All entries by Dr. George Huang
How to Short Sell a Biotech
Jun 30th, 2008 | By Dr. George Huang | Category: Stock Market InvestingEditor’s Note: Investors kill biotech stocks when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t approve a new drug. You can take advantage of Mr. Market’s overreaction and pick up good companies for cheap when this happens, says Dr. George Huang, editor of new Stansberry Research trading service the S&A FDA Report.
The $100 Million Lottery Ticket
May 30th, 2008 | By Dr. George Huang | Category: Stock Market InvestingIn 2007, the Maryland lottery had a record year. It pulled in more than $1.5 billion of revenue… $50 million went toward running lottery operations, $110 million to retailers, $500 million to the state, and winners collected the remaining $900 million.
How to Sell What Big Pharma Will Pay Any Price to Buy
Apr 18th, 2008 | By Dr. George Huang | Category: International InvestingThe Japanese have gone on a shopping spree. In the last six months, two of Japan’s biggest drugmakers in have scooped up two midsized U.S. biotech firms at nothing short of whopping valuations. This international binge bodes well for us biotech investors.
Last Chance to Get in on This No-Brainer Biotech Trade
Apr 11th, 2008 | By Dr. George Huang | Category: Stock Market InvestingBack in December, I told you the bleak story of Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX). A week earlier, the company had received a crushing blow from the FDA, dished out in a notorious “approvable letter.” Approvable letters are the FDA’s way of turning a “yes/no” decision on a new drug into a “maybe.”
Three Ways to Get Rich in the Market’s Most Volatile Sector
Apr 5th, 2008 | By Dr. George Huang | Category: Stock Market InvestingIn 2002, Alkermes thought it had a winner on its hands… The small biotech and its Big Pharma partner, Johnson & Johnson, had developed the drug Risperdal Consta to combat schizophrenia. It was a great deal for a while… The market assumed the drug would be approved by the FDA the first time around.