XBI: Analysis & Opinions

  1. Daily ETF Roundup: Stocks Gain Despite Fiscal Cliff Worries

    December 11, 2012
    Wall Street endured yet another day of fiscal cliff budget negotiations, after ongoing talks between President Obama ...
  2. 5 Best (And 5 Worst) ETF Performers Over The Last Year

    November 28, 2012
    This past year has been marked by uncertainty (though nothing compared to recent years), prompting investors to ...
  3. Daily ETF Roundup: Stocks Make Turnaround On Budget Talks

    November 16, 2012
    U.S. equities logged their biggest daily gain since the U.S. Presidential election today, as Wall Street breathed a ...
  4. Biotech ETFs: A Fiscal Cliff Safe Haven? - ETF News And ...

    November 16, 2012
    With the election over, many investors assumed that one of the key risk events for U.S. markets was past us. ...
  5. Daily ETF Roundup: Fiscal Cliff Concerns Overshadow ...

    November 09, 2012
    After a seesaw trading day, markets managed to claw their way into positive territory, as investors cooled off from ...
  6. Obama Victory Puts Healthcare ETFs In Focus

    November 09, 2012
    While some American’s were elated with Obama’s re-election, Wall Street made it quite clear who it had voted for as ...
  7. The Week In Healthcare

    August 31, 2012
    Although this has been a solid year for med-tech, some sub-sectors are starting to lag a bit during this late summer ...
  8. The Week Ahead In Healthcare

    August 08, 2012
    The week ahead for healthcare stocks.
  9. The Week Ahead In Healthcare

    July 24, 2012
    Healthcare stocks continue to outperform this year. However, a lot of this outperformance seems to be coming from ...
  10. Five Best Performing ETFs (So Far) in 2012 - ETF News ...

    July 23, 2012
    2012 started off as a pretty solid year for the markets as equities rose across the board in the first quarter. ...
  11. Health Care ETFs in Focus on Obamacare Supreme Court ...

    June 27, 2012
    In what looks to be the biggest Supreme Court decision since Bush v. Gore, the highest court in the land will give ...
  12. Biotech ETFs Hitting Highs

    May 17, 2012
    Biotech ETFs are hitting all-time highs and XBI looks like the best of the group. Because the ETF is already up 25% ...
  13. Playing A Biotech Breakout

    February 15, 2012
    Strong pipelines for the biotech sector as well as a wave of merger activity, have investors flocking to the stocks.
  14. 4 ETFs On Fire Right Now

    February 03, 2012
    The commodities market had some of the best-performing ETFs of January.
  15. Betting On Healthcare's Growth Engine

    August 17, 2011
    In the wake of big pharma's patent cliff and slowing R&D spending, the biotech sector is looking good for investors.
  16. A Chance To Add Healthcare

    May 06, 2011
    The healthcare sector is still a bargain - and that alone should keep it in investors' minds.
  17. April's ETF Winners and Losers

    May 03, 2011
    See the best and worst performing ETFs from April 2011!
  18. Prescribing Healthcare Stocks For Your Portfolio

    January 14, 2011
    Despite the recent bad year, healthcare stocks remain a great long term opportunity.
  19. Big Pharma's Big Problem

    August 16, 2010
    Big Pharma's best patents are expiring, but it may be able to reinvent itself through acquisitions.
  20. 3 Stocks With More Than 150% Return This Year

    June 15, 2010
    Twenty stocks on the Russell 3000 universe of stocks have at least doubled in price since the year began.
  21. 3 Stocks With Big Insider Buying

    April 14, 2010
    Massive dollar amounts moved into these shares of late. Does that mean investors should do the same?
  22. The Year For Biotechs

    February 23, 2010
    The biotech sector lagged the market in 2009, but it is off to a great start in 2010.
  23. Biotech ETFs Under The Microscope

    July 24, 2008
    Biotech ETFs have been immune to the falling stock market. We examine three top performing funds to find a ...
  24. Buyer Beware In Biotech ETFs

    August 27, 2007
    The biotech sector has been flat this year, and the five biotech ETFs have been hit and miss - mainly miss.
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