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First Trust Amex Biotech Index Fund (NY:FBT)

165.99 +1.55 (+0.94%)
Official Closing Price Updated: 8:00 PM EDT, Apr 2, 2025 Add to My Watchlist
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Healthcare Sector Trying To Bounce Back
I often discuss highly rated stocks that are part of highly rated sectors. Thus, this time is a departure from the norm. Let's dive into the data for the healthcare sector. 
Via Talk Markets
Topics ETFs Stocks / Equities
Is It Time To Shift Focus To Beaten-Down Healthcare Stocks As Volatility Soars?
Healthcare performed terribly in 2023 and 2024, falling while the market was soaring. Year-to-date, the sector has outperformed. Is it time to focus on the stocks and ETFs of this low-Beta sector as... 
Via Talk Markets
Topics ETFs Stocks / Equities
NIH Funding Cuts To Spook Healthcare Stocks? RFK Jr's Confirmation At HHS Sparks Concerns Over Research Dollars, 'Causing Uncertainty,' Says Analyst
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment as Secretary of Health and Human Services has sparked concerns over funding for the NIH. 
Via Benzinga
Mifepristone Abortion Pill Access in Limbo: Justice Department May Ask Supreme Court's Intervention
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the Justice Department would file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block the entirety of Kacsmaryk's order suspending the FDA approval of... 
Via Benzinga
Women's Reproductive Rights: US Court Preserves Access To Abortion Pill For Now, But With Tighter Rules
A U.S. federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a decision by a Texas judge to halt the FDA's approval of a widely used abortion drug. 
Via Benzinga
New York and California Prepare For Potential Mifepristone Ban In Texas With Stockpiling Of Alternative Abortion Medications
New York and California are stockpiling an alternative abortion medication in case a Texas judge's order suspending the FDA approval of the primary drug, mifepristone, goes into effect later this... 
Via Benzinga
Attorney Generals of Over 20 States Sound Alarm Over Suspension Of Abortion Med Approval: "Devastating Risks" Ahead
In a new court filing, the Democratic attorneys general for 23 U.S. states have reportedly warned that a federal judge's decision to suspend the FDA's approval of mifepristone "presents devastating... 
Via Benzinga
FDA Withdraws Lone Premature Birth Drug Makena Over Lack of Proven Benefits
Via Benzinga
US Judge Weighs Nationwide Ban On Abortion Pills
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk questioned President Joe Biden's administration lawyers on whether the federal regulatory approval of the abortion pill mifepristone was proper. The judge is... 
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FDA Takes Action To Restrict Unlawful Import Of Animal Tranquilizer 'Tranq' Or ''Zombie Drug'
Via Benzinga
Lots Of & Increasing Evidence That Stocks Are Bottoming For Now
On Friday we saw one of the more violent trading days. Stocks jumped at the open, sold off sharply to new lows, and then rocketed back in the last hour to close basically unchanged. 
Via Talk Markets
How do Biotechnology Funds and ETFs Perform Over Five Years?
Biotech investing can be difficult for short-term traders but can offer good returns over five years if balanced with other healthcare positions like the XLV. 
Via Talk Markets
Biotech ETFs That Outperformed Last Week
Though the broad U.S. market saw a tumultuous ride last week with most of the sectors in red, biotechnology was the biggest gainer. 
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Biotech ETFs To Benefit From Latest Booster Update
Vaccine makers like Moderna and Pfizer have reasons to cheer the update with regard to the application of boosters. The U.S. government announced plans to make COVID-19 vaccine boosters available from... 
Via Talk Markets
Exposures COVID-19
Q2 Growth 'Nothing Short Of Virtuous': Economist
The coronavirus pandemic that began in 2020 and is persisting today has led many investors to hold poor market expectations. But maybe they shouldn’t be so pessimistic. What... 
Via Benzinga
Exposures COVID-19
Top-Performing Biotech ETFs of Last Week
Investors may want to tap the bullishness in the biotech sector with the best biotech ETFs of last week. 
Via Talk Markets
5 Top ETFs With Exposure To Biogen
Here is a look at five ETFs with large exposure to Biogen shares. 
Via Talk Markets
5 Top ETFs With Exposure To Biogen
For the first time in 18 years, there was a new treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease approved by the FDA. Aducanumab from Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) was approved as a drug that... 
Via Benzinga
Exposures Product Safety
Medical Miracles Inside Biotech ETFs
The events of the past year focused a lot of attention on game changing developments made possible by the global biotech industry. Of the major names Moderna is the one where the original research and... 
Via Talk Markets
Topics Intellectual Property
Exposures COVID-19 Intellectual Property
Biotech ETFs To Suffer As US Backs IP Waiver For COVID-19 Vaccines
The Biden administration announced support for the waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines proposed by South Africa and India. Let’s take a look at ETFs that can suffer from... 
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Topics Intellectual Property
Exposures COVID-19 Intellectual Property
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