To: BigKNY3 who wrote (6936 ) 2/6/1999 11:15:00 PM From: BigKNY3 Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 9523
The Big Pharma Report: 2/06/99 Have a PFun Weekend! BigKNY3 ________________________________________________________ Big Pharma Scoreboard 2/06/99 -Big Pharma gave back 2.1% as compared to declines for the S&P (-3.2%) and the NAStie (-5.3%) -The Cox IIers PFE (+1.7%) and MRK (+1.8%) were the only Pharmers to show gains. Nice article on the Coxers was published in Business Week "Why Searle Is Feeling No Pain Its arthritis drug is selling faster than anything since Viagra" -GLX (-6.4%), AMGN (-6.4%) and PNU (-6.1%) took the biggest hits in end of the week profit-taking off the all-time Pharma high. -YTD, PFE (+4.7%) has moved into second place behind AMGN (+14.4%). -GLX (-8.6%) is in the cellar for the first time ever.....Probably Monday's best short-term buy in Big Pharma. Bookmark this one GLX@ 63.50. . Price % Chg % Chg % Chg Rank . 02/05/99 Week Feb YTD 1999 1 Amgen 119.63 -6.4% -6.4% 14.4% 2 Pfizer 130.88 1.7% 1.7% 4.7% 3 Amer 57.38 -2.2% -2.2% 1.8% 4 Merck 149.38 1.8% 1.8% 1.3% 5 J&J 84.00 -1.3% -1.3% 0.1% 6 Lilly 88.44 -5.6% -5.6% -0.5% 7 Scher 53.88 -1.1% -1.1% -2.5% 8 Smith 66.63 -1.8% -1.8% -4.1% 9 Warner 72.00 -0.5% -0.5% -4.2% 10 Pharma 54.00 -6.1% -6.1% -4.6% 11 Bristol 125.63 -2.0% -2.0% -6.1% 12 Abbott 45.81 -1.3% -1.3% -6.5% 13 Glaxo 63.50 -6.4% -6.4% -8.6% Big Pharma 85.47 -2.1% -2.1% -0.4% Dow 9,304 -0.6% -0.6% 1.3% S&P 500 1,239 -3.2% -3.2% 0.8% NASDAQ 2,373 -5.3% -5.3% 8.2% News/chart/quote links to Big Pharma and ED stocks: Yahoo! PFE News biz.yahoo.com Five Day Chart of PFE versus the Dow quicken.com A great PFE Stat Website dailystocks.com Labpuppy.com Drug Stock Commentary (scroll down after opening) labpuppy.com Free Merrill Lynch Research Reports Weekly reports highlight Trovan, Lipitor and Viagra preceription actionaskmerrill.com A New Investment Website Worth A Trybridge.com Big Pharma Yahoo Link quote.yahoo.com Motley Fool Link quote.fool.com ED Stocks Yahoo Linkquote.yahoo.com Motley Fool Linkquote.fool.com The 1999 Pharma Portfolio Challenge: 1/23/99 Motley Fool /SI Challenge Highlights: Results are listed on the AOL Motley Fool PFEr Board. -Congrads to MBTAY (+7.1%) for moving up to the #1 position (Portfolio: 75% PFE, 25% AMGN). Way to go, Michelle! -Ron Flanagan (+6.7%) leads the SI entrants with an equal trifecta of PFE/MRK/AMGN (Portfolio: 33% PFE/MRK/AMGN, 1% Cash). The Leprechaum is bringing in a pot of gold. - JLABIF's (missing in Action but not forgotten) favorite portfolio SHORT PFE (-4.7%) remains in the basement (Portfolio: 100% short PFE) - A new composite portfolio...PEABODY PURCHASE** (+3.0%)...has been added to the Challenge. A total of $833 of PFE will be purchased whenever Mr. P makes his Valley purchase calls. Accordingly, PFE purchases were retroactively made on 1/10/99 (PFE@ 117.00) and 1/12/99 (PFE@110.25). A total of 77% of the portfolio remains in cash for possible future purchases at Valleys. (Current Portfolio: 77% Cash, 23% PFE) Click here for a breakdown of the holdings of the 64 Challenge portfolioswww3.techstocks.com