Each week, aprofessional investor tells us where he'd put his money. This week: Dr Daniel Koller of BB Biotech AG highlights three favourites.
Health is the key to a long and happy life. The biotechnology sector plays a crucial role in providing people with the means to recover from disease and remain as robust as possible and investors are only beginning to recognise its vast potential. The sector has encountered some short-term turbulence, however. The Nasdaq Biotechnology index (NBI) enjoyed a stellar first quarter of 2019 fuelled by mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) activity, but it has since declined by 2%.
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