While most of us hear the words "the broader market" or use it in conversations and investing, usually refer only to a small part of the stock market.
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August 31 - Lists, News
Was Baker Bros.
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July 26 - Hedge Funds, News
The first quarter is up, and our data analytics show that the top three gainers for the quarter were all biotechnology or biopharmaceutical companies and included Pharmacyclics...
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April 2 - Hedge Funds, News
Julian Baker and Felix Baker's Baker Bros. Advisors’ top pick from the end of 2014 has paid off for the fund in a big way in 2015.
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, News
Julian Baker and Felix Baker’s Baker Bros. Advisors recently disclosed an increase of around 929,700 shares to its position in Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRTX).
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February 4 - Hedge Funds, News
In a new filing with the SEC, Julian Baker and Felix Baker’s Baker Bros. Advisors revealed new stake in Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AQXP).
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April 14 - Hedge Funds, News
Julian Baker and Felix Baker’s hedge fund, Baker Bros. Advisors, has recently tweaked its holdings in ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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March 10 - Hedge Funds, News
Julian and Felix Baker's Baker Bros. Advisors has decreased its stake in MEI Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:MEIP) to 746,521 shares, from 1,130,317 shares revealed as held earlier.
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January 2 - Hedge Funds, News
Julian Baker and Felix Baker have increased their exposure to Seattle Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGEN) even higher.
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December 17 - Hedge Funds, News
Legg Mason’s Bill Miller is struggling to find the ‘extraordinary’ value in the US he did last year, and said equity markets could rise even higher in 2014.
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November 29 - Hedge Funds
There is perhaps nothing scarier than a cancer diagnosis.
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September 17 - News
Biotechnology stocks often trade with excessive valuations, until one day, large losses occur.
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September 16 - News
After a truly remarkable 20-month 650% gain, shares of Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNTS) have fallen by more than 20% since its all-time high in early August.
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September 13 - News
To many of your fellow Dr.
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September 11 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are a multitude of metrics investors can use to track Mr. Market.
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September 5 - News
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the Food and Drug Administration granted a priority review for Pharmacyclics, Inc.
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September 3 - News
Designed as a way to bring potentially life-changing drugs to pharmacy shelves faster than ever, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, which passed last ...
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September 3 - News
With the SPDR S&P Biotech Index up 35% over the trailing-12-month period, it's evident that investment dollars are willingly flowing into the biotech sector.
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September 1 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are many metrics market participants can use to track publicly traded companies.
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August 28 - News
In the eyes of many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are seen as useless, old financial vehicles of an era lost to time.
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August 26 - News
If you were to ask many investors, hedge funds are seen as delayed, old financial tools of an era lost to time.
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August 25 - News
About 15,680 Americans are diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, and approximately 5,000 new cases of mantle cell lymphoma, or MCL, occur in the U.S.
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August 21 - News
It is not uncommon for a biotechnology company to be valued solely on the potential of one drug.
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August 8 - News
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long term.
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August 8 - News
Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCYC) has been a good company to invest in, especially if you had bought shares back in 2009 when it traded around $1 per share.
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August 1 - News
Early this morning, Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) announced that it was discontinuing the phase 3 ORIGIN Trial evaluating Revlimid (lenalidomide) in B-Cell chronic lymphomatic...
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July 18 - News
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, and as a huge health-care conglomerate with a strong presence in consumer health-care...
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July 16 - News
With the SPDR S&P Biotech Index up 33% over the trailing-12-month period, it's evident that investment dollars are willingly flowing into the biotech sector.
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July 15 - News
In July 2012, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act was signed into law; and little did we know at the time, but the drug development process was about to...
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July 12 - News
Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCYC) and development partner Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), announced on Wednesday that a New Drug Application, or NDA, has...
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July 11 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis...
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July 10 - News
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ONXX) is trading higher after rejecting a takeover bid.
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July 9 - News
Several companies are fighting to be the first to release a treatment or cure for cancer that is a game-changer, and this battle has created a field where firms are looking to...
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July 8 - News
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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July 2 - News
Let me preface this by saying that investing in the biotech sector can sometimes be nothing more than speculating.
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June 27 - News
One of the best ways that retail investors can try to decide which stocks will make for a promising investment is to look at what the hedge funds are doing.
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June 10 - Hedge Funds
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) has been my favorite stock for the better part of the last year.
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June 4 - News
As I noted 11 weeks ago, cancer statistics are both staggering and disappointing.
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May 20 - News
An analyst upgrade can sometimes be highly useful in allowing you to learn about a new company that might have flown under-the-radar.
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May 15 - News
Biotechs with market caps of a billion dollars or more are a dime a dozen. Well, actually, they're more like $12 billion or more a dozen, but you get the point.
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April 23 - News
As I noted seven weeks ago, cancer statistics are both staggering and disappointing.
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April 17 - News
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you.
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April 16 - News
The process of developing a drug from start to finish is incredibly arduous, usually involves around $1 billion in costs, and can take upwards of a decade to complete.
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April 12 - News
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced on Monday that it had received a third Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the blood cancer drug ibrutinib that it's developing with Pharmacyclics...
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April 10 - News
There's power in positive thinking. The late author Norman Vincent Peale made plenty of money off that philosophy.
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February 22 - News
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you.
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February 21 - News
With the president calling for new initiatives on the federal minimum wage, immigration, gun control, and early childhood education, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was filled...
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February 20 - News
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) is the world’s largest maker of HIV drugs, but has taken on a number of new initiatives to enter other areas of treatment.
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February 19 - News
For instance, it's hard to make money on shoo-in Food and Drug Administration approvals. The approval is already reflected in the price.
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February 19 - News
With the SPDR S&P Biotech Index up 20% over the trailing-12-month period, it's evident that investment dollars are willingly flowing into the biotech sector.
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February 18 - News