The presentation revealed that CECOLFES produced clinical pregnancy rates of 43% per INVOcell cycle and a 48% clinical pregnancy rate when an embryo has been transferred in the cycle.

Pretty light week as far as analyst updates are concerned – except of course for Vivus.

Biodel (BIOD) -

10/27 – Oppenheimer & Co. reiterates market perform.

Mannkind (MNKD) -

10/29 – Wells Fargo Securities reiterates outperform.
10/29 – Hapoalim Securities reiterates sell, price target unchanged at $1.00.
10/29 – Rodman & Renshaw reiterates market outperform, price target unchaged at $18.00.
10/29 – JPMorgan reiterates underweight.

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals . . . → Read More: Recent Analyst Activity – 10/30/10

www.CartoonStock.com Although US major market indices were not able to put in another multi-month high on close of Friday, October 29, the last trading week of October was at least good enough for 2 other multi-month high /lows: With 2.96%, the SPY‘s annualized 5-day (1 week) realized volatility posted its lowest reading since March 15, [...]

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GDP was reported this morning and after doing some homework, here is a quick breakdown of it.  The headlines came in at 2%, which isn’t bad.  However, one must determine how that number is made up.  Similar to unemployment rates, the headline GDP number is also a bit misleading.   1.44% of the 2% came [...]

On Tuesday I discussed the 3/10 Offset HV indicator.  I used it to measure when a market has become so coiled that is is likely to have a sharp move.  We have a very unusual situation right now in that the 3/10 Offset HV has closed at a very …

The market trend has remained to the north and one cannot wisely fight the trend however, one must also be wary of upcoming data that could sway the markets significantly.  One thing we can expect is volatility but, the direction after the data is unknown right now.  Unexpected data tends to move the markets significantly [...]

www.CartoonStock.com Most recently the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports got (and still get) a lot of press around the blogosphere, regularly picking out the rapid increases in the net short /net long positions of non-commercial and commercial traders (respectively) in major market index futures, regularly pointing to the bearish (rarely the bullish) implications of the [...]

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