by Raynovich Rod | Sep 3, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals
(Published this am in Seeking Alpha) Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX) $10.4B Buy-Out Fuels Speculative Deal Lists We have written extensively on the life science bull market and its underpinnings: cheap money, scientific breakthroughs, sales growth and of course, M&A....
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 28, 2013 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
But Uncertainty Clouds Intermediate Term Economic Outlook: Oil prices, Emerging Markets, Russia and the FED Concerns about another Middle East war and a spike in oil prices waned a bit today but many “undertoads” remain such as weak economic data, taper...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 26, 2013 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Life science stocks resumed their upward trajectory today with major ETFs (FBT,IBB,XBI) up over 2% and a green screen for the sector. Mid-cap biopharma stocks are strong once again. The IBB hit an August low of $187 on August 19 after a high in early August near $201....
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 21, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
Very Strange Whipsaw Day Who is in charge of this market, humans or computers? Earlier: My biopharma screen has gone green. Maybe “taper light” scenario means buy biotech as macro and interest rates are not affected. More later but NASDAQ reversal...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 18, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
Tempering, Tapering and Transition A mild sell-off shifted momentum to the bears last week as countercurrents and seasonality comes into play. Heavy vacations in August transition to Labor Day weekend, Jewish holidays then a pick up in trading by mid-September. Here...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 15, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
Biotech Sector Momentum Quits-IBB at Support Level of $189 NASDAQ Off 1.73% to 3605 Have fund managers raised cash and gone on vacation? Moreover many weaker sectors have become leaders like gold, silver,materials and energy. Walmart and Cisco are leading the way...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 13, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals
Market Can’t Stay Down in Quiet Trading After a couple of lackluster trading days the market perked up as economic news continues positive with retail sales up for the fourth consecutive month and many analysts believing Europe is coming out of recession. And...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 8, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Intrexon (XON), a synthetic biology Company, focused in healthcare, animal science and agriculture raised over $160M in a Huge IPO . CEO Randall Kirk purchased 30M shares. Some pundits say this event punctuates the “golden age of biology”. This is the...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 6, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals
Weakness in NASDAQ and Earnings Miss Gives an Excuse To Sell The Blistering 14% July Run in Biotech Comes to an End It was inevitable that something would cause biopharmaceutical stocks to falter. Today it was overall weakness in the market and a miss by the highest...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 1, 2013 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Biotech ETF (IBB) Hits New High of $200-Mid Caps Get Turbo Boost Positive Economic Data Helps The life science sector roared ahead again today helped by a 1% move in NASDAQ now at YTD highs up 21%. With an earlier post last week we urged “staying the...
