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IBB250516P122000
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0.98Open1.15Pre Close1 Volume30 Open Interest122.00Strike Price98.00Turnover29.61%IV4.41%PremiumMay 16, 2025Expiry Date0.00Intrinsic Value100Multiplier12DDays to Expiry0.98Extrinsic Value100Contract SizeAmericanOptions Type-0.2291Delta0.0448Gamma136.86Leverage Ratio-0.0840Theta-0.0089Rho-31.35Eff Leverage0.0693Vega
iShares Biotechnology ETF Stock Discussion
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Biotech stocks remain depressed, nearly two years into a dip that has seen the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF XBI 0.05% drop nearly 50%.
The other most-watched exchange-traded fund that tracks the biotech secto...
Buy this ETF before the biotechnology boom will come next time
M&A in Q1 alone totaled 12 deals for $19.2 bil which is close to the 10 deals for $21.9 bil in all the 1H of 2023...
But one big caveat of this chart, it doesn't include $Pfizer (PFE.US)$ 's $43 bil deal for $SGEN announced in Mar 2023 but didn't close until Dec bc of an FTC challenge,
The biggest biotech M&A deal so far this yr was $Gilead Sciences (GILD.US)$ 's $4.3 b...
Observations from $VINC (-60% AH):
1- When companies tout "strong safety profile", often means efficacy is a big fat zero
2- Phrases like "dose dependent clinical activity" set the bar low
3- "Promising" doesn't necessarily refer to SP
Stay skeptical, my friends.
Mike on biotech's correlation with interest rates:
"Biotech is essentially a call option on $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT.US)$
Biotech bulls need inflation and rates to move lower for resumption of a real bull market.
XBI is likely to remain range-bound - or worse - until inflation convincingly moves lower.
Hopefully we can grind out reasonable returns in the meantime by buying the right stocks, but we will b...
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