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'Further Gains Ahead': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, October 25, 2020 - 6:37pm | 1751The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended negative alongside mixed messaging on stimulus. Remember This: “Markets have come a long way since the March lows, but we believe there may be more room for stocks to run,” said Jeff Buchbinder, Equity Strategist for LPL...
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'Continued Economic Rebound': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, October 18, 2020 - 2:38pm | 1695The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended positive alongside vaccine optimism and a retail sales beat. Remember This: “Regardless of who may win the election, we think the continued economic rebound will support future equity gains,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market...
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Bank Results Solid On Day 1 Of Earnings Season, And Focus Now Turns To Amazon Prime Day, Apple Event
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 10:10am | 2431Wave the green flag. Earnings season is underway. It all got started today with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) delivering fresh sets of results hot off the press. The overall market has a mixed tone, with Nasdaq 100 (NDX) futures...
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TD Ameritrade Clients Bought Tech And Consumer Discretionary Stocks In September
Monday, October 5, 2020 - 3:03pm | 766The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. TD Ameritrade’s Investor Movement Index (IMX) — a monthly behavior-based index that indicates the attitude of retail investors...
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Current Updates On COVID-19 Vaccine
Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 11:33am | 1167Besides saving lives and the global economy, we are expecting three things from the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine: safety, immunogenicity and efficacy. But we never had a 100 percent efficacy when it comes to respiratory viruses, so anything between 50 and 100% will be the best we've got as the WHO...
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Fintech Focus For September 18, 2020
Thursday, September 17, 2020 - 9:57pm | 2110Good morning! If you're new to the Fintech Focus, you can subscribe here! Quote Of The Day: You can do everything right and still fail. - Will Eastman Fintech Movers: Banking giant UBS is skeptical that Bitcoin is a safe-haven asset, according to a report issued on September 9 by its Swiss...
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The Dow Jones Index: The Story Of COVID-19 Winners
Friday, September 4, 2020 - 12:20pm | 1319Despite not including electrifying stocks such as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and therefore missing out on its historical gains, the Dow Jones Index still has quite a few winners under its umbrella. Although Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) had their worst...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: McDonald's, Salesforce, Starbucks And More
Saturday, August 29, 2020 - 2:06pm | 802This weekend's Barron's looks at homebuilder stocks that are poised to soar. Other featured articles focus on COVID-19 stocks, real estate investment trusts and disruptive global tech companies. Also, the prospects for a fast-food giant, an auto parts leader, a top software provider and...
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'Psyched': Ketamine Spray Approved, MindMed Explores Europe, John Hopkins Begins 'Real-World' Study
Friday, August 14, 2020 - 12:51pm | 851FDA Expands Psychiatric Indications For Nasal Spray Ketamine Last week, the FDA approved suicidal tendencies as additional qualifying symptoms for the application of Spravato, a ketamine nasal spray used in psychiatric treatment. Spravato is the brand name for esketamine, a chemical sibling of...
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Nothing to Write Home About: Despite Mostly Beating Expectations, Bank Results Off Sharply
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 10:30am | 2834Key Takeaways: Earnings week kicks off with JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup reporting Concerns about an increase in coronavirus cases keep investors on shaky ground Market uncertainty still looms but broader markets above key support levels (Tuesday Market Open) After weeks of...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Cisco, Gilead, Netflix, Wayfair And More
Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 11:00am | 796This weekend's Barron's cover story shows how the race for a COVID-19 vaccine could affect investors. Other featured articles look at stocks involved in the race for 5G and some value stocks that are worth a look now. Also, the prospects for an online retailer, a networking stock, video...
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Avicanna Combines Sustainable Cultivation Methods, R&D, and Pharmaceutical Standards to Offer API's with the Aureus Brand
Friday, May 15, 2020 - 12:15pm | 771The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Until recently, innovation lay dormant in the quality-driven cannabis industry. However, an evolving regulatory environment, coupled with...
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COVID-19: Where It's From And Where We're Going
Friday, March 20, 2020 - 3:21pm | 711The entire financial market has been severely impacted by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. That said, how did this natural disaster unfold and what does it mean for traders and investors? Background In 2015, FDA scientists, American and European scholars, in addition to the Wuhan Institute of...
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Johnson & Johnson Emerging Out Of A Dark Place
Monday, December 9, 2019 - 12:56pm | 1083It seems that Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has finally started shaking off those heavy legal headwinds. Accusations of tainted baby powder was just the latest chapter in its long book of controversy. Although the complicated legal process can drag on for years, its stock has posted a 6% return...
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Pharma Companies Shares Tank As Feds Investigate Opioid Crisis
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 7:14am | 480Pharmaceutical companies are in trouble over their role in fueling the opioid crisis facing the U.S. What Happened Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation against the companies — using the same laws used to prosecute drug dealers, the Wall Street Journal reported ...