While no chart could have possibly predicted the populist outcry against Martin Skreli's widely publicized, and panned, decision to crassly boost the price of a Toxoplasmosis drug by over 5000% (doing
something all other biotech companies have been doing but with all the
grace of a bull in a china shop thus prematurely ending the party for
everyone) only to promptly undo his decision following a furious
public backlash which also resulted in Hillary Clinton proposing a price
cap on specialty drugs and unleashing the worst drop for biotech stocks
in 2015, now that concerns about a biotech top are in play, the biotech
sector just can't seem to catch a bid, and as of moments ago was down
over 3% dragging the Nasdaq just barely positive for the day even with
the S&P up 0.8%
One reason for the continuied weakness may be that, as Bank of America points out, there are signs the dreaded head and shoulders top has appeared in the Nasdaq Biotech Index. (more)
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