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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
ETF Update: Is it the Season for Biotech?	The main theme for this week continues to be playing defense -- continued strength in the inverse index ETF's and gold. Market sentiment has deteriorated further, and there is, of yet, no good signal of a bottom. The model did well in spotting these moves. (Further explanation for new readers is at the end of this article.)Meanwhile, a few sectors are showing some signs of life, including the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund (IBB).Time for Biotech?Each week we try to fea...	July 13, 2008
Closing Bell: Bulls overcome a weak FOMC commentary, barely	Filed under: After the bell, Major movement, MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), Amgen Inc (AMGN)Today was a coin toss going into the FOMC meeting, and even after the meeting. The market could have gone either way today when the Federal Reserve said it is hoping inflation to come down later in the year and that it isn't that hawkish on inflation versus growth. Traders took the stance that rates will not be running rampantly higher by the end of summer. The other news on the economic front didn't inspire muc...	June 25, 2008
IHS Inc. (IHS): Shares price forming bullish 'pennant'	Filed under: Earnings reports, Boeing Co (BA), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Amgen Inc (AMGN), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyIHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) provides documents, decision-support tools and related services to customers in a variety of technical fields. The firm's Energy division delivers oil and gas data on exploration, development, production, and transportation activities to energy producers and oil companies. Its Engineering division provides technical specifications and standards, regul...	June 23, 2008
Lowest P/E Ratios in the Nasdaq 100	Below we highlight the 25 stocks in the Nasdaq 100 with the lowest estimated P/E ratios for the current year. As shown, Flextronics (FLEX) currently has the lowest at 8.93, followed by CDNS, AMGN and LRCX. One of the more surprising valuations on the list is that of Garmin (GRMN). Garmin is the GPS-maker that was once one of the... ...	June 16, 2008
Short sellers letting up in biotechs	Filed under: Amgen Inc (AMGN), Gilead Sciences (GILD), ImClone Systems (IMCL)Short selling often tells much about what is going on in a sector, particularly when there is a common trend across the major players in that sector. The end of May short selling can now be accessed from NASDAQ. Interestingly enough, short sellers at the end of May lightened up almost across the board on major NASDAQ biotech stocks from May 15 to May 30: STOCK (Ticker) ...	June 11, 2008
Amgen, Finally Some Good News (AMGN, MRK)	Shares of Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) are seeing a small gain in after-hours trading. The troubled biotech giant announced that findings from its head-to-head,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	May 19, 2008
Can cancer drugs help pharma sales?	Filed under: Pfizer (PFE), Novartis AG ADS (NVS), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Merck and Co (MRK), Genentech Inc (DNA), Amgen Inc (AMGN), Lilly (Eli) (LLY), ImClone Systems (IMCL)Almost everyone these days has encountered cancer in one way or another. While the rate of cancer incidence has stabilized to declined since the early 1990s and, with newer and better treatments as well as early detection, cancer death rates have also declined, the war on cancer is still far from won.It is no surprise, t...	May 19, 2008
Jim Cramer's Stop Trading	"Investors should buy Eastman Chemical (EMN) if the stock declines from its current lofty levels," Jim Cramer said Friday on CNBC's "Stop Trading!" segment. Cramer likes EMN because the company is buying back stock and Wall Street hates it. He advised investors to get in on a pullback and also look at Owens-Illinois (OI). Cramer talked bullishly on ethanol and said Monsanto (MON) is like Amgen (AMGN) was in the 1991 and 1992. Cramer thinks MON, Mosaic (MOS) and Potash (POT) are all key to helpin...	April 25, 2008
Amgen's (AMGN) Modest Quarter	Amgen (AMGN) adjusted earnings per share of $1.12 for the first quarter of 2008, an increase of 4 % compared to $1.08 for the first quarter of 2007. Adjusted... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	April 24, 2008
Beginning of the Second Quarter Portfolio Reshaping	Well, it’s that time again. Time to make a few portfolio swaps. At present I have two placeholder securities, the industrial Spider, and the technology Spider. Those will go, and I may sell one more security, but that’s it. I will use the proceeds to buy 2-4 positions, so that I will end with 34-35 positions. When I run across an idea between quarters, I write it down on a sheet and wait for the next reshaping. Well, here is the list of tickers I came across over the last 3 mon...	April 09, 2008

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