by Raynovich Rod | Dec 14, 2011 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
January Rally on Schedule for Small Cap Biotech Stocks Three Picks we made on December 14: Albany Molecular (AMRI $2.89) Up 16% Astex Pharmaceuticals (ASTX $1.94) Up 19% SeraCare (SRLS $3.00) Up 1.7% Three healthcare conferences in San Francisco next week Jan. 9-13...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 28, 2011 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Life Science Stocks Have a Big Day The Rayno Biopharmaceutical Portfolio was up over 3.7% today as all biotechnology stocks pretty much tracked NASDAQ which was up 3.5%. Although we remain cautious with no new buys we have a good chance for a Q4 rally as the sector...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 21, 2011 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, BIOgraph, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Pharmasset Buyout Brings To Mind M&A Upside for Biotech Stocks: ETF’s and Funds Lead the Way Gilead (GILD $35) stepped up with a huge buyout of Pharmasset (VRUS $134.21) driving the stock up 89% over Fridays’ close and 519% YTD! Pharmasset has no...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 18, 2011 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Dendreon (DNDN $10.94) soared 44% today on a business update saying Provenge sales for its prostate cancer treatment were better than expected. Fourth quarter gross revenues were $82M with full year revenues at $228M .Also the Center for Medicare and Medicaid...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 16, 2011 | Biopharmaceuticals
Managed Healthcare Mutual Funds Starting To OutPerform ETFs Earlier this year we wrote an article on Investor Uprising comparing returns on biotech funds and major ETFs. At the time ETF’s were outperforming managed mutual funds. Now as we enter the strong...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 2, 2011 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
We attended the BIO Investor Forum in San Francisco last week and here is my brief summary of funding, important trends and technologies. Investor Uprising – Rod Raynovich – Biotech Bull Market Intact, Despite Funding Gap
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 28, 2011 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
We attended the BIO Investor Forumin San Francisco this week and will provide a brief review of select technologies and companies on Monday. Despite a funding gap for earlier stage companies we believe the life science sector continues to offer good opportunities for...
by Rod Raynovich | Oct 10, 2011 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Over $50B in Product Sales Have Been Posted in the Last 20 Years as a Result of Biotech Advances Biotechnology stocks were up about 12% over the past 12 months through February 2011, underperforming the Nasdaq, which was up 29%. The NYSE Arca Biotech ETF did better,...
by Rod Raynovich | Sep 6, 2011 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
A Place to Hide from Volatility Today was not as bad as early futures and European markets would portend. The S&P cut its losses to 0.74% and the NASDAQ was down only 0.26%. But as we recommended last month the healthcare sector looks good for relative safety....
by Rod Raynovich | Jul 4, 2011 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, BIOgraph
2011 A Huge Year for Life Science Investing As of mid-year the Rayno Life Science Biopharmaceutical Portfolio was up over 20% beating most ETF’s and Life Science mutual funds. Our two recommended biotech ETF’s for balancing and overweighting were FBT up...
