3/20/19…a whipsaw day…Powell comes to market rescue with “economy is growing at a solid pace” and leaving rates unchanged (patience); but Trump says earlier that he will keep tariffs on as insurance that China is complying with any trade agreement, causing a sell-off. Large cap bank stocks hit hard down 4-5%. Energy sector up 1%. […]
Update-3…3/11…Gene Therapy stocks go green screen! Big 5% winners: VYGR NTLA BLUE EDIT See complete list below (paste list into yahoo finance for tracking) Update-2…3/11…Market gets support from 60 Minutes-Powell comments and Gene Therapy; NASDAQ up 1.77%; XBI up 1.74% to $87.94 as of 1:15p Update-1… 3/10…Friday’s Comeback needs some follow through with small caps: […]
Update-2…Biotech rally Friday and Gene Therapy stocks One clue to the stealth rally on Friday is this article in Barron’s published Saturday (? hmmm) Why Big Pharma is Diving into Gene Therapy If you cannot access this article and are not a subscriber go plunk down $5 as there is other good stuff on the […]
Update: 1:40 EST 2/25… Gene Therapy stocks soar on Spark (ONCE) Deal: BLUE, CRSP, RARE; and XBI up 4.2%. Another big deal as GE sells healthcare business to Danher (DHR) for $21.4B; GE up 8.26%, DHR up 8.38%. ========== M&A Drives Mid and Small Cap Biotechs Stocks Higher The Small Cap weighted XBI is up […]
Update: GenMark (GNMK) Soars on Q4 and Full Year 2018 Results Revenues of $70.8M were 35% over 2017 Results Q4 Revenues were $19.4M an increase of 21% over prior year. ePlex Revenues for Q4 were 412.1M an increase of 110% over prior year. Loss per share was reduced from 26c per share to 21c per […]
Biotech Stocks Hold Despite Last Thursday’s Sell-Off All in the Technicals For Now, Large Caps Look Steady Biotech ETFs lost momentum last week but held near term support near the 20 Day moving average. Now that most companies have reported we should not expect fundamentals to create volatility. Rather we may be stuck in a […]
Update 2/7/19 Mid-Day Trading : Risk Off Day The market is trending down with all major indices in the red and the XBI $81.96 down 2.75%. We sold our position in the XBI yesterday at $83+. Array (ARRY) continues to run up at $21.60. Hot stock MacroGenics (MGNX) cooled off down 9% to $23.29. Issues […]
Update ….Jan 30 2:45p EST …FED to be Patient and Policy Stance is Appropriate FED to “wait and see” before raising rates-stocks soar. FED-“US Economy in a good place” NASDAQ up 2%, DOW up 1.73%, S&P up 1.53% XLV up 1.27%, IBB flat, XBI up 1.72%. Large cap biopharmas trail broad rally: AMGN,BIIB in the […]
Update-2 1/21/19…Heads Up Red Futures Growth worries return-Asian Stocks down IMF Lowers Global Growth-Poor Performance for Europe Biotech rally could stall Update-1 1/20/19…XBI at $83.38 approaching November resistance at $85 Barron’s 2019 Roundtable biopharma picks: Abbvie (ABBV), Roche Holding (ROG), Gilead Sciences (GILD). ======= Biotech Rally Continues from the J.P.Morgan Healthcare Conference Slow and steady […]
Update-3 Snow for Sierras and Rain out West next six days. Ski Areas Booming as Expected with Record Snows Climate forecast NOAA-WEST-El Nino in Effect-continued cold and wet LA Coldest in 60 Years=LA Times… Update-2 FEB 10…More Rain and Snow on the Way Strong PPT all week in LA and San Francisco Mammoth Mountain buried […]
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