Monthly Archives: December 2014

Biotech Bull Is Back-JUNO IPO Up 45%

Biotech Stocks Rally to New Highs After 4% Correction Buyers Are Bottom Feeding Energy Stocks NASDAQ at 4765 Just as the market appeared to be headed to another test of October lows, challenged by news on slowing global growth and a collapsing energy sector, FED Chair Janet Yellen calmed the markets saying it would be…

New Cuba Policy: A Boon For U.S. Banks?

For more than half a century, U.S. companies were restricted from conducting any business with Cuba, and constraints on travel were imposed as well. However, on Wednesday, President Obama took a historic step by re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba. Also, a series of other actions, intended to ease travel and trade restrictions, were announced. Specifically,…

EC The New Tec

Industries change. Companies change. Valuations change. It should come as no surprise, then, that sector behavior in the stock market can change as well. Let’s take a look back at the ten S&P 500 sectors since data became available in October 1989. Defensive vs. Cyclical We generally break down the sectors into two main categories…