The Red Screen is the Winner Today But Cubist (CBST) Is Up On Buyout Rumors
It was a nasty day from the beginning but losses abated as the day wore on. The NASDAQ was off 1.68%, the Dow down 1.05% and the S&P down 1.15% to 1317. The S&P held trend lines in the 1312-1315 range. Biotech ETF's were also losers IBB off 1.5%, FBT off 1.6% and XBI off 1.09%. Our mid...
ASCO June 3-7 Chicago: Rally Today
The pre-ASCO hype has already begun but many biopharma stocks have already run up 15%+ YTD. So it is time to be cautious as there may be an "ASCO Effect"- a sell on the news effect. Despite a weak tape in the major indices the life science sector has a lot of green. Today there were some good...
Rayno Life Science Portfolio Winners Today: ABAX,CBST,CSII,NEOG
M&A Premium Rocks On In a flat life science market eclipsed by the LinkedIn (LNKD) IPO and its day trading frenzy, many life science stocks in the Rayno Life Science Portfolio logged decent gains. As reported earlier today GenProbe(GPRO) sold off down 4.37% but it was up 8% yesterday. After...
GenProbe (GPRO) Sells Off After ThermoFisher (TMO) Announces Phadia Buyout
But ThermoFisher (TMO $65.12) is Up 3.78% on Volume of 3.2M Shares GenProbe (GPRO $84.10) down 2.9% sold off some of of the speculative gains from yesterday after ThermoFisherScientific (TMO) announced it was buying Phadia, a privately held Swedish diagnostic Company for $3.5B in cash. Phadia...
GenProbe (GPRO) up 8%+on Buy-Out Rumors
Speculation chat is driving up shares of GenProbe (GPRO) on heavier volume of 2.5M shares. Two stories are notable one from the Wall Street Journal on ThermoFisher (TMO) a potential bidder, but also interested in Phadia AB an allergy testing Co., and the other on a collaboration between...