Investors were happy campers about the Dow rising 25% in 2017. But three biotech stocks just achieved significantly better gains than that — in just a matter of days. Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), and Heron Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HRTX) skyrocketed more than 30% this week, with one of the stocks turning in an especially impressive […]
As investors have become more risk-averse in recent weeks, the list of tech companies sporting reasonable valuations has grown with it. Here are some tech stocks within various industries whose multiples look quite acceptable following the recent Nasdaq selloff. Three-Fifths of FAANG Amazon.com (AMZN) and Netflix (NFLX) trade at steep forward multiples even in the […]
Casualties in a trade war fought with tariffs are not measured in lives, but rather the financial fallout that ensues when nations duke it out over economic matters. A trade war occurs when countries try to protect their own economies and domestic businesses by charging trading partners a tax, or tariff, on imported goods. The […]
This was a brutal week for the stock market. The Dow was down over 1,400 points to close at 23,553, declining 5.7% which puts it in negative territory for the year, down 4.8%. The S&P was down 6% for the week and is now down 3.2% for the year. The NASDAQ had the worst week, […]
Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Nike – Nike reported adjusted quarterly profit of 68 cents per share, 15 cents a share above estimates. The athletic apparel and footwear maker’s revenue beat forecasts, as well. Nike’s results were boosted by strong demand in international markets. Micron Technology – Micron came in […]
Tesla Inc. bonds have joined the company’s shares in the doldrums recently, as the Silicon Valley car maker gets closer to reporting quarterly sales and production. The 5.300% notes, which mature in 2025, were trading at 92.53 cents on the dollar on Friday to yield 6.592%, according to trading platform MarketAxess. On a spread basis, […]
Political risk has replaced rising interest rates as the bigger fear in the stock market for now, and concerns about trade wars or other White House drama will be the market focus in the week ahead. The stock market had its worst week since January 2016, in a violent sell-off that sent the Dow into […]
We’ve been here before An unorthodox action by President Trump unsettles investors, but after a freakout, their optimism returns and the stock market moves higher. But will investors shrug off President Trump’s tariffs on China? The stock market plunged Thursday after Mr. Trump announced the measures against China. Since mid-February, when the Trump administration laid […]
Losses in Chinese tech stocks outpaced their U.S. counterparts on Thursday, with those losses holding into the close after President Donald Trump announced tariffs on tens of billions of dollars’ worth of goods from China. On Thursday, Trump said he instructed the office of the U.S. Trade Representative to draw up a list of tariffs […]
Stocks plunged Thursday after the Trump administration slapped sanctions on goods and investment from China. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 700 points as investors feared that trade tensions between the world’s largest economies would escalate. The planned sanctions include tariffs on $48 billion worth of Chinese imports as well as restrictions on […]
4:08 p.m. That was not a good way to end the day. The S&P 500 slumped 2.5% to 2643.69 today, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 724.42 points, or 2.9%, to 23,957.89. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.5% to 7166.68. All three suffered their biggest drops since Feb. 8. Tariffs against China were blamed for […]
Tech stocks valuations are trading at an 11 percent premium to the broader market, the highest spread since 2009, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategists. The tech sector is still 4 percent below its historical average, excluding the premium it had in the tech bubble. The S&P technology sector is up 7.6 percent […]
