Geopolitical risk always exists. But historically, from an investing standpoint, it hasn’t mattered.
Each month, we book time with some of our company’s top financial brain power to answer questions about investing and your finances. This month we’re talking about political risk and your investments.
Our financial experts:
Ron Joelson is Northwestern Mutual’s chief investment officer and oversees the company’s general account, valued at approximately $200 billion as of June of 2016.
Mark McLennon is vice president of Investment Products and Services (IPS) Business Development. He oversees the fee-based financial planning program and departmental growth initiatives.
Best Value Stocks To Own For 2018: Celgene Corporation(CELG)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
Position: Long GLD small, bonds, SDS; short TLT small, SPY small .
- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
Celgene (CELG) : “Celgene’s a buy, I think it’s terrific.”
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- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance shows shares of small cap cancer stocks Juno Therapeutics and Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: BLCM) underperforming whileKite Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: KITE)andlarge cap Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) have performed better:
Best Value Stocks To Own For 2018: Wayfair Inc.(W)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Peter Graham]
Mid cap online home furnishings and d茅cor stockWayfair Inc (NYSE: W) reported Q1 earnings before the market opened with the Company being thetenth most shorted stock on the NYSE with short interest of 39.22% according to Highshortinterest.com. In the summer of 2008,the shorts and shareholder rights law firms went after Wayfair Inc after short seller Citron Research issued a report (entitled: Wayfair is the Most Mispriced Stock Citron Research has Seen in Years: Fair Value Under $10) calling the company Overstock.com, Inc (NASDAQ: OSTK):
- [By Peter Graham]
The Q4 2016 earnings report formid cap online home furnishings and d茅cor stockWayfair Inc (NYSE: W) is scheduled for before the market opens onThursday (February 23rd) as shares still have elevated short interest of 34.99% according to Highshortinterest.com. Last time around, shares dropped as much as 13%after the Company reported third quarter revenues and net losses that largely met expectations while projecting aslight decrease in revenue growth for the coming quarter.
- [By Lisa Levin]
Wayfair Inc (NYSE: W) shares were also up, gaining 25 percent to $63.71 after first-quarter earnings boasted a 2.7-percent sales beat and 46-percent year-over-year increase in active customers.
Best Value Stocks To Own For 2018: Medidata Solutions, Inc.(MDSO)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
On Wednesday, technology shares climbed by 0.94 percent. Top gainers in the sector included Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Medidata Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: MDSO).
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows shares of Veeva Systems outperformingunderperforming small cap peerModel N Inc (NYSE: MODN) while mid cap Medidata Solutions (NASDAQ: MDSO) has been a huge outperformer that has just moved past its 2014 peak:
Best Value Stocks To Own For 2018: DepoMed Inc.(DEPO)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
Shares of Depomed Inc (NASDAQ: DEPO) got a boost, shooting up 13 percent to $23.90. Depomed is preparing to put itself up for sale, following calls from activist investor Starboard Value LP to explore such a move, just a year after it fought off a hostile acquisition bid, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Best Value Stocks To Own For 2018: MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.(MKTX)
Advisors’ Opinion:
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This is why I’m bullish on a company that promises to mitigate the liquidity issues facing the bond market. The company is MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX).
- [By Joe Tenebruso]
MarketAxessHoldings (NASDAQ:MKTX)reported first-quarter results on April 26. The electronic trading platform is enjoying strong gains in revenue and profits as it continues to take share of the massive global fixed-income market.
