Rayno SnowBlog West: Forecasters say we are on the “Edge of Wetness”
End of West Coast drought is forecasted for late February according to many reports. Post Valentine PPT on the way: Mammoth Lakes Weather brought to you by Howard Sheckter End of mid-winter blahs: Weather Geek : TahoeLoco.com Many storms by the 16th: AccuWeather.com - San Francisco Month...
BD(BDX) Misses Top Line, Stock Down 5% to $81.10
8.6X EBITA Too Rich for LBO Crowd-See Bloomberg article below Becton Dickinson(BDX) announced results for the fiscal first quarter ending Dec 31,2011 with a revenues of $1.842B a decrease of 1.4% from the prior year period.EPS was $1.37(with a tax benefit) compared with $1.25 prior year an 8%...
Healthcare Stocks Lagging the Market in 2011 but Tools and Dx Look Better
Healthcare and Biotechnology stocks are underperforming the S&P YTD-Medical Devices and Equipment are a bright spot up over 4% YTD. The Q4 2010 momentum in biotech stocks has ebbed in 2011 as the broad market rally continues. The S&P is up 5% YTD while the bellwether biotech ETFs IBB...
Bullish Action in Biotech Today
The melt-up resumes. Everyone talks about the really big correction but all we get is a measly 2-3% hit then onward and upward. Metals and materials were ~2% winners today and the NAZ was up 0.75%. Titanium (TIE) was up 7.9 % . What's with that? Although healthcare was up only 0.4% there was...
Rayno Snow Blog: LaNina Mid-Winter Drought
High and Dry in the West Why am I reporting on snow? There is none and little hope for the next seven days-maybe longer. If you like cool sunny dry weather come to SoCal.If you like snow go to NYC or Vancouver BC.I am booking MT for mid-February. Mammoth Lakes Weather brought to you by Howard...