Macro and Trading Rules-Risk Remains Off
Sequel to our Aug 11 post on “End of Summer Rally” If you hedged or exited stock positions on August 11 or a couple of days earlier you would have saved 5% and much more on tech and smaller cap stocks.Since John Chambers of Cisco came on with his cautionary statements on August 11...
Successful IPO’s in Genomics Could Ignite Biotech Stocks
The IPO market is setting up for continued investor interest in the biotech sector. Two high profile genomics companies,Complete Genomics and Pacific Biosciences, have filed S-1 Registration Statements with plans to go public in the fourth quarter around the time when market seasonality becomes...
MicroFluidics(MFLU.0B) Update-Reiterate Buy at $0.85
Microfluidics released earnings on Tuesday with good results: $4.5M in Q2 Revenue a 30% increase over the same quarter in 2009. Net Income of $143k compared to a loss of $177k in the same quarter of 2009.($396k before EBITA). Achieved a gross margin of 64%. Began shipping the LV1 low volume...
Summer Rally is Over-Risk is Off
Be thankful for the July rally that brought you 8-10% gains.It is time to protect your portfolio and play defense as market seasonality favors the bears from mid-August through mid-October. September can be the worse month so be patient for the year-end rally.To make matters worse this market...
After the FED: Value Found in Global Pharma Stocks
The market recovered from bigger losses with the S&P down 0.7%. The FED said economic growth will be modest and made two decisions for a neutral policy : taking money from mortgage securities to buy treasuries and keeping its balance sheet unchanged. This means money will not be drained...
