Tag Archives: (ISRG)

December 30, 2025

Mad Hedge Biotech and Healthcare Letter December 30, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (BIOTECH’S WATERLOO: THE STOCKS THAT CONQUERED AND THE ONES THAT DIDN’T) (IDXX), (CAH), (HCA), (COR), (MCK), (GILD), (JNJ), (LLY), (ISRG), (WBA), (MRK), (BMY), (MRNA), (BIIB), (ILMN)

Biotech’s Waterloo: The Stocks That Conquered And The Ones That Didn’t

Napoleon once said, “In victory, you deserve champagne. In defeat, you need it.” Healthcare investors popped both in 2025. While the sector at large looked like a casualty of macro shrapnel, a few names marched through the battlefield with earnings like artillery fire – and stock prices to match. The top-line view was grim: the […]

Press 1 For English, Press 2 For Robot Surgery

Let me set the scene. You’re stuck in a doctor’s waiting room that still smells like the Clinton administration, flipping through a Time magazine featuring the rise of the iPhone 6 (because apparently time stopped in medical offices). Then a robot wheels by carrying a tray of someone else’s blood samples. Your doctor, meanwhile, is […]

When Skynet Finally Gets A Medical License

The first robotic surgery took place in 1985, when a clunky PUMA 560 robot assisted in a neurosurgical biopsy. It was primitive, sure, but revolutionary. Fast forward to today, and we’ve traded the clunky for the uncanny. This is where Intuitive Surgical’s (ISRG) da Vinci 5 comes in. This is a robotic surgeon so advanced […]

When The Market Gives Back What It Once Took Away

If Wall Street had a confessional booth, I’d be first in line. “Forgive me, market gods, for I underestimated how quickly sentiment could shift.” When I last wrote about Abbott Laboratories (ABT), the market was treating this medical device powerhouse like last week’s leftovers—despite growth that would make most CEOs weep with joy. Fast forward […]