Illumina (ILMN $50.35) Good Value
CEO Jay Flatley was on CNBC at 4:55p today with Maria Bartiromo. Maria asked him why the Company did not accept the Roche offer? He answered " because the offer was near the stock's low for the year and was opportunistic and did not reflect the value of the Company." Flatley also reiterated...
Sell-Off Picks Up With Some Biotechs Hit Hard
Smaller Cap Biotechs In Major Correction All the major indices are down in the 1.75% range and now the NASDAQ at 2902 is 100 pts. away from the elusive 3000 level. Analysts have been warning about a correction for weeks but with many indices up 10-15% YTD profit taking was inevitable. Driving...
Caution Rules: Easy Money Has Been Made With Biotech Up 15% YTD
Pause Mode Since February 15 The biotech indices and ETF's we track are off about 1% or more today as the market is in a profit taking mode. The Rayno Life Science Portfoio is also off about 1%. Speculative appetite is down with some MO stocks and former high-fliers taking a greater hit today:...
Biotech Bull Market Intact But Due For A Pause
Not A Good Time To Overweight Biotech Positions We are still in a holding pattern and recommend that caution be exercised regarding new positions. Although biotech stocks have made a nice run over the past five days driven by News from Vivus (VVUS) and Threshold (THLD) the IBB ($119.78) is...
Another Daily Reversal : Take More Off in Biotech
Have you read the book "Think Fast,Think Slow" by Daniel Kahneman? Well my System 1 (fast, intuitive and emotional) brain sees a lot of red on the screen telling me to take profits. If you want System 2 (slower, more deliberative, more logical) data to support this I can only offer the...