Have you read the book “Think Fast,Think Slow” by Daniel Kahneman? Well my System 1 (fast, intuitive and emotional) brain sees a lot of red on the screen telling me to take profits. If you want System 2 (slower, more deliberative, more logical) data to support this I can only offer the following without extensive [...]
$11B bet on Pharmasset acquisition for Hepatitus -C drug hits a snag Gilead announced that a majority (6/8) of the hepatitis C genotype-1 patients experienced a viral relapse when treated with GS-7977 Plus Ribavirin. Additional data will be forthcoming by the end of Q1 and Q2. Some analysts saw the stock drop as buying opportunity-11 [...]
Market Reversal and a Light Sell-Off Technicals and a market reversal particularly a $20+ drop in AAPL gives us reason to take profits or hedge after a great start to 2012. The S&P is up 7% YTD, NAZ up 12% YTD, and the IBB biotech ETF up 16% YTD near its all time high. Some [...]
Who Does Not Know About the Bull Market in Biotech Stocks? The bull market in life science stocks gathered momentum today as the IBB rallied 2.34% (up 16.6% YTD) approaching its all time high of $122.45. At some point in time we need to have a correction as this rally is approaching 1999 ebullience. I [...]
The IBB hit another new high today at $118.85 as the biotech bull market rolls on. Our index of biopharmaceutical stocks were up 4% at one time propelled by Medivation (MDVN $67.67) up 22% on favorable clinical news on its prostate cancer drug. A WSJ story helped move the stock. Medivation has no revenue and [...]
Rayno Life Science Biopharmaceutical Picks Beat All Sector Averages Life Science Market Hits 10 Year High Tracked by IBB ($115.51), and Up 46% Over 5 years Highlights of Rayno Biopharma Portfolio Biggest winners over 3 years were Alexion, Biogen, Micromet, Regeneron, Targacept and Viropharma. Targacept was at one time was a 20X return but is [...]
