by Rod Raynovich | Jun 15, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Europe debt woes, riots in Greece and a 3% CPI increase for a 12 month period spooked investors. All sectors sold off today with major indices down: NASDAQ off 1.77%,Dow off 1.5%,S&P off 1.7%. Energy, materials, technology and financials were weakest, and all down...
by Rod Raynovich | Jun 3, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Even the Market is Bored with Economic Data-It’s All About Jobs Weak U.S. payrolls data with a rise of only 54,000 jobs push jobless rate up to 9.1% reversing April’s advance. This mirrors recent coolness in the economy and retail store data. The bond...
by Rod Raynovich | Jun 1, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
Market Sell-Off Over 2%-Worse Day Since August 2010 Yesterday’s rally was obviously a good hangover from your Memorial Day weekend. The bad economic news has finally come to roost and the selling today is ominous because it is the first day of the month. Over...
by Rod Raynovich | May 11, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro, Reading List
Relative Safety in Healthcare Stocks Today’s sell-off in the energy complex with the back-drop of a U.S. slow growth scenario plus the Euro being vulnerable due to Greece and Ireland has spooked the overall market. All the major indices are down over 1% with the...
by Rod Raynovich | May 6, 2011 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, BIOgraph, Macro
Biotechs Rally Unphased by Macro Concerns The market loved the jobs report after the nasty commodity meltdown yesterday but other news intervened and buyers left for the weekend. The Dow was up as much as 175 pts and is now trying to hold 12637 up 55 pts. The S&P...
by Rod Raynovich | May 4, 2011 | BIOgraph, Macro
An excellent perspective on the Medical Sciences in a panel by leading scientists was presented Monday at the Milken Institute Global Conference, “Shaping the Future” at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles May 2-4. Over 3000 people attended the Conference...
by Rod Raynovich | Mar 25, 2011 | Macro
Rick Santelli on CNBC answered the question today. Very few places to put your money: 1-In the mattress-cash. 2-In the ground-metals, energy. 3-In equities-earnings. With investors worried about interest rates rising and potentially no QE 3 , money could come out of...
by Rod Raynovich | Jan 5, 2011 | Macro, RAG
It was 2005, the peak of the housing bubble and housing stocks were running wild. Toll Brothers (TOL) and Lennar (LEN) stock were at 60. There was no end to housing with Wall Street buying up mortgages faster than brokers could sell them. One of the many creative...
by Rod Raynovich | Dec 6, 2010 | Energy, Macro, Weather//Ski Reports-Western US
Nat Gas Approaches Breakout at $4.50 Cold weather is forecasted for the NE and SE for the next 10 days giving a boost to nat gas prices reaching a five day high near $4.50 today. November price highs are in the $4.52 area which could spark a bull camp move to $4.92....
by Rod Raynovich | Nov 24, 2010 | Macro
The market overcame bad news for Ireland and European debt, insider trading investigations , Korean crisis and a weak housing market for an S&P rally of 1.49%. NASDAQ is doing even better up 1.93% boosted by Apple (AAPL $315) up 2% and Amazon(AMZN $177) up 5.5%....
