Stock pickers like Big Biotech for '07

Share prices in biotechnology floundered in 2006, but the analysts say that Big Biotech should be a top performer in 2007. The theory: In a softening economy, profitable biotech companies look like a good defensive maneuver, driving share prices higher. Among the most highly touted stocks: Genentech; Amgen; Celgene and Gilead Sciences. It will be interesting to see how good the analysts are at picking biotech stocks, a notoriously tricky sector for investors.

- read the report on biotech stocks from CNNMoney

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