by Raynovich Rod | Dec 24, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Outstanding Year for Biotechnology -Average Performance is up 35% YTD Many Rayno Life Science Stocks have outperformed the sector and the ETFs: Albany Molecular Inc. (AMRI), a contract research organization with long term experience in drug discovery, development and...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 29, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Rayno Life Science Stocks Move Higher Biotech stocks are ignoring the volatility from the political fray today with big moves in many Rayno Life Science stocks and a 1.5% move in the bellwether ETF (IBB).The tech heavy QQQ lagged up only 0.7%. Overall, despite the...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 20, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Markets Are Back To Fretting About Fiscal Cliff Bernanke scolded Congress on the fiscal cliff and markets turned down. Despite a lackluster market down about 0.3% there is a lot of green in biotech. Among the winners in the Rayno Life Science universe are: Albany...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 12, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
A languishing biotech sector rallied today with clinical news with Hepatitis C (HCV) drugs. The Rayno Biopharma Portfolio was up 2.4% led by Gilead Sciences (GILD) up 11.5%, Regeneron (REGN) up 3.3% and ViroPharma (VPHM) up 3.2%. Gilead shares were up $7.50 on...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 9, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Trends from early trading show promise for intermediate support in larger cap biotech shares today with the NASDAQ up 0.5% in early trading. This could be a good day for covering shorts and re-balancing in anticipation for a Q4 rally : The IBB (130.82) is up 1.88%....
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 31, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Huge Profits YTD Bring Selling-Momentum is Broken Profit taking has hit the biotechnology sector again today with major ETFs down 2% and momentum stocks hit harder. We recommended caution on 10/22 (see below) as momentum eased on stocks that were up over 100% YTD with...
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 22, 2012 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, BIOgraph
Biotech At Risk: Take a Little Off Speculative Stocks Biotechnology remains one of the strongest sectors of 2012 especially earnings driven, large cap stocks all doing well today: Amgen (AMGN $88.4) up 1%, Biogen (BIIB $142.6) up 0.4% and Gilead (GILD $68.85) up 6%....
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 11, 2012 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, BIOgraph
Good Day for Biotech with a Strong Appetite for Two IPOs in A Choppy Market Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT) was up 29.33% to $19.40 on a public offering of 5M shares at $15 raising $75M. The Company is developing clinical stage therapeutics to treat chronic liver...
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 3, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Biotechnology Sector Continues Amazing Bull Run Up 40% YTD The Rayno Life Science Portfolio had nice gains today with 1% + moves from Biogen-Idec (BIIB) and Gilead Sciences (GILD) and with our bellwether ETF (IBB) eking out a 0.5% gain at its 52 week high. Since the...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 26, 2012 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, BIOgraph
Is There No End to the Biotech Bull Market? Biotech ETFs NASDAQ Biotechnology (IBB) up 36% YTD and NYSE (FBT) up 42% YTD Around 1998 I remember vividly two market conversations: one from a Sun Micro sales executive telling me “there is no end to chip...
