Seen that? - Investing in RFID Stocks

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Investing in RFID Stocks The RFID Weblog

A reader emailed me asking where he could find out about investing in RFID-related stocks. I'm posting the answer for the benefit of all: Researching Individual RFID Stocks All the full-service brokerages and stock analysts in the United States cover companies in the RFID space in some fashion. Generally the RFID companies will be lumped together as part of a larger industry category -- something like Information Technology, Computer Services, Wireless Technology, [...] Read More


More on RFID Stock Investing The RFID Weblog

Back in the middle of August I wrote about the difficulty finding public research about RFID (radio frequency identification) stock investing. Well, here we are 4 months later, and that is changing. It seems that Wall Street is catching on to the huge promise that RFID holds. I was prompted to take another look at this subject earlier this week, when I heard a commentator on CNBC, the American financial [...] Read More


RFID enabled boxes expected to see the light of the day The RFID Weblog

We have been dreaming for years as to how one day we may be able to see RFID tags being printed into the packaging materials directly. We got an indication about our dreams being realized when texas instruments and Smurfit-Stone demonstrated a prototype RFID enabled cardboard box which had an RFID antenna printed on its inner layer of paperboard last year. I thought our dreams were getting realized ultimately but [...] Read More


Evaluating Press Releases Before Buying Biotech Stocks The Biotech Weblog

Investing in biotech stocks requires more than just financial know-how; one has understand a bit of the science behind the companies and products. Biotech companies issue press releases all the time touting the potential of their experimental drugs, and the stocks move as a result. But how do you separate the truth from the hype? What sort of questions should you be asking yourself when you evaluate these press releases? And [...] Read More


Big Biotech Stocks To Perform Better in 2007 The Biotech Weblog

2006 hasn't been a good year for biotech firms, but analysts say big biotech companies like Amgen, Genentech, Celgene and Gilead Sciences would perform better in 2007. "We're looking forward to an economy that's softening a little bit," said Al Rauch, analyst for A.G. Edwards. "And if you look at the large-cap and profitable biotechs, they're defensive. The smaller and unprofitable biotechs [are] not so defensive. In a softening economy, investors [...] Read More