Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6322
EAN: 9780761533016
ISBN: 076153301X
Label: Prima Lifestyles
Manufacturer: Prima Lifestyles
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 409
Publication Date: 2001-05
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
Release Date: May 24, 2001
Sales Rank: 1563843
Studio: Prima Lifestyles

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
As the adage goes, "Invest in what you know." Many investors have made fortunes in biotech stocks and funds—a very lucrative but risky sector. If you don't have a medical background, how can you make intelligent picks in biotechnology?

With Successful Biotech Investing, understanding the science and business behind biotechnology is easy. Financial and medical expert Joe Duarte, M.D., masterfully guides you through the complicated world of biotech to show you how to avoid the risks and confidently choose the best stocks and funds for your portfolio. With up-to-date information on everything from vaccines, drugs, and gene manipulation to cloning, aging, and medical devices, this book demystifies the language, reveals the biotech business cycle, and separates the fads from the genuine technology. Inside, you will discover how to:
• Grasp the science to understand—and profit from—new trends
• Analyze companies for research, patents, growth potential, and more
• Find the best biotech funds and index shares
• Understand when to use biotech as a defensive and offensive play
• And much more!

Dr. Duarte's complete lessons teach you both the fundamental and technical analysis of biotech stocks, allowing you to pick the approach that matches your investment style. Detailed analyses on companies big and small, new and old, go behind the scenes to reveal emerging trends, groundbreaking research, and exploding profits. Complete with helpful charts and investment resources, this book is every investor's guide to confidently investing in the biotech sector.

"The author's combined knowledge of medicine, biotechnology, and market analysis comes through at a crucial time for the sector. Easy to read and equally easy to use."—John Murphy, President, MurphyMorris.com


"If ever an industry needed deciphering, it's biotechnology. Joe Duarte combines a knowledge of medicine with Wall Street smarts." —Thom Calandra, Editor-in-Chief, CBS MarketWatch


"Dr. Duarte's dual expertise in medicine and investing makes this an important book for potential investors."—Leslie Kane, Senior Editor, Medical Economics


"A sound analytical approach to biotech investing."—Mark A. Seleznov, Managing Partner, Trend Trader


"If your going to trade biotech stocks, start here!"—J. Michael Pinson Founder and Senior Analyst, MarketMavens.com




Rating: - great foundation for aspiring biotech investors
This book provides the average investor with a solid foundation in their pursuit of successful biotech investing.

Most investors invest in biotech stocks based on media exposure and momentum driven markets. There is a glaring lack of any sort of structure to their research or position management. Dr. Duarte's book lays the groundwork for investors to establish a workable system of identifying and managing promising investments. By incorporating risk management techniques (technical ... Read More

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Rating: - Give this one a miss
The book looks great, but it is definitely not worth reading. If you are into technical analysis, you may derive some use from the text. However, I don't see why you need a book devoted to biotech for investing on this basis.

There's a weak chapter on the science (high school level at a stretch); a discussion on investment basics which misses the mark. The markets chapter is fine, but the review of major drug companies is weak. I just found the analysis of the biotech industry to be ... Read More

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Rating: - Synthetic Simplicity
This book is not just about biotech investing. Duarte, a technical analyst as well as a physician uses biotechs as a model for approaching the market. The book has all the shortcomings other reviewers warn you of: it's painfully redundant, incomplete and simplistic. But it does offer a consistent approach to stock investing IF you supplement it with other material. It also lists some neat web sites.

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Rating: - VERY BASIC
Don't waste your money, very basic and not very informative. Very generic!

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Rating: - Finally! A book that helps the average investor in biotech
Since I'm not interested in being a PhD this seems like the perfect book for me and more than likely for the average investor. The thing I really like about this book is that it helps me know how to make money from the coming biotech explosion.

I don't care how this stuff works nearly as much as how to build my net worth by investing. On that point, this is THE book. It has just about everything-understandable explanation of the industry, how to tell which companies are likely to be ... Read More

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