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The Next Big Thing In Health Care: How To Profit From Immunotherapy & Regenerative Medicine

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:22:50 GMT

The procedure has been called "one of the most barbaric mistakes ever perpetrated by mainstream medicine." Back when medicine was highly primitive, the process involved shoving an ice pick-like instrument between the upper eyelid and the eye in hopes of severing certain nerves of the frontal lobe.[More...]

Stem Cell Breakthroughs And Investor Fortunes

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:36:00 GMT

Something happened last week that I predicted many months ago. Big Pharm initiated a collaboration with one of the stem cell companies I recommended to my Breakthrough Technology Alert readers. Specifically, Geron Corp. (NASDAQ: GERN) announced a partnership with GE Healthcare. The deal is to develop and sell drug-discovery technologies derived from two stem cell lines approved by the Bush administration. The stock rose over 10%, adding about $70 million to Geron’s capitalization. I don’t write this to crow about being right. I write this because it is critically important that you understand that this is just the tip of the iceberg. For anybody familiar with the way pharma interacts with disruptive[More...]

Blue Chips Lead Rally After Early Sharp Setback

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:11:16 GMT

The indices put on a steady rally all session after early morning sharp weakness, and ended in the positive column, other than the Nasdaq 100 (NDX) and Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX). The blue chip indices, in particular, rallied back steadily to end near the highs of the intraday 5-wave rally. The day started out with a gap down and a sharp move lower. A snapback to resistance failed, and they rolled over sharply, reaching 1425 NDX and 886 S&P 500 (SPX), slightly below support. They came back, tested resistance for much of the afternoon and couldn’t get through, but late in the session managed to punch out on some late short covering. Net on the day the Dow was up 44.13 to 8324.87, and the S&P 500 up just 2.30 at 898.72, but that was 12 points off its low. The Nasdaq 100 was down 5.27, still about 17 points off its low as well. The technicals ended[More...]

General Electric (NYSE: GE) Lights Another Fire

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:36:00 GMT

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is no stranger to expanding its business by branching out into new territory, anymore than it is to controversy. Over 100 years of business will make any company familiar with just about anything. So after taking on the world of broadcasting, banking, renewable energy and the tech world, it shouldn’t be any surprise that the behemoth should want to expand again. This time, it’s into the healthcare sector - again - and more specifically into the highly controversial field of embryonic stem cell research. GE’s healthcare unit has already made a name for itself through its advanced imaging systems such as CT-scan machines, but just like the larger company itself, it isn’t content to stop there. Now joining forces with Geron Corp. (Nasdaq: [More...]

These Shady Biotechs Are Duping You

Fri, 22 May 2009 13:47:00 GMT

Stem cells are a biologic marvel and a political football. Because stem cells never die and they have the ability to evolve into nearly all cell types, they are the leading source of groundbreaking medical advances. For example, researchers hope to transform stem cells into heart cells, which could be injected into heart-attack patients to repair the damage. In the lab, scientists have pulled off virtual miracles with stem cells. Rats with crushed spinal cords are able to walk again after growing new neurons. Mice with diabetes grow new pancreas cells that secrete insulin. Such results have spurred hope in patients with debilitating diseases. Famously, Christopher Reeves, the actor who played Superman, believed stem cells could cure his spinal cord injury, perhaps allowing him to walk again. He died before he got his chance... And we are still at least a[More...]

Position Update, Charts

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:11:16 GMT

After today's broad-based decline, I get the sense we are at or near an intermediate top. At the same time, I do not expect the bulls to simply roll over here. Looking at some index charts, we can see that while today's action was undeniably bearish, price has support nearby. Volume was not particularly high today. - SPY broke down out of a rising wedge on a very slight increase in volume. The 200 day moving average is not far below. [More...]

Indices Surge Out Of 3-Day Downtrend, Rally To New 5-Month Highs

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:34:45 GMT

Another strong session going into options expiration tomorrow. The indices had a large gap up at the opening, backed and filled, pulled back quickly in the morning but held support. That was key. When support held they started a rally that retested the highs, backed off and then moved through them, and in the last hour spiked up, reaching new 5-month highs, at 870 on the S&P 500 and nearly 1359 on the Nasdaq 100. Only in the last 15-20 minutes did the market pull back and pare the gains. Net on the day the Dow was up 95.81 to 8125.43, the S&P 500 up 13.24 to 865.30, and the Nasdaq 100 up 36.47 to 1352.98, nearly 3 percent. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX) gained 8.27, more than 3 percent Advance-declines were 4 to 1[More...]

Expected Sell-Off Arrives

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:22:00 GMT

We were expecting a down session, and we got one today. The indices gapped lower on strong negative futures. They did manage to move back off the early lows in a corrective manner to make up 50% of the losses, but when it failed to generate any upside thrust by mid-morning, they rolled over sharply to test yesterday?s lows on the NDX and SPX, bounced 4-5 times in the afternoon, could not break support, but also could not get above declining tops or intraday declining moving average resistance , and rolled over in the last 10 minutes to close near the lows for the day. Net on the day the Dow closed at 7776.18, down 148.38, the S&P 500 down nearly 17 to just under 816, and the Nasdaq 100 down nearly 30 to 1251.47. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX) was down 5.10 to around[More...]

Another Huge Day For The Bulls

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:41:00 GMT

It was another huge day for the bulls, as the market exploded after a brief early morning dip, and then ramped up in stair-step fashion for the rest of the day, closing near the highs for the day. The day did start out with a dip that retested yesterday afternoon?s lows but held right there. When they turned around sharply they really started to accelerate. Within 30 minutes they took out the double-top from yesterday on the NDX, and within an hour took out the SPX highs. At that point it was bombs away, as the market kept rolling until it reached as high as 7184 and change on the Dow, 752 and change on the SPX and 1167 and change on the NDX. Net on the day the Dow was up 240 to 7170, the S&P 500 up 29.38 to 750.74, and the Nasdaq 100 up 38.76 to 1164.71. Not too far[More...]

Another Negative Monday on Wall Street

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:20:00 GMT

Another Negative Monday on Wall Street By Harry Boxer, The Technical Trader (www.thetechtrader.com) The markets had another down day to start the week. I don't know how many consecutive Mondays we've been down. The day did start with a thrust to the upside and they had a nice sharp rally in the first 40 minutes or so that took the indices to the highs for the day, NDX reaching up to 1087 and change and the SPX getting up to over 695. But that was it for the day, and the indices sold off steadily in a 5-weave decline for the rest of the session in a neat orderly channel that closed near the lows for the day. Net on the day the Dow was down just under 80 at 6547, the S&P 500 down 6.85 to 676.53, and the Nasdaq 100 down 20.83 at 1043.87, now about 24 points off its November low, the only index to still be above it.. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX)[More...]

AIG, Continental, Apollo Group are big movers

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:10:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
American International Group Inc., down 17 cents at $1.16
Chip designer Broadcom Corp. boosted its takeover offer for the network gear maker to about $912 million from $764 million.

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The Next Big Thing In Health Care: How To Profit From Immunotherapy & Regenerative Medicine

Stem Cell Breakthroughs And Investor Fortunes

Blue Chips Lead Rally After Early Sharp Setback

General Electric (NYSE: GE) Lights Another Fire

These Shady Biotechs Are Duping You

Position Update, Charts

Indices Surge Out Of 3-Day Downtrend, Rally To New 5-Month Highs

Expected Sell-Off Arrives

Another Huge Day For The Bulls

Another Negative Monday on Wall Street

AIG, Continental, Apollo Group are big movers

Nightly Business Report - Feb 19 2009 3:57AM

Corning Incorporated and Geron Corporation Showcase New Synthetic Surface Matrices to Enhance Stem Cell Growth

SmallCapSentinel.com: Bone Marrow Stem Cell Company Profile Released

StockPreacher.com Issues Trading Outlook for Advanced Cell Technology Inc.

Geron Corporation Reports 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results and Events

Geron Announces Conference Call to Discuss Financial Results for the 2009 Second Quarter

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for QLGC, NEXM, GERN, ENDP, LOGI and ALXN

InvestorSoup.Com Issues Investment Report for Geron Corp.

Geron Scientists and Collaborators Publish Data Showing Functional Dendritic Cells Can Be Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Using Scalable Production Methods

GE Healthcare and Geron Announce Exclusive Global Agreement to Commercialize Stem Cell Drug Discovery Technologies

Geron to Present at the 8th Annual Needham Life Sciences Conference

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