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Bear Market Rally Spurs Biotech Stocks: A Primer on Tariffs…Update-1…Pivot Day
Update-1...4/23 10 a EDT--broad market rally expecting talks on tariffs, policy shift imminent? S&P up 3%. BA up 5%. Bear Market Rally Spurs Biotech Stocks-Major Indices were up over 2%. Biotech...
Healthcare Sector Update: MEDtech and Diagnostics…UPDATE-2 …XBI green along with SMID biotechs!
Update-2 4/21/25...11a EDT..XBI trying to bounce in mid 70s up 1% at $76 handle. SMID biotech movers: EYPT RYTM RZLT WVE GPCR etc. Update-1 4/17/25--UNH shares crash over 20% on earnings release...
Healthcare Sector Update…..coming at end of the day 4/16/25
Amidst the tariff chaos we may get clues from one of the most defensive sectors of the market-healthcare stocks. Recently we provided a playbook of positions for those actively managing their...
Is it a Good Time to Trade Small Cap Biotech Stocks?– 3 Steps to Consider…Update-3 …How do NIH cutbacks affect ongoing clinical trials?
UPDATE 4/15/25: Nice Rally in SMID BiOTECH on Monday then faded. UPDATE tomorrow with UNH Congress needs to do their job and prioritize cancer research funding especially for clinical trials....
Hell Week in March 2025: Detoxing with Tariffs until April 2? Update-4…No Liberation from new BEAR today as of 4/4 11a
Update-4 4/6/25 ...Signposts at end of Hell Week, here are values: XLV at 135.28...down 6.39% week ,1.66% YTD, IBB at $117.16 down 10.08% week, 11.38% YTD, XBI at $73.66 down 12.73% % week, 18.21%...
Healthcare and Biotech Sector Update-2025 YTD: Are Healthcare Stocks really Defensive during Macro Turmoil? Update-3
Update-3 The answer is YES healhcare stocks are DEFENSIVE. SEE next post. Update-2 March 27 3P EDT....Large caps holding after brief SELL-OFF earlier this week. Added to VRTX today. Losing interest...
SMID Lifescience Stocks Brace for More Declines…UPDATE-2 SMID Biotech Rally
Update-2 ...3/19/25...Another rally day makes 3/4 for SMID caps. ARKG and XBI both up over 1%. 70% of our life science trading stocks are green with nice winners on our focused trades:...
Healthcare Stocks Doing Well but SMID Biotech Looking a Little Frazzled…Update-3 broad rally
update-3 3/14---A broad relief rally today after a miserable week took the NAZ up 2.61% and the Russell 2000 up 2.42% and the XBI was flat ending the week at the $87 level. And that was good, Our...
Biotech Rally Coming in Weeks Ahead? Update-2… Powell Talk Soothes Markets
Update-2...3/7/25---The market was headed for more losses on Friday during a bad week from tariff chaos when Chairman Powell came on helping calm markets.The healthcare sector continue to avoid...
Biotech Stocks Stay Strong Through a Period of Uncertainty in the Market…Update-2 Recovery despite geopolitics
2/28/25. Upate 2 2/28...Market recovers despite heated Trump/Zelensky exchange. Healthcare still leads the way but importantly buys come into NAZ stocks in last hour up 1.67%. Some nibbles on SMID...