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Another Good Day for Biotech Stocks:Incyte(INCY), Martek(MATK) and XBI
Clinical News and M&A Boost Biotechs Biotech stocks continued their seasonal strength with many winners in the mid-cap sector. Our index of 33 mid-cap stocks was up 2.7% which is unusually...
Weekly News Update: Dx Patents, XMRV, Avastin, Healthcare Reform
Significant Life Science News This Week Diagnostic Tests Can Be Patented, U.S. Court Rules - Bloomberg New Blood-Screening Advised - WSJ.com WABE: FDA Rules On Avastin Breast Cancer Drug...
Biotech Rally Rolls On-Intermune (ITMN) Up 130%
Biotech Outperforms Large Cap Pharma Biotechnology stocks were up today sparked by Intermune (ITMN $32.74)news that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European...
Healthcare Stocks Come in Many Flavors: Biotech, Drugs, Life Sciences, MedTech
Investors in healthcare should look deeper into subsectors: biotechnology, devices, diagnostics, drugs and tools As of December 15 the S&P was up 12.94% but the healthcare sector was the laggard...
Rayno Life Science Portfolio:Dx and Tools Update 12/15/10
2010 Original Price % Ret. P Price % Recomm 3/29/10 Q2 12/1/10 Ret. Abaxis ABAX 2/2/09 15 79 21.2 27.86 85 CardioV.Sys. CSII 11/5/10 7.15 8.65 21 Celera CRA 3/28/10 7 6.49 5.66 -19 Exact Sci EXAS...
Healthcare Stocks Rally 2% on News; Is Sector Rotation Underway?
Are investors rotating into the lagging healthcare sector? Biotech, drug and device stocks were up broadly today. The healthcare sector has lagged the market YTD up only 1.35% compared to the...
Rayno Snow Blog and Nat Gas Update: LaNina on Steroids
West Coast Weather: Wet and Warm Changes are coming in the West as the high pressure breaks down bringing in storms this week and next weekend. Weather Geek : TahoeLoco.com The storm track will...
Rayno Life Science Portfolio Tools and Diagnostics: EXAS added
Tools and Diagnostic stocks are having a good day perhaps sparked by the BeckmanCoulter (BEC) announcement that it is being put up for sale. The BEC stock is up 27% to $72.68.You could have bought...
Rayno Snow Blog: Nat Gas sell-off on inventory; LaNina Advisory
After an inventory report the bulls paused off intermediate top in the 4.60 range then headed for the sidelines as January Futures were off 13 cents to $4.47. Support is $4.40. The decline in...
Play the Biotech Sector with ETF’s: FBT, IBB and XBI
Life Science ETF's: Strategy and Composition There are several ETF's with biotech and drug positions but the three that are large, liquid and better known with asset values are : First Trust Amex...