Most people like to buy products when prices are cheaper. That's why you'll probably see lots of car dealers, furniture stores, and retailers advertising special sales during the Memorial Day weekend.However, many investors are leery of buying a stock that has fallen sharply. Why? It's often because they're worried about getting caught in a value trap.But sometimes beaten-down stocks offer great bargains to forward-thinking investors. Pfizer (PFE 1.28%) is a great example, with its shares down around 57% be ...

Investors often view Pharmaceutical stocks as safe havens during periods of market turbulence. Stock market volatility or even economic downturns usually don't affect drugmakers' underlying businesses much, if at all. Physicians prescribe medications, and patients take them, regardless of the S&P 500's gyrations or how macroeconomic factors might shift.Indeed, shares of the three biggest pharmaceutical companies based on market cap -- AbbVie (ABBV 2.64%), Eli Lilly (LLY 3.78%), and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ 1. ...

President Trump told attendees at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner on April 8, "We're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals." The president believes these tariffs will push drugmakers to manufacture their products in the U.S. instead of in other countries. Importantly, AbbVie's increased full-year earnings guidance included a disclaimer. The company noted that the guidance "is based on the existing trade environment and does not reflect any trade policy ...