These companies are leading the pack in a new treatment for cancer, but investors should be wary.

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ZLCS stock is up over 40% in 2011 even after some profit-taking, and Michael Murphy expects the biotech to build on its run in the months ahead.

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Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) revolutionary cancer vaccine Provenge should make this biotech stock a huge winner.

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Michael Murphy picked leading biotech stock Zalicus as his single best stock to buy in 2011. With +36% gains since Jan. 1, he was right.

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Zalicus (NASDAQ:ZLCS) is Michael Murphy's favorite biotech stock picks for 2011.

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As Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) held its annual meeting this week, CEO Larry Ellison said: “You’re going to see us buying chip companies.” He added that now that Oracle is in the hardware business through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, he wants to follow the model of his friend and Apple CEO Steve Jobs to own more of the intellectual property in the computer chips Oracle will be using.

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The recession is “officially” over according to GDP figures. Stocks are up +50% from the March 2009 bottom. Gold and silver are up dramatically, too. So what’s the only remaining asset class that’s still cheap?

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Business development companies or BDC are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, like mutual funds. But instead of investing in public securities, they generally invest in private companies.

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Sales to Apple were a big driver of the excellent quarterly results [Skyworks reported last month], and will continue to create strong revenue growth this year. Apple obviously is very happy with SWKS as a supplier, and Skyworks also supplies all the leading smart phone manufacturers.

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If using pyramid advice to manage your portfolio going forward can’t get you to where you want to be, why do it?

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