The Secret to Investing in the Healthcare Sector

Using a stop removes the emotion from investing, which is always important, but it's especially important when investing in an emotional sector like biotech. [Shield] AN OXFORD CLUB PUBLICATION [Wealthy Retirement]( [View in browser]( SPONSORED [Bad News - Good News]( One $8 Stock Could Help Put You on the Right Side of This Equation. [Click Here for Details]( Editor's Note: Many of us grew up learning that "willpower" was all you needed to lose weight. In 2023, we know better. The [true reason so many Americans are overweight]( may surprise you... And even better, there's [an urgent investment opportunity]( that addresses this problem at its source. [A new drug]( is about to hit the market... and data shows it's nearly twice as effective as Ozempic. Analysts project peak annual sales of $25 billion. Chief Income Strategist Marc Lichtenfeld recorded [a video to get you up to speed on all the relevant details](... 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But with these types of small cap biotech companies, it's easy to break one of investing's cardinal rules: Don't fall in love with a stock. My brother worked in the movie industry. Sometimes he was under a lot of pressure. When he felt stressed, he reminded himself, "You're either curing cancer or not curing cancer." In other words, people wouldn't die if his project wasn't successful. When you invest in small cap biotech stocks, you're often investing in companies that are trying to cure cancer, diabetes or a rare but fatal disease. The work that these companies do is important. If you buy shares of a stock like Target (NYSE: TGT), of course you want the company to prosper. And if Target's sales are strong, it will employ more people and help grow the economy. All good things. But let's face it, you probably don't get that excited about the same-store sales report each month. But when you invest in a small biotech, it's different. It's easy to become emotionally attached. For example, consider a company like Seagen (Nasdaq: SGEN), which is developing therapies for treating various cancers, including lymphoma, breast cancer and cervical cancer. You want the company to succeed, not only for your own monetary gain but because of the impact it could have on hundreds of thousands of lives. If things go wrong with some of these companies - like their drug getting rejected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or their clinical trial data being weak - investors often make excuses and justify why they should stay in the stock, even if they have a large loss and the medical studies say the drug clearly doesn't work. And when things go right, they can go right in a hurry. Mersana Therapeutics (Nasdaq: MRSN) is a great example of how biotech stocks can experience big swings. The company's lead drug upifitamab rilsodotin (UpRi) relies on antibody-drug conjugates to treat ovarian cancer. 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[Chart: Mersana Therapeutics' Wild Ride]( Investors who were able to ride the stock to a high should have checked their emotions at the door and set a trailing stop. I recommend a 25% trailing stop on most stocks, meaning you adjust your stop higher as the stock goes higher. When Mersana hit its high at $9.62, an investor who set a 25% trailing stop would have gotten out at $7.21, which would've saved them about six points based on where it's trading today. It would have been easy to get caught up in the emotion of rooting for UpRi. The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 20,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2023. Of those diagnoses, about 13,000 will prove to be fatal. It makes sense to root for a product that can be beneficial to so many people. But setting a stop 25% below the high would have taken the emotion out of the trade and forced the sale of the stock at $7.21. Even if an investor was very hopeful that UpRi was going to save lives and be the next big thing in medicine, the stop would have taken them out of the position and saved them a lot of pain when Mersana tanked. Using a stop removes the emotion from investing, which is always important, but it's especially important when investing in an emotional sector like biotech. Good investing, Marc [Leave a Comment]( [Investment U Conference 2024 at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa in Ojai, California. Don't miss out!]( RECOMMENDED LINKS [One Potentially Explosive Stock That Alexander Green Just Discovered Has Seen Five-Year 2,000% Revenue Growth, Enjoys 70% Gross Margins and Sports a Debt-Free Balance Sheet, yet Still Trades Under $10. He's Calling It the "Next Great American Super Stock." 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