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2Q Financial Markets Preview: Wanted Dry Powder

News flow may bring in fresh investors to keep biotech on its bull run in 2Q

April 5, 2010 7:00 AM UTC

Biotech run-ups have historically cooled after 25-30% gains. Thus the question going into the second quarter is whether there's momentum to keep going, or whether the sector will take a breather.

The historical numbers are pretty clear: when the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) nears a 30% uptick, it starts to fall again, with only a couple of exceptions in the last decade...