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FDA and Nektar both shock on company’s opioid drug candidate; I’d buy more on weakness
Yesterday an advisory joint committee at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration voted to reject Nektar's application for its new non-addictive opioid NKTR-181. The thinking--my thinking--was that the committee had structured the vote so that the most likely outcome...
Nektar’s new non-addictive opioid NKTR-181 to finally get an FDA advisory vote tomorrow
I understand why the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has moved so slowly on a decision on Nektar Therapeutic's (NKTR) new non-addictive opioid NKTR-181. The last thing the FDA wants to do in the midst of epidemic of opioid addiction is to approve a drug that might...
iPhone sales in China show double-digit growth in December
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Beyond Meat stock pops on news that might mean Impossible Burger is out of the running at McDonald’s
Shares of Beyond Meat (BYND), the maker of a plant-based burger, jumped 12.47% today, on news that investors and traders took to mean that competitor Impossible Foods is out of the running to supply plant-based burgers to McDonald's (MCD). Impossible Foods CEO Pat...
Lions Gate Entertainment up 8.27% today on Comcast news
Comcast NBCUniversal and Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF-A) have settled their differences. Comcast (CMCSA) will continue to carry Lions Gate's STARZ and STARZ Encore channels on its Xfinity TV platform nationwide and NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service will...
Selling emerging markets short ETF EUM out of my Volatility Portfolio
I don't know whether you've been able to hear it over all the other market noise--All the shouting on Brexit, for example--but there is a distinct and increasingly loud call from Wall Street that 2020 is the year to get back into emerging market assets. I don't happen...
Adding General Motors to my Jubak Picks Portfolio
Yesterday, December 16, I made General Motors (GM) Bargain Pick #7 in my Special Report: 12 Bargain Stocks Picks NOW. And I also added it to my Jubak Picks portfolio. On the bargain front, I think the argument is persuasive. I wrote: Â "Morningstar calculates that...
Service Master: Another global warming stock pick for my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio
There I was minding my own business reading "Invasive termites in a changing climate: A global perspective" by Grzegorz Buczkowski and Cleo Bertelsmeier (of Purdue University and University of Lausanne, respectively) Â when I got to the maps and a stock picking bell...
Dividend Portfolio member Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico up on USMCA news and November traffic
It certainly didn't hurt that House Democrats have agreed to support the revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, and to put it to a vote before the end of this session of Congress on December 20. But neither did Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico's (PAC) preliminary...
Here’s how to think about Danaher’s offer to exchange shares for the Envista spin off
Danaher (DHR) has announced an exchange offer for shares of Envista Holdings (NVST), the dental services and supplies company recent spun off from Danaher. After Envista's September IPO Danaher still held 80.6% of Envista shares. The exchange offer would allow owners...
Amazon launches new second version of server chip against Intel
When you have 90% of the very high margin market for server chips, you should expect to have people make a run at you. So Intel (INTC) is once again facing off in its never ending battle with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.) That company is shooting to gain more than 10%...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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