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Novavax Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

By Matt Koppenheffer | More Articles
October 13, 2010 | Comments (3)

Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

What: Shares of biopharmaceuticals small fry Novavax (Nasdaq: NVAX  ) jumped more than 10% in intraday trading on heavy volume.

So What: So what? is just about right. Oftentimes, big stock movements can be explained by company news, events, or even something positive or negative happening with a competitor. Sometimes, though -- as appears to be the case here -- momentum can just build up and push the stock in one direction or another without any clear driver.

Now What: Like fellow biopharma players BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: BCRX  ) and Sinovac Biotech (NYSE: SVA  ) , Novavax will live or die on its ability to develop effective products that are approved for the commercial market. Quick pops in the stock like this may put a flutter in bulls' hearts, but the only reason the move itself might be notable is if a current investor sees it as a good time to make an exit. Otherwise, there's little reason to pay it much mind.

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  • Report this Comment On October 13, 2010, at 3:53 PM, S79T285 wrote:

    You guys are the kiss of death.

  • Report this Comment On October 13, 2010, at 4:03 PM, cpezc wrote:

    What a ridiculous article. How about some analysis of what people are expecting here in the very near term. And how about how NVAX just finished selling on the open market which kept the price tightly range bound until today. Actually, how about anything intelligent at all? What a pathetic analysis. Why bother?

  • Report this Comment On October 14, 2010, at 4:57 AM, cpezc wrote:

    So The entire content of this article is:

    Novavax Shares Popped: What You Need to Know..

    "there's little reason to pay it much mind."

    And that's it. You guys are idiots.

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