by Raynovich Rod | Apr 15, 2014 | Biopharmaceuticals, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Update at Close 4/15….. Late Day Reversal To Green The NASDAQ Composite began a rally at 1P EDT and never stopped , moving up 62 points to close at 4034. Biotech ETFs followed step by step to end up in the green after a severe daily decline. The IBB ($217.6) ended up...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 3, 2014 | Biopharmaceuticals, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Update 4/4/14 Breach of Technicals-A Tad Below Early February Support Glut of Biotech IPOs Causing Indigestion? Momentum Days Are So Over NASDAQ Down 1.34% The volatile and speculative SPDR S&P Biotech XBI hit $136 in early trading down 2.28%.After a brief rally...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 21, 2014 | Biopharmaceuticals, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Biotech Stocks Will Need To Rebuild Confidence With Momentum Gone Damage on Friday 3/21 was considerable but most indices/ETFs are above 2014 Feb 6 low: FBIOX ($206.4) Up 13.6% YTD, FEB 5 low $196.24 IBB ($246) Up 8.35% YTD, FEB 6 low $237. PBE ($43.33) Up 16.94%...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 17, 2014 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
XBI Outperforms FBIOX YTD Many biotech stocks sold off today despite a strong market on weak volume as industrials and tech were up about 1.4%. Watch the ETFs compared to Fidelity FBIOX because the sector is more volatile this month. Here is a chart comparing three...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 13, 2014 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
March 17 Update -GREEN DAY with Geopolitical risk on back burner As of 11.38a EDT Industrials lead up 1%, healthcare up 0.8%, IBB up 1.33% Biopharmaceuticals stocks were strong with Rayno large cap picks: Alexion (ALXN $117) up 1.45%, Amgen (AMGN $125) up 1.9%,...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 3, 2014 | Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Steady As She Goes The IBB ($226) remains steady in the $225 range in quiet trading through the holiday period. The XBI ($130.69) shows a similar trend near its 52 week high. Fidelity Select Biotech Fund (FBIOX ) is at its one year high of $182.50. As 2014 unfolds we...
by Raynovich Rod | Dec 19, 2013 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, Macro
Taper Lite With Zero Interest Rates The big FED Meeting with the Bernanke farewell concluded with “taper lite”, optimism on the economy and continued low inflation. The FED decision to roll back its economic stimulus was welcomed by investors boosting the...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 24, 2013 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, Biopharmaceuticals
Life Science Sector at or Near YTD and All Time Highs Fidelity Fund (FBIOX) Outperform ETFs Over the past 3 years we reviewed how ETFs complement a biotechnology investment strategy and compared three of the largest and most liquid : FBT, IBB and XBI (see the...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 23, 2013 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios
No matter what your political persuasion you should know that your dysfunctional government may weaken the economy and damage your portfolio. Jim McTague in his Sep 23 Barron’s column, The GOP’s Threat to Investors, provides the scenario whereby he...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 4, 2013 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, Biopharmaceuticals
M&A Moves Down the Food Chain: Otsuka to Buy Astex for ~$900M Astex Pharmaceuticals (ASTX $8.22) has been on our focus list since 12/27/11 at $1.63 and today the stock is up 23% on buy-out news as Otsuka seeks cancer drug pipeline. Coming soon, a comparison of...
