It’s hard to find the next big thing but Exact Sciences might be as close as any company is to it via its liquid biopsies, a transformative approach to diagnosing and monitoring various diseases by detecting signs of cancer, genetic anomalies, or other conditions in blood or other bodily fluids.
This technology has been particularly promising for cancer,
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A decade or so ago, betting on bitcoin really was risky. The cryptocurrency was entirely unproven, unregulated, little-known and fraught with risk. Fast forward 10+ years and the times have changed substantially in favor of Satoshi’s creation.
Now exchange-traded funds exist that facilitate regular flows into the cryptocurrency and some companies, like Microstrategy,
It’s a strange phenomenon that at this time of year the airline industry, which you might think sees an uptick in travel spending, actually sees share prices nosedive.
More specifically, the share prices of airlines goes down even as those companies tend to make more money in the coming months as travel demand spikes.
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Gold has been on a tear in recent months and rightly so, it seems, looking at macro events. What started as an Israeli-Palestine conflict has escalated to include Iran, which in turn is leading to speculation that the US may be get involved, and by then war appears to be a real possibility. Worse still are the prospects for further expansion if other countries are brought into the fray,
When we wrote about Apple’s bullish opportunity frankly we weren’t expecting it to be the only stock that held up in the market but the graphic below highlights just how awful Friday’s market was and how nothing escaped the onslaught but the Cupertino giant.
But what other stock could be on the verge of rising after a period of sustained underperformance?
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Apple has fallen by almost 15% from nearly $200 per share in recent months. The decline appeared to precede the major market averages more recent correction but does it bode ominously for Apple or has the recent pullback offered new buyers an opportunity to get in on a great company at sale prices?
In the near-term,
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When the CPI news hit the wires, the market immediately started to sell off on Wednesday. Concerns rose that inflation, which many thought had tempered, was in fact red hot.
Translation: The Federal Reserve would be less likely to cut rates. And since rate cuts have been priced in, the only way for the market to go was down,
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It’s that time in the cycle when bitcoin is back. Having eclipsed $70,000 per coin, the long-term bulls seem to have called this right once again. But the journey sure is painful and a dry desert needs to be walked for years before the green pastures and oasis can be enjoyed. Yet here we are in the oasis,
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The old fox Warren Buffett might still have the midas touch after all. One of his favorite stocks in recent years has been Occidental Petroleum, and it’s been on a tear recently.
A quick look at the chart reveals that the stock has broken out to the upside, above an old yet key resistance level.
United Airlines has a strange pattern over the next month and a half. In 11 of the past 18 years it has a bizarre bearish pattern where it falls by on average almost 5% over that time frame.
What is it about this time of year when you might anticipate travel bookings are ramping up that this airline has a consistent history of falling by such a large amount?
