by Rod Raynovich | Aug 24, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Drug Stocks with Dividends for Safety and Appreciation On Monday AM we thought blue chip drug and biotech stocks were poised to rally and we were rewarded. The S&P has come back to early August depressed levels but we have a double bottom in August. Healthcare...
by Rod Raynovich | Aug 21, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Got Gold and U.S. Treasuries? It is impossible to really describe the market turmoil in the space below so let this post from Investor Uprising suffice. With 10 Year treasuries under 2% and Gold approaching $1900 fear is pervasive. Bankers meet in Jackson Hole next...
by Rod Raynovich | Aug 4, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Global Debt Crisis Weighs In-Everything is Interconnected Panic selling has eased after European market closes but we are still down 3%. 10 Year treasuries are under 2.5%.Banks cannot handle the flow of money to safety and may actually charge for opening an account....
by Rod Raynovich | Aug 1, 2011 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, BIOgraph, Macro
Triggers: Debt Ceiling and Skilled Nursing Stocks There is a broad sell-off in healthcare stocks today on fears that the debt ceiling deal would cut healthcare spending.A few weeks ago a few hedgies were on CNBC touting their “short healthcare” trade so...
by Rod Raynovich | Jul 27, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Weakness in tools such as ILMN ($59.30) down 15% is hurting biotech. Also our mid cap biopharma index is down 2.5% . So the NASDAQ-100 is favored due to the inclusion of AAPL, AMZN, INTC and MSFT etc and larger cap biotech stocks.
by Rod Raynovich | Jul 25, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Note: we will return from vacation this week and focus on companies attending the AACC (American Association of Clinical Chemistry)Meeting in Atlanta this week). Market Down 0.5% as Both Parties Struggle to Come up with Debt Ceiling Plan One half hour into trading...
by Rod Raynovich | Jul 19, 2011 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, Macro
Life Science Stocks Follow NASDAQ Up: EXAS, MITI, REGN Soar Large healthcare companies report over next two weeks Stocks roared today on IBM earnings last night, debt ceiling negotiation progress with bipartisan Senators,and surge in housing starts. AAPL piled on...
by Rod Raynovich | Jul 19, 2011 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, Macro
With the QQQ you are still Bullish on Biotech We mentioned yesterday that those wanting to be bullish large cap NASDAQ stocks but remain bullish on biotech would be better off with a QQQ position as pure play biotechs are due for a rest. Today the QQQ is up 1.69%...
by Rod Raynovich | Jul 15, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Large cap drug and biotech stocks sold off as buyers favor technology. Within the NASDAQ-100 up 1% led by GOOG, BIDU and SIRI. Alexion (ALXN $52.19) bucked the weakness in biotech up 1.74% but GILD, ILMN and AMGN down. Some major rotation going on today out of...
by Rod Raynovich | Jun 23, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Techs and Biotechs Turn Around Its up- its down- its way down -its coming back.At the end of the day NASDAQ recovered up 0.66% after being down more than 1.4%, the Dow was down 0.49% and the S&P down o.28%. Crosscurrents were too numerous to cover: plunge in oil...
