by Raynovich Rod | May 14, 2018 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update: 5/17…Mini-Rally Continues With Help From ASCO Abstracts XBI hits $93.78 above April highs, up 5.32% over 5 days, 10.5% YTD. IBB at April highs at $107.59, up 3.62% over 5 days, up 0.77% YTD Many Mid-Caps are hot: BLUE, CRSP, EXEL, FOLD, LGND, LOXO. See...
by Raynovich Rod | May 10, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Trump Speech on Plan for Lower Drug Prices 5/11 After close. Biotech and healthcare stocks were broadly higher. Key words by HHS Secretary were “complex” and “will take time”; more updates tomorrow. General objectives appear to be to lower list...
by Raynovich Rod | May 4, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update 5/8/18 Biotechs Rally Above Near Term Support (XBI) at SMA 20 XBI up 1.96% to $89.80. IBB up 1.35% to $103.79; twelve month quadruple bottom is near $100 level. Small and mid caps should outperform because of news and M&A potential. Large caps: Celgene...
by Raynovich Rod | May 1, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
5/3 Testing February bottom and 200 MA of ~$100 on IBB and ~$85 on XBI. Red screen day. 2PM EDT Dow near flat line. Need to look for major gap up. Another potential negative on the horizon: “Bold Action on Drug Pricing” by Sect’y HHS. 5/2 Biotech...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 26, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update 4/30… Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Beat Consensus by 4% Financial Results: CF Revenues rose 33% Q’18 o Q’17 from $481M to $638M; GAAP net income down 15% ,$210M from $241M. Two Phase 3 triple combination clinical development programs are...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 24, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update 4/25: Investors May See Value in Large Cap Biotech Amgen (AMGN) up 1.68%. Biogen (BIIB) holds Tuesday lows of $262 Up 2.78% today. IBB flat at $103.26 More earnings tomorrow but it is all about technicals holding the recent bottom. ========== Biotech Sector...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 23, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Speculative Biotech Stocks Sell-Off in Profit Taking: Gene Editing Biotech stocks held current levels but small caps and speculative stocks sold off with the XBI down 1%. Most large caps were in the green with an upgrade from Goldman Sachs helping Merck (MRK) up 2.4%...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 17, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Updates: 4/19/18 GWPH hits $143 new high, then sold off holding $134 level, after big move from $105 on cannabis drug for severe epilepsy FDA Advisory go ahead. Biotechs broadly in the red except CRSP up 6.4% and NVCR up 5%. AstraZeneca (AZN) gained US approval for...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 9, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Updates 4/11/18 Biotechs Holding Above Recent Bottom 4/6/18 FBT up 2.8% over 5 days, up 6% YTD XBI up 1.77% over 5 days, up 2.19% YTD IBB down 0.72% over 5 days, down 3.67% YTD Busted Biotechs Review In our “Busted Biotechs” article we said that the XBI...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 4, 2018 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
4/17/18 Latest portfolio changes are working: CELG at $88, XBI at $84. all based on technicals. ========== Busted Biotech Stocks Get No Help From the Overall Market 4/8 Update XBI down 3% on 4/6 and BELOW SMA 20 AT $82.90. Bellwether Mid-Caps red screen-two up stocks...