by Raynovich Rod | Nov 19, 2015 | 2023-24 Life Science Portfolios, 2024 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio
Update-1 Rayno Recap for week of 11/20/15 IBB up 3.04%, XBI up 1.92%, XLV up 2.82% Notable Small Cap Winners Curis (CRIS) up 4.13%, Fibrocell Sciences (FCSC) up 3.42%, Geron (GERN) up 4.82%, Ignyta (RXDX) up 37.39%, and Ocera Therapeutics (OCRX) up 5.31%. Notable...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 13, 2015 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update 11/16 PM Biotech Rally Underperforms Energy up 2.99% and Telecom up 1.81% The S&P and Dow rallied past Paris attack and terrorism concerns after an early morning stall. Biotechs underperformed weighed down by the Clovis Oncology (CLVS) NDA delay. The IBB...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 5, 2015 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio
Looking for Value in a Slow Growth Market Life Science stocks took a big hit over the past summer and many have not fully recovered.The important metric to watch is sales growth because many of the smaller cap companies are still lagging in earnings growth so the PE...
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 19, 2015 | Biopharmaceuticals
October 21 Update 9:45a EDT NASDAQ up 0.4% IBB up 1.57% 1:45p EDT Biotech Thrashing Continues-High Fliers Hit Hardest Healthcare stocks remain under attack with the XLV down 1.5% and the IBB down 1.6%.Healthcare is the sector loser down 2% while the Industrials are...
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 18, 2015 | Biopharmaceuticals
10/21 I will be posting articles from the Meeting later this week and next week. 2015 Bio Investor Forum October 20-21, 2015 We will be attending the Bio Investor Forum 2015 in San Francisco next week. Various panels will cover important biotherapy topics such as...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 21, 2015 | Biopharmaceuticals, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Update-1… 9/22/15 …Biotech Stocks Trade Down Another Day Biotech stocks were weak tracking NASDAQ which was down 1.5%. The IBB was down 1.49% to $335.40 flat over one month and up 10.57% YTD. The August low was $325 and the IBB is 16% off July 20 highs....
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 24, 2015 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Updated 6/25 Precision Medicine -Novel Prevention and Treatment Strategies Lead The Way A New Initiative on Precision Medicine — NEJM Over 15,000 attended BIO 2015 in Philadelphia including 1100 companies and more than 30 nations. The Exhibits and Partnering meetings...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 19, 2015 | 2024 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update -2 … June 25… IBB off all time high of 379.97 SCOTUS opinion in favor of ACA (ObamaCare) is favorable to hospital stocks and positive for HC sector overall as we have assumed since 2010. The XLV Health Care Select SPDR ETF is up 11.25% YTD and...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 11, 2015 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
New technologies in diagnostics and tools are driving growth: NexGen sequencing, molecular and “point-of-care” testing platforms and veterinary testing. M&A and consolidation should continue. The sector is a laggard due to slowing sales and earnings...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 9, 2015 | 2024 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Updated 6/10 Biotech ETFs lag overall in 1.4% rally. Materials, financials and technology lead. Large cap biotechs doing well. Rayno portfolio winners today: ALXN, BIIB, GILD, RHHBY etc Rapid Fire Re-Balancing of ETFs into More Speculative Names Is the Tail Wagging...