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November 07

73%

EXAS EXACT Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS): Buy and Hold for Long-Term Upside

Sector: Healthcare > Biotechnology & Drugs

EXACT Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) is a molecular diagnostics company that is developing a next-generation (V3), stool DNA (sDNA) based screening test for colorectal cancer (CRC) which has demonstrated the ability to detect both early-stage cancer and pre-cancerous growths. The Company's sDNA-based scree...

Mike Havrilla

(+1.04% risk: conservative)

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November 04

73%

DNDN New Global Equity Index to Track Immunotherapy, Vaccine Stocks

Sector: Healthcare > Biotechnology & Drugs

Earlier this week, Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN ) announced that it has completed the submission of its amended Biologics License Application ( BLA ) for PROVENGE (sipuleucel-T), seeking approval for men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer ( CRPC ). The amended BLA includes data from...

Mike Havrilla

(+1.04% risk: conservative)

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November 03

73%

BNI Railroad Stocks Steam Ahead on Buffett’s Buy of BNI

Sector: Transportation > Railroads

Railroad stocks are steaming ahead today on news that Warren Buffett will buy Burlington Northern (NYSE: BNI ) as a bet on the recovery of the domestic and global economy as part of Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) largest acquisition ever. Berkshire previously owned over 22% of BNI and will al...

Mike Havrilla

(+1.04% risk: conservative)

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PALM Pixi and beyond.

Sector: Technology > Computer Hardware

I came to familiarize myself of Palm upon the announcement of the Palm Pre in January 2009, it was marvelous to see such a unique OS design on a cell phone. I am confident that Palm will continue growth based on the expansion of this OS onto multiple cell phones and network. Starting in January...

aitebar82

(+1.48% risk: conservative)

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November 02

73%

EVX Investing in Waste to Energy

Sector: Financial > Misc. Financial Services

Waste2Energy Holdings, Inc (OTCBB: WTEZE) is a worldwide supplier of proprietary gasification technology designed to convert municipal solid waste, biomass and other solid waste streams traditionally destined for landfill into clean renewable energy. Waste2Energy Holdings, Inc. is a...

Mike Havrilla

(+1.04% risk: conservative)

2 comments

November 01

73%

MDRX InvestmentNews: Health IT Investing, Index Mention

Sector: Technology > Software & Programming

The Senior Editor of InvestmentNews, Jeff Benjamin, published an article today about investing in Healthcare Information Technology (Health IT) along with a reference to my Global Health IT Index and phone interview comments. The Global Health IT space is well suited for a...

Mike Havrilla

(+1.04% risk: conservative)

1 comment

October 29

73%

HEB BioMed Momentum Index: Pause that Refreshes or More Pain to Come?

Sector: Healthcare > Biotechnology & Drugs

Below is a 10-stock BioMed Momentum Index that I have created along with related financial data from Google Finance as of 10/28/09, including the stock price, 52-week change, average daily trading volume, and market cap. I have screened for small and micro-cap stocks with market caps of approximatel...

Mike Havrilla

(+1.04% risk: conservative)

1 comment

48%

RGLD leading to the upside

Sector: Basic Materials > Gold & Silver

Many people say that the dow is headed lower as lower corporate earnings come out and the economy worsens. this is true, but depending on your timeframe you may be wrong. for the short to intermediate term, i expect the government to continue QE. this has been pushing the $USD lower and supporting hi...

Tyler Hiranaka

(+1.16% risk: aggressive)

3 comments

October 28

83%

AIB Currently not a fan of government-aided banks

Sector: Financial > Regional Banks

Not sure why anyone would want to own shares in things like FNM, FRE, AIG, or C, but perhaps AIB is even nuttier as the Irish government is smaller than the print-happy US, and is more subjected to the vagaries of the EU government and the Euro. Ireland is a great country, but to get a good piece ...

utopius

(+9.58% risk: aggressive)

1 comment

73%

STEM New Stock Indexes to Track Trends in Healthcare Sector

Sector: Healthcare > Biotechnology & Drugs

Coming Soon. . . a premium service offered in collaboration with Investars YOU for full access to a global database of over 1,000 stocks which are organized and managed within my 20 ProActive HavRx stock indexes . The expected pricing for premium access is $60 per year and will include full a...

Mike Havrilla

(+1.04% risk: conservative)

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MRNA Bearish on MRNA ...

update:Oct.28th 'MRNA' closed at $1.04. Where are the friendly research firms, their expert analysts, high target prices of $4.00 now? Besides the poor ratings, lack of interest in the stock, poor earnings, where will 'MRNA' attain the monies needed to get through all of 2010? This is the biggest ...

JIMMY T

(-15.32% risk: moderate)

1 comment

October 27

73%

RMTI Buyins.net Initiates Coverage on Rockwell Medical (NASDAQ: RMTI)

Sector: Healthcare > Medical Equipment & Supplies

BUYINS.NET has initiated coverage on Rockwell Medical Technologies (NASDAQ: RMTI). Starting in 2005 and through late 2007 short sellers moderately shorted RMTI which resulted in the stock price dropping from $9.39 to $4.33 by September 2007. As RMTI has recovered to as h...

Mike Havrilla

(+1.04% risk: conservative)

1 comment

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CHLN "Top 50 International Stocks with Most Upside Potential" CHLN China Housing & Land

Easy access to funding is leading developers to take advantage of the government's stimulus plan which has lead to an increase in the purchase of residential plots in Beijing of 52%. Residential sales in china are up 70% year on year and mortgage loans are up 94% during this same ...

legan

(+2.13% risk: conservative)

1 comment

October 26

83%

ING Too much dilution, too little hope

Sector: Financial > Insurance (Life)

This math is probably not right, but at least you'll be able to follow it. as of Sep 2008 quarter-end, ING had roughly 23.7 bn (euros) in equity value on the balance sheet (book value). Of this amount (using Google Finance as reference), 7.5 bn of this amount was intangible, making tangible equ...

utopius

(+9.58% risk: aggressive)

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ADAT Authentidate - Significant Opportunities for Revenue Growth

Sector: Technology > Computer Hardware

Authentidate: Significant Opportunities for Revenue Growth Business Overview: Authentidate provides software solutions for electronic medical records. They service this through 3 methods: Software solutions for care providers, home telehealth ...

ankitgu

(-6.90% risk: conservative)

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