Pharmaceutical Stocks

Pharmaceutical stocks have grown tremendously as medicine advances. With diseases like Covid-19, diabetes, liver disease and other illnesses affecting more and more of the population, pharmaceutical companies are racing to find cures – further advancing medicine and driving pharma stock prices higher.

Big Pharma corporations like AstraZeneca, Merck & Co., Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson are leading the charge against the novel coronavirus, competing with smaller biotech names — such as Moderna and Novavax. The race to find a Covid-19 vaccine has sent both pharma and biotech stocks to the moon.

Cisco, Coinstar Top Option Volume

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Options trading mild but bears haunt Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) while Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) rallied. Star Scientific (NASDAQ: CIGX) was active.

Qualcomm, Human Genome See Busy Options

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), and Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) active in options trading today, along with Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR).

VIX Up, Western Digital Rises, ARMH Down

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
The market sell off has the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) jumping 10% and put options selling briskly.

Flextronics, Bristol-Myers Top Midday Options

By Andrew Wilkinson, Interactive Brokers
Options midday see volume in a huge straddle in Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX), and Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY) action after Goldman recommendation.

Expecting a Chinese Drug Boom? Go Local

By Barry Cohen, Health Care Writer
With a 70% market share, small domestic companies are poised to win big.

MGM, Clean Energy Spark Options Action

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
The options markets were busy, driven by MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE), and IShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (NYSE: EEM).

Health Care ETFs May Be Your Best Big Pharma Play

By Barry Cohen, Health Care Writer
Health care stocks and ETFs are a part of most portfolios, but drug companies have fallen on hard times.

Option Traders Dress Up The Gap, Citi

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Options trading modest but investors active in Citi (NYSE: C), Gap Stores (NYSE: GPS), Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SPPI), and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA).

Abbott Labs (ABT) a Top Dividend Stock

By Dividend Growth Investor
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is a top dividend stock that focuses on pharmaceutical drugs and health care products.
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