Monthly Archives: May 2018

Too Early To Tell On Uptrend

My guess is that a short-term uptrend has started, but I am not ready to make the call quite yet with a couple of themajor indexes still below their 50-day average. Much healthier new highs/ new lows in today’s market. New 52-week lows diminished to a harmless level, and new highs perked up. The ultra…

Pharma Stock Roundup: Mixed Q1 For MRK, PFE, FDA Nod For Kymriah&

First-quarter results of pharma bigwigs like Pfizer PFE, Merck MRK and Allergan AGN stole the limelight this week. Other than that, Novartis NVS gained FDA approval for the second indication of its CAR-T therapy, Kymriah. While AbbVie ABBV submitted a regulatory application in the EU for its psoriasis candidate, risankizumab, Merck’s PD-L1 inhibitor, Keytruda gained FDA’s Priority Review status for yet another label expansion…