Year: 2018

Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value? One way to find these companies is by looking at several key metrics and financial ratios, many of which are crucial in the value stock selection process […]

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SPPI announced that it has submitted a biologics license application (BLA) to the FDA, looking for an approval of Rolontis (eflapegrastim), the company’s novel, long-acting granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in patients with breast cancer. The BLA was based on positive data from two phase III studies, namely ADVANCE and RECOVER […]

AbbVie, Inc .'s ABBV stock has declined 7% this year so far against an increase of 2.1% recorded by the industry . A couple of pipeline setbacks as well as concerns about the impact of EU biosimilar launches on sales of its blockbuster drug Humira hurt the stock this year despite several regulatory approvals and pipeline successes. In early December, AbbVie stopped enrolment in a late-stage study, TAHOE , evaluating its cancer candidate rovalpituzumab tesirine or Rova-T in second-line small cell lung cancer (SCLC). […]

Trump administration’s business friendly moves have driven the staffing industry through 2018. Government spending, especially in defense, and the tax reform have helped the economy gain traction, leading to robust manufacturing and non-manufacturing activities. Thin in turn supported additional hiring and wage gains, and aided growth of the staffing industry. […]

FactSet Research Systems Inc. FDS is benefiting from strong organic growth and innovative analytical product suite. […]

Alibaba Group Holding Limited ’s BABA affiliate, Ant Financial, is leaving no stone unturned to bolster presence in the global digital payment sector. The company is making aggressive efforts to buy London-based currency exchange startup, WorldFirst. The startup provides currency-hedging services to facilitate online overseas money transfer‎ […]

Apple ’s AAPL iPhone XR launched on Oct 26 has been successful in attracting a higher number of Android users in the United States per a survey. Notably, Android is owned by Alphabet GOOGL . A Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) report stated that 16% of users migrated from the Android platform during the 30-day period after the launch of the iPhone XR. […]

Utilities are one of the safest investment options, as they are domestic focused, regulated and enjoy consistent demand from customers. The U.S. water infrastructure is old and significant funding is required to maintain the existing water as well as wastewater systems […]

Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value? […]

The Medical-Generic Drugs industry recovered somewhat in 2018 after a rough 2017, gaining from stabilization in U.S. generic drug pricing. This fact was reiterated by industry leaders on their respective earnings call […]

Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value? One way to find these companies is by looking at several key metrics and financial ratios, many of which are crucial in the value stock selection process […]