major advances in cancer therapeutics. Here is the UBS list of…
thinkstockApril 21 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday but there wasn’t a lot of action as the only data out today was leading indicators, and they came in right on estimates. At…
