Year: 2019

2019 has not been a great year to own biotech stocks (so far). Since the year began, the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (NBI) is down more than six percentage points, against near 16% rise for the S&P 500.But not all biotechs are created equal — and not all biotech stocks will remain as cheap as they are today. Utilizing the Stock Screener at TipRanks to seek out strong-buy-rated stocks with incredible profit potential, we’ve come up with a trio of small cap biotechs with a chance to triple their share price (or more) in the coming year. Let’s take a closer …read more […]

As investors get ready for third quarter earnings season, several signs point to danger ahead. …read more […]

BioTelemetry, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAT), which is in the healthcare business, and is based in United States, received a lot… …read more […]

While markets have had a choppy week, 2019 has revealed some outstanding performers in certain underrated sectors. Technology and healthcare have been solid spaces to invest in, despite how the headlines might appear. …read more […]

One of the best investments we can make is in our own knowledge and skill set. With that in mind, this article will… …read more […]

BlackRock Inc, the world’s largest asset manager has appointed Manish Mehta as global head of human resources effective immediately, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Monday. Mehta, previously the head of ETFs and Index Investments (EII) at BlackRock, replaces Rob Fairbairn who took over the role of head of human resources on an interim basis in July after the abrupt departure of then HR head Jeff Smith. …read more […]

Anyone researching Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACRS) might want to consider the historical volatility of the… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Three researchers from the U.S. and Britain won a Nobel Prize for showing how cells sense and adapt to changing oxygen levels, a line of research that’s already led to the development of new drugs.Americans William Kaelin of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Gregg Semenza of Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Peter Ratcliffe of the Francis Crick Institute in London received this year’s award for physiology or medicine, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute said Monday in a statement.“The seminal discoveries by this year’s Nobel laureates revealed the mechanism for one of life’s most essential adaptive …read more […]

General Electric Co said on Monday it was freezing the pension plan for about 20,000 U.S. employees with salaried benefits, as the industrial conglomerate looks to cut its huge debt pile. The company will also freeze supplementary pension benefits for about 700 U.S. employees, and these actions are expected to reduce net debt between $4 billion and $6 billion, GE said. GE and its finance arm had total borrowings of about $105.8 billion as of June 30, with industrial net debt at $54.4 billion. …read more […]