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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Per the table above, the stock price of First Republic Bank (FRC), a financial institution, had a bumpy ride with three negative and two positive daily returns seen during the trading week. In the recent past, financial institutions have come under investor skepticism related to balance sheet exposures, non-diversified client bases, …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On the trading day of Monday, January 23, 2023, the stock price of Wayfair Inc. (W), an e-commerce company focused on furniture and home goods, rose by +26.8% per share. To close out the trading week on Friday, January 27, 2023, the stock price rose another +13.4% per share. The stock …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of BeiGene, Ltd. (BGNE), a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company focused on cancer treatment drugs, saw a +20.5% increase in price per share on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) in its Phase 3 trial data showed highly positive results in people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock price of Sotera Health Company (SHC), an integrated global health solutions company, had a loss of -33.3% per share on Monday, September 19, 2022. On the subsequent trading days of the week, three negative daily returns and one positive daily return were seen. Litigation was the primary cause of …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN), a biotechnology company with a portfolio of medicines for individuals with serious diseases, increased in price by +18.8% per share on the trading day of Thursday, September 8, 2022. Eylea (aka: aflibercept), an anti-blindness eye medication, was the cause of this price run-up, because …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of Tilray Brands, Inc. (TLRY), a Canadian company with an extensive presence worldwide in the cannabis sector, delivered +14.6% on Thursday, July 14, 2022 followed by -10.6% on Friday, July 15, 2022. Politics plays a big role in the success or failure of any cannabis sector company. On Thursday, …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha GameStop Corporation (GME), a video game retailer, had an up-and-down trading week for its stock with three negative daily returns and one positive daily return. (Monday, July 4, 2022 was an American holiday – Independence Day / Fourth of July – and thus not a trading day.) (See past coverage if …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of RH (RH), a luxury lifestyle retailer perhaps better known by its former name of Restoration Hardware, had four negative return days and one positive return day in this past trading week. The worst day’s return was -10.6% per share, as seen on Thursday, June 30, 2022. The company …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha In the past trading week, the global beauty company Revlon, Inc. (REV) had mostly positive daily returns except for a price decline of -11.5% per share seen on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Per an announcement dated Thursday, June 16, 2022, Revlon has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization for …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Novavax, Inc. (NVAX), a clinical-stage vaccine company, had its stock price fall by -17.2% per share on Thursday, June 9, 2022. (See past coverage if needed: “What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of December 27-31, 2021; By Kuldip K. Ambastha.”) In 1Q2022, earnings per share plus total …

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