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Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) on Tuesday announced “positive” interim clinical data results of INO-4800, its experimental vaccine candidate against the novel coronavirus.Shares, however dropped 12% to $27.74 in midday U.S. trading, suggesting investors were taking the results with a grain of salt. The value of the stock has this year already ballooned 740%.Inovio said that the early-stage clinical data demonstrated that INO-4800 resulted in immune responses and was generally safe and well-tolerated in all participants in the first two Phase 1 trial cohorts. In addition, the biotech company announced that INO-4800 has been selected to participate in a non-human primate (NHP) …read more […]

The latest 13F reporting period has come and gone, and Insider Monkey have plowed through 821 13F filings that hedge funds and well-known value investors are required to file by the SEC. The 13F filings show the funds’ and investors’ portfolio positions as of March 31st, a week after the market trough. Now, we are […] …read more […]

Facebook has seen a wave of big name advertisers put their buying on hold. But Facebook’s business model shields them from too much damage even if big business opts out. …read more […]

If you are looking for the best ideas for your portfolio you may want to consider some of Wedgewood Partners top stock picks. Wedgewood Partners, an investment management firm, is bullish on Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) stock. In its Q4 2019 investor letter – you can download a copy here – the firm discussed its investment […] …read more […]

Are you trying to achieve financial freedom fast? If so, it’s not as easy as it may seem. Many people will never reach it. Debt can pile up and most individuals will never fully recover.
Financial freedom requires a commitment to saving and making smart investment choices. By investing in yourself, you can develop healthy money habits that will put you on a path to financial freedom.

How to Achieve Financial Freedom Fast
What is financial freedom exactly? It’s the status of having enough savings and income to pay your living expenses for the rest of your life. It also means you will …read more […]

NPC international is expected to file for bankruptcy. Yahoo Finance’s Brian Sozzi, Jared Blikre, and Heidi Chung discuss. …read more […]

What are the steps to financial freedom? Imagine waking up every day without the financial burdens of this life. What would it look like to work at a job you love, instead of one that simply pays the bills? Or to not have to work at all. To live your life without economic limits. To retire early if you so choose. But what are the steps to reach this reality?

In the most general terms, financial freedom is the ability to live off of the savings and investments that you’ve accumulated throughout your life. By having enough money in the bank …read more […]

Bill Brown, L3Harris CEO, joins The First Trade to discuss his company’s $1 billion contract with the U.S. government and the commercial airline industry as national debt continues to rise. …read more […]

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It’s safe to say investors had a lot of options this past spring. According to J.P. Morgan strategist John Normand, excluding emerging market currencies and agricultural products, every market has recovered by at least 50% from COVID-19-induced lows.“When the business cycle is turning higher, policy hyper-stimulative and downside risks manageable, the obvious investment strategy might be to own anything but cash… This indiscriminate approach would not have damaged absolute returns over the past few months,” Normand commented.That said, the strategist thinks this “everything wins” strategy might not be as reliable in the second half of the year, recommending a more …read more […]

An Austrian lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against Wirecard’s former Chief Executive Markus Braun and Chief Operating Officer Jan Marsalek at a court in Vienna, accusing them of market manipulation and serious fraud. The Vienna prosecutors’ office confirmed on Tuesday that it received the claim, which was first reported by Austrian newspaper Der Standard. The lawyer, Joerg Zarbl, told Reuters on Tuesday that Braun took out a 120 million euro ($135 million) loan to buy at least 2.5 million Wirecard shares via a holding company in May after a critical audit by KPMG sent its shares …read more […]

U.S. lender Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) plans to cut its dividend in the third quarter to shore up its finances as it grapples with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.The U.S. bank said it expects its common stock dividend in the third quarter to be reduced from the current level of $0.51 per share. The extent of the dividend cut will be announced when Wells Fargo releases its second-quarter financial results on July 14. The move comes after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would put a limit on dividends for banks based on earnings.“There remains great uncertainty …read more […]

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