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Biotech stocks in stealth retreat
Biotech stocks were in a broad retreat today for reasons that are not yet apparent as the Nasdaq and S&P were only down a modest 0.6%. Large caps that were hard hit include AMGN, BIIB,and VRTX as...
Life Science Market Performance Q3 2009
Biotech summer rally sparked by deals Life Science stocks kept pace with market sectors that offer comparable risk and performance: Small cap growth, science and technology and midcap growth. The...
H1N1 Swine Flu activity picks up; vaccine roll-out underway
The CDC provided a situation update regarding key flu indicators for the Week of Sep 20-26 and said that influenza activity remained elevated in virtually all states. Visits to doctors and hospitals...
Markets stable after sell-off;Dollar down
The dollar traded down 0.38% after a fierce rally yesterday that coincided with a weak stock market. Crude fell 1.5% today to $69.77 a barrel with weak employment number and assumption that energy...
Caution Flag Up with broad sell-off of 2-3%; Deflation risk back?
The market took a thrashing today with the biggest one day slide since July 2; major indices were down 2-3% but materials and financials were down 4%. The Dollar Index DXY was up 0.7% to 77.2% just...
Gold up $17 to $974, gold and silver stocks follow
Gold futures shot up today at 10:30 am NY triggered by a weak jobs report as it broke through 60 day highs of 960. The six month high was 980 in May 2009. Gold investments have made money over 8...
Reflation trade back on: crude up,dollar down, housing sales up
Crude oil futures continued their momentum today with October prices at a 2009 high of $74. The market followed as all four major stock indices reached 2009 intraday highs. Strong home sales for the...
H1N1 Influenza vaccine manufacturers ramp up for October 15
Vaccine shortages may require targeting of subpopulations As health officials in the Northern Hemisphere mobilize for the annual Flu season compounded by the pandemic H1N1(Swine) Flu, production of...
Risk trade off with strong dollar, weak China action
A continuation of the broad market sell-off that started Friday picked up speed at the open but has stabilized; traders are anxiously looking at the last 15 minutes of trading to see if a downdraft...
Biotech Sell-Off Continues
Biotech stocks followed the market down today with the NASDAQ being down 1.8% and the S&P down 1.5% . The biotech ETF's tracked the market closely with the IBB down almost 2% and the XBI down 1.65%....