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From novel pharmaceuticals to telemedicine, most healthcare companies are on a mission to drive better patient outcomes. But speed bumps such as inventory destockings have persisted in the wake of COVID-19, and over the past six months, the industry has pulled back by 11.2%. This drawdown was much worse than the S&P 500’s 1.1% decline.

The best-performing stocks typically have robust sales growth, increasing margins, and rising returns on capital, and those that can maintain this trifecta year in and year out often become the legends of the investing world.

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Spot gold hit a record $3,004.86 per ounce on Friday, marking its thirteenth all-time high in 2025. Since the start of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, protectionist policies have jolted global markets, with his tariffs triggering swift retaliation from China and Canada. "With equity markets selling off and unpredictable political risks, we are starting to see a return of Western investors to gold, which could propel it to much higher levels," said John Ciampaglia, CEO of Sprott Asset Management.

News of the day for March 14, 2025

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens on Friday on a massive increase in state borrowing just days ahead of a parliamentary vote next week, Reuters reported, citing a source close to the negotiations. The euro also strengthened and was last up 0.5% at $1.0904,, while Germany's 10-year bond yield, rose 7 basis points to 2.93%. Bond markets have generally been of the view that the package will be approved and hence 10-year Bund yields have not retracted at all after the sharp increase last week.

Shares of Applied Optoelectronics are surging more than 50% in premarket trading after the optical products maker said it had struck a deal with Amazon that gives the tech giant the right to buy almost 8 million shares of its stock.