PDL BioPharma Announces Stock Repurchase

PDL BioPharma (PDLI) announced on September 25 that its board of directors authorized a new stock repurchase program. PDL will be able to purchase up to $25 million worth of its common stock. The company has a market cap of $500 million, so this repurchase amounts to about 5% of the total outstanding shares.   […]

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Wabco Continues Upward Trend for Five Days

On September 18, Wabco Holdings (WBC) announced its plans to buyout its joint venture partner, Meritor, Inc. WBC is a commercial vehicle supplier and believes this move will allow the company to expand its presence in the North American market.   Sonal sent out a level 3 alert at 6:30 am to its subscribers. The […]

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Trading Clinical Trials

What are clinical trials? Pharmaceutical or bio-medical companies that have new drugs or medical products need to have those new products tested before they can be released in the market. The public needs assurance that these new products are both safe and effective. The process is called a clinical trial and involves many steps. Clinical […]

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The Three Moves For Event Based Trading

Event Based Trading: A Daily Opportunity for Profit Event-based trading involves trading based on market events and announcements that can create movements in a stock price. Volatility tends to increase during these times, so traders have a better opportunity to generate higher trading profits. Even after the event occurs, residual volatility can remain for days […]

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Trading Acquisitions Part 2 – M&A Arbitrage

What is M&A Arbitrage? Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) occur when one company buys another company. Whether the purchase is considered a merger or acquisition is related to the size of each company and the way in which the businesses will exist after the M&A activity. Mergers are usually two companies of around the same size, […]

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Trading Acquisitions Part 1

What Happens to Stock Prices During Acquisitions? Mergers and acquisitions are two important concepts in corporate finance. An acquiring company can either take a majority stake in the target company and let it continue to operate under its previous name or absorb the target company into its existing operations. Since acquiring companies should only choose […]

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