Will the Shorts Keep Hating Dendreon Corporation in 2014?
Filed under: Investing After a disappointing 2012 that was defined for Dendreon and its investors by several missed benchmarks, 2013 saw the stock reach the remarkable achievement of having 35.4% of...
View ArticleWhat Does This New Diabetes Drug Mean for AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb?
Filed under: Investing Recently, two pharmaceutical giants received FDA approval for a new treatment for type 2 diabetes. Farxiga (dapagliflozin) is a "sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor", or...
View ArticleNew Credit Card Security Chips Could Benefit Both Your Wallet and Your Portfolio
Filed under: Investing Like many Americans who shopped at Target during the holiday season, I recently received a replacement credit card from my bank as part of an effort to prevent fraud from...
View ArticleAlnylam Partnership Signal Revitalizing of RNAi Therapeutics
Filed under: Investing When it comes to RNAi therapeutics company Alnylam , Merck's loss is Sanofi's 's gain. Merck is selling RNAi company Sirna -- a 2006 $1.1 billion acquisition bought in the midst...
View Article3 Ways Johnson & Johnson Is Revolutionizing Diabetes Care
Filed under: Investing Follow @leokornsun When we talk about companies focused on diabetes care, many investors will probably think of insulin makers like Novo Nordisk, Sanofi , and Eli Lilly. Medical...
View ArticleWill Conservative Guidance Sink This Big Biotech in 2014?
Filed under: Investing Follow @leokornsun Celgene , the biotech company best known for its blood cancer treatments, has rallied nearly 70% over the past twelve months. It has constantly fired on all...
View ArticlePfizer Enters a 10K Race Ready for a Marathon
Filed under: Investing In October 2013, Pfizer began a series of Phase 3 studies for bococizumab. The company intends to dose over 22,000 patients in separate trials sorted by risk type and indication....
View Article5 Pieces of Personal Finance Advice From Successful People
Filed under: Investing I've been exploring some advice from successful people lately and seeing what I can learn from them. I've found that much of what these extraordinary people say can be applied to...
View ArticlePandora Launches Personalized Station Recommendations on Mobile
Filed under: Investing Pandora is making a concentrated effort at customization. The company announced that it has launched personalized station recommendations in its mobile app. Users will be offered...
View ArticleFool's Gold Report: Copper, Palladium Rise As Gold, Silver Ease
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleChelsea Therapeutics International Ltd Wins Huge Vote of Confidence. Can It...
Filed under: Investing Chelsea Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CHTP) was nearly an instant double as shares closed up 92% today after receiving a positive advisory committee vote for its NOH drug Northera....
View ArticleThe Hype Builds for General Electric Company Earnings
Filed under: Investing Earnings season is picking up steam, and the expectations game has commenced. For some companies, like Bank of America, the bar was relatively low, so investors cheered a...
View ArticleIs Microsoft Killing Its Cash Cow?
Filed under: Investing There is little doubt that PCs are being cannibalized by tablet and smartphone sales. However, it is also true that to get any real work done, most businesses need at least a...
View ArticleNetflix Shares Are Too Rich for Anything But a Long-Term Hold
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleIs Cisco Systems Primed for a 20% Pop in 2014?
Filed under: Investing Cisco Systems ended 2013 as one of the worst-performing stocks in the Dow. Sure, some of that pessimism was warranted, given the networking giant's slowing sales growth. But have...
View ArticleToday's 3 Worst Stocks in the S&P 500
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleCSX Corporation Shrugs Off Steep Declines in Coal
Filed under: Investing Shares of East Coast railroad CSX hit a 52-week high today, continuing a winning streak that's included a 42% run-up over the past year. However, the stock veered off-course...
View ArticleWhy Nu Skin Enterprises Shares Tumbled
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleJ.C. Penney to Close 33 Stores in a Cost-Cutting Move
Filed under: Investing J.C. Penney announced today that will close 33 stores across the U.S. as it seeks to consolidate its resources and focus on its "highest-potential growth opportunities." J.C....
View ArticleWhy Does Tata Motors Look Significantly Undervalued?
Filed under: Investing When investors are talk about auto companies, they are usually referring to Ford or General Motors . However, there is one auto manufacturer that investors almost never talk...
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