Stocks & Equities

A Deep Dive On Coronavirus Vaccine Plays Moderna, Inovio

Posted by Shanthi Rexaline

on Monday, 27 April 2020 10:24

Among the six coronavirus vaccine candidates that have entered human trials, two belong to publicly listed U.S. companies: Moderna Inc and Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc Both stocks have rallied in reaction to updates on R&D and funding.

Moderna is up about 143% year-to-date and Inovio is higher by 265%.

Moderna, Inovio’s Vaccine Candidates

Both Moderna and Inovio use a modern approach as opposed to conventional vaccines that employ a weakened form of the pathogen, a killed pathogen or specific pieces of pathogen such as its protein, sugar or capsid.

Moderna is developing mRNA-1273, an mRNA vaccine, against the new coronavirus in collaboration with the Vaccine Research Center at the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. It is a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 encoding for the spike, or S, protein….CLICK for complete article

As bars reopen new pick-up and rejection lines emerge

on Monday, 27 April 2020 6:14

https://townhall.com/political-cartoons/stevekelley

How COVID-19 Has Impacted Media Consumption, by Generation

Posted by Katie Jones

on Tuesday, 14 April 2020 9:48

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc across the globe, people’s time that would have otherwise been spent perusing malls or going to live events, is now being spent on the sofa.

During this period of pandemic-induced social isolation, it’s no surprise that people are consuming vast amounts of media. Today’s graphics use data from a Global Web Index report to explore how people have increased their media consumption as a result of the outbreak, and how it differs across each generation…CLICK for complete article

For Those Missing Sports

on Monday, 13 April 2020 10:11

Turn the sound up! ~ Ed

Primed for PGM’s Perfect Storm?

Posted by Marc Davis, BNWnews.ca

on Friday, 3 April 2020 12:40

This article is an interesting follow-up for anyone who heard ValOre (TSX:V-VO) CEO Jim Paterson on the radio with Michael last month. ~ Ed

It has all the makings of a perfect storm of opportunity, in spite of the recent onset of a long-awaited cyclical bear market for North America’s capital markets.

A surging market for platinum prices and other platinum group metals (PGMs) over the past several years is proving to be a godsent for the world’s handful of platinum miners. And as global demand for this “green” precious metal begins to outstrip supply, a new generation of aspiring PGM miners are starting to get the attention of prescient investors… CLICK for the complete article

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