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Investars YOU: New Site for Index Tracking and Investing
XBI
Bullish on XBI ...
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SPDR S&P Biotech (XBI) The goal of this exchange traded fund is to replicate the performance of the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index. It is passively managed, in that there is no trading in the fund unless there is a change to the underlying index. With close to $500 million in assets, the XBI has an average daily trading volume of nearly 260,000 shares. As for the underlying index, biotechnology is one of the few things working in this horrible economic environment. The drama being played out by Roche and Genentech (DNA) evidences the interest in this all important sector. Fro...
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New Website for Healthcare Investors and Traders
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(closed on 06/26/09)
<> A new website for healthcare investors and traders should be ready to launch by the end of February, which is designed to provide users with more features beyond my current blog format.
The site will feature its own blog, discussion forum, news feeds, videos, stock commentaries (including multiple contributors), and other unique content – including my FDA and Clinical Trial Calendars plus a database that includes hundreds of foreign and U.S.-listed stocks in the healthcare sector which are organized into unique indexes, including:
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One Year Analysis of Healthcare ETFs
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(closed on 02/10/09)
<> The table at my website link below includes a summary and statistics for the 25 healthcare exchange-traded funds (ETFs) which are currently on the market. The group posted a 23.5% loss over the past year on an equal-weight basis with an average of about $400M in net assets. However, the top eight ETFs by net assets account for 88.5% of all net assets for the entire group of 25, including Healthcare Sector SPDR (XLV), Pharma HOLDRs (PPH), iShares Nasdaq Biotech (IBB), Biotech HOLDRs (BBH), iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare (IYH), iShares S&P Global Healthcare (IXJ), Vanguard Healthcare (VHT...
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Healthcare ETFs Outpace the Market
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-4.80%
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(closed on 01/22/09)
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The accompanying table presents an analysis and statistics for the 28 healthcare ETFs listed at the Yahoo! Finance ETF Center. As a group, the healthcare ETFs outpaced the overall market in the past year by more than 10%, posting an average loss of 26.5% compared to a loss of 37.4% for the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY). The best performing healthcare ETF was the Biotech HOLDRs (BBH), thanks to a buyout bid for top holding Genetech (DNA) and solid earnings results this year for the number two position, Amgen (AMGN).
The top three...
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From the Blogosphere
Pharma’s Green Shoots
 Courtesy of Pharmboy
Hello all! Not a bad month since our first plays in the Pharma and Biotech space. Phil summed up last week the positions and the nice profits on our picks, and I think it is time for a few more companies to focus on for our portfolios (e.g., 100K), after all, it’s about tilling the soil and making some money on our Pharm…. <><><>First, the healthcare debate is going to rage on after the holiday weekend, and I am expecting this sector to take some lumps with our good ride up. I would expect the economies of scale to weigh in, as even though price may be lower, picking up<><><><><>< /><><><><><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
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Pharma’s Green Shoots
Pharma’s Green ShootsCourtesy of Pharmboy Hello all! Not a bad month since our first plays in the Pharma and Biotech space. Phil summed up last week the positions and the nice profits on our picks, and I think it is time for a few more companies to focus on for our portfolios (e.g., 100K), after all, it’s about tilling the soil and making some money on our Pharm…. <>First, the healthcare debate is going to rage on after the holiday weekend, and I am expecting this sector to take some lumps with our good ride up. I would expect the economies of scale to weigh in, as even though price may<><><><><>< /><><><><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
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The best ETFs for betting on biotech
XBI
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Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy "I'm always looking for market leadership; right now, biotechnology stocks are moving up faster than most anything else," says Ron Rowland. In Money & Markets, he eyes biotech ETFs. "Biotechnology is a fascinating sector, one that's made (and lost) a lot of money for millions of investors in recent decades. That's why, in my opinion, you should become familiar with this industry. "Broadly speaking, it's the application of technology to biological materials - plants, animals and people. <>"Nowadays a lot of biotechnology involves manipulating genetic materia...
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ETFs for betting on biotech
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 "I'm always looking for market leadership; right now, biotechnology stocks are moving up faster than most anything else," says Ron Rowland. In Money & Markets, he eyes biotech ETFs.
"Biotechnology is a fascinating sector, one that's made (and lost) a lot of money for millions of investors in recent decades. That's why, in my opinion, you should become familiar with this industry. "Broadly speaking, it's the application of technology to biological materials — plants, animals and people. <>"Nowadays a lot of biotechnology involves manipulating genetic material: The DNA that forms the basis for l...
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ETF Screener: Dude, Where Are All The Buy Signals?
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One kind of soft week in the market and all we can find is a handful of new buy signals during our technical analysis of more than 800 ETF stock charts. At least there is a hint of a common theme peeping through the grey clouds as 2 biotech ETFs made our buy list this week. They add to last week’s buy signal on 2 other biotech ETFs. An interesting way to trade these ETFs would be to buy them and short the S&P 500 or buy an ETF that goes up when the index falls, like Short S&P500 ProShares (SH). As long as these ETFs outperform the S&P 500, you make money: <>iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB)
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