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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...
Rayno SnowBlog: LaNina Strengthens, Nat Gas Gets Weather Boost
Nat Gas Approaches Breakout at $4.50 Cold weather is forecasted for the NE and SE for the next 10 days giving a boost to nat gas prices reaching a five day high near $4.50 today. November price...
Time to Buy Drug Stocks for Yield: ABT,BMY,NVS
Contrarian Call -Look at the Drug Stocks The healthcare sector has lagged the market in 2010 down about 1.34% compared to the S&P up about 9%. The large cap drug sector has done worse down 4.3%....
Rayno Life Science Portfolio: Seracare (SRLS) Surges 11% on Earnings
SeraCare Reports 40% Increase in Net Income Over Prior Year SeraCare (SRLS) executed six consecutive quarters of successful growth with revenue growth of 13% to $50.4 M for the fiscal year ending...