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2021-07-21

Buy or not Moderna stock has “taken on a life of its own,” Michael Yee, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Jefferies, told Yahoo Finance (video above). “It's priced in a huge amount of assumptions over the next ten years that haven't played out yet. People believe it’s the Tesla of biotech.”

Moderna stock 'has taken on a life of its own' ahead of S&P 500 entrance

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AnaiAnai
2021-07-21
AnaiAnai
believe there will be another pandemic in next 10 yrs
LuluDog
2021-07-21
LuluDog
Ohhh
SKHan
2021-07-21
SKHan
Yup
Yyyyyyyjjjjj
2021-07-21
Yyyyyyyjjjjj
Ok

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