Biotech Bull Market Rolls Merrily Along- Funds Are the Engine
Bullish Mentality Drives Usual MO-vers: PCYC, MDVN, REGN, SGEN It is hard to add biotech stocks to your portfolio at these elevated levels but big players like Fidelity, Cap World, JPMorgan, T.Rowe Price and selected hedge funds- Orbimed, Baker Bros, etc can drive their holdings up more on any...
A Bit of A Sell-Off in High Flyers: ALXN, REGN
A double top in the biotechnology sector could be developing although many mid and small cap stocks are in the green. We are still at or near the October highs in the sector but the seasonality effect is waning (strong November -January performance). Moreover many of the top performers in 2012...
Biotech Bull Market: Are ETFs Better Than Mutual Funds?
Biotech ETF's Slightly Outperform Life Science Mutual Funds There has been an ongoing debate in the media on the performance of ETFs compared to actively managed funds so we have compared the performance in a hot sector like biotech which is entering its 5th year of a bull market. The NYSE Arca...
Quiet Day in Life Science Stocks After a Strong Start in 2013
Healthcare Sector Gets Boost from JPMorgan Conference-Large Caps Lag Except CELG Most life science stocks were quiet today after a strong showing during the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference Jan. 7-10. The biotechnology sector was up over 35% in 2012 and usually this trend is carried through...
2012 Performance-Rayno Life Sciences Diagnostics and Tools: ILMN, NEOG, QDEL
Rayno Diagnostics and Tools -Another Year of Outstanding Performance In a volatile year with a few earnings disappointments and the summer doldrums, the sector did quite well due to synergies with new drug therapies, technological innovation such as genomics and biomarkers, sales growth from...