by Raynovich Rod | Jan 30, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Future Clinical Potential of Genomics Attracts Financing and Deals Life Technologies (LIFE $65) was up 3.6% again today on news that ThermoFisher (TMO $71.51) is studying a takeover. The market cap of LIFE is $10.7B while that of ThermoFisher is $25B. Private equity...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 25, 2013 | Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Bull Run Continues Except AAPL and GOLD: Every Pundit Seems Bullish on Stocks-Up 12% in 2 Months The green screen rules again today with most life science up and ETFs up 0.5%. Biopharma MO-vers are mostly up CELG GILD MDVN PCYC SGEN. We reiterated many buys in Q4 last...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 22, 2013 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Bullish Mentality Drives Usual MO-vers: PCYC, MDVN, REGN, SGEN It is hard to add biotech stocks to your portfolio at these elevated levels but big players like Fidelity, Cap World, JPMorgan, T.Rowe Price and selected hedge funds- Orbimed, Baker Bros, etc can drive...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 16, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
A double top in the biotechnology sector could be developing although many mid and small cap stocks are in the green. We are still at or near the October highs in the sector but the seasonality effect is waning (strong November -January performance). Moreover many of...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 16, 2013 | BIOgraph, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Biotech ETF’s Slightly Outperform Life Science Mutual Funds There has been an ongoing debate in the media on the performance of ETFs compared to actively managed funds so we have compared the performance in a hot sector like biotech which is entering its 5th...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 14, 2013 | BIOgraph
Healthcare Sector Gets Boost from JPMorgan Conference-Large Caps Lag Except CELG Most life science stocks were quiet today after a strong showing during the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference Jan. 7-10. The biotechnology sector was up over 35% in 2012 and usually this...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 3, 2013 | BIOgraph, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Rayno Diagnostics and Tools -Another Year of Outstanding Performance In a volatile year with a few earnings disappointments and the summer doldrums, the sector did quite well due to synergies with new drug therapies, technological innovation such as genomics and...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 2, 2013 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
The Bi-Partisan Cliff Deal Nobody Likes (Except the Market) Investors like the tax deal as it is favorable to investors despite the tax increases. Stocks are holding their gains after a “mini-fiscal” cliff deal that drove the Dow and S&P up 1.7% and...
