Thursday, January 28, 2021
Let’s say a successful coronavirus vaccine is created. Great, right? Yes, of course. But it turns out that is the easy part. The truly difficult task—global distribution of the vaccine—will still lie ahead.. The New York Times described it perfectly: “Companies may have to transport tiny glass vials thousands of miles while keeping them as […]
One of the more interesting figures of the American Revolution is Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish army officer who was so moved by the patriot’s cause that he came to the colonies specifically to join the fight. Kosciuszko was named head engineer of the Continental Army, and his help was critical at the Battles of Ticonderoga […]
Congratulations to Immunomedics (IMMU)! Who are they? Immunomedics is a New Jersey-based biotech company. So why am I congratulating them? Well, the company has been publicly traded for 35 years, and they’re about to do something for the very first time. Immunomedics is close to having its very first product! This is a company that’s […]
The stock market has had an excellent year for 2019, and one sector that’s been unusually hot recently has been healthcare. Over the last two months, the healthcare stocks in the S&P 500, as a whole, have nearly doubled the return of the rest of the index. That’s impressive, and while many healthcare stocks are […]
Could this be Warren Buffett’s Valentine’s Day Massacre? On February 14, Berkshire Hathaway filed a 13-F form with the SEC, updating the market on its quarterly holdings. It showed a surprising fourth-quarter acquisition – Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA). Berkshire bought 18.9 million shares for $358 million. Following the stock’s inevitable “Buffett Bounce,” […]
Remember the days when political strife and geopolitical volatility used to spook investors and send tremors through the stock market? I do… but those memories are fading fast. Given the current climate, you’d think the phrase “market jitters” would appear more often. After all, if there’s one thing the market hates, it’s uncertainty. Yet stocks […]
Imagine a world where a person’s cells are “re-engineered” to recognize and attack cancer, so that conventional therapies are not needed. Science fiction, right? Thankfully, no! It’s all part of the move toward personalized medicine. Welcome to the world of chimeric antigen receptor cell therapy or Car-T, which has given hope to thousands of blood […]
Climbing almost 10% in one week alone, it looks like the biotech sector is back in business. If you’re looking to gain some exposure to the rally but don’t want to invest in small, risky pot-shots, take a look at these two stocks. They’re the only two that Growth Stock Advisor Tony Daltorio would buy […]
As a stockbroker, I would tell clients and prospects that insiders sell their company stocks for all sorts of reasons. They wanted to buy a car or a house or a football team (a play on a Pink Floyd lyric from the song Money). While they sell for anything, I would proclaim they only buy […]
Stocks with major insiders buying up shares are some of the most attractive investments in the market right now. With mounting uncertainty about what growth the economy can achieve in 2016, trusting in the people that know their businesses best is a safe bet. Investors are always interested in low priced stocks. That’s why you […]
