Financials, The Safety Trade & Small But Mighty Particles

After the Q1 earnings reports of several big financial services firms, it’s clear that those exposed to the financial markets through brokerage and investment banking arms lucked out while large commercial banks suffered. Jackie discusses the reasons behind the divergent performances. … Riskier S&P 500 sectors were all the rage during the October-March stock market rally; now that the market’s tide has turned, will the “safe” sectors like Health Care and Consumer Staples get a turn to outperform? They haven’t during the April sell-off so far. … Our Disruptive Technologies segment focuses on the cancer-fighting promise of drug-carrying nanoparticles, so small they can boldly go where traditional drug delivery methods can’t.