The consumer health industry is a multi-billion industry worldwide. Some of the consumer items in this area include band-aids, teeth whitening products, vitamin products, acne removing creams, etc. In this post, let’s take a quick look at The Top 10 Global Consumer Health Companies in 2018. Below is a short overview of this industry: Consumer …
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The number of publicly-listed US companies continues to decline each year. From a peak of over 7,600 in 1997 the number has shrunk to about 3,600 at the end of 2017. That is a reduction of over 50%. Click to enlarge Source: Where Have All the Public Companies Gone?, April 8, 2018, Bloomberg Despite the fall …
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The biotech sector is soaring this year with the benchmark NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index up by over 27% YTD as of the end of September. Investors’ attraction towards biotech stocks shows no signs of showing as evidenced by many successful IPOs being launched on a weekly basis and also trading volumes. In addition, one of the top viewed pages …
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