by Raynovich Rod | Sep 22, 2016 | Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech ETFs Are Having A Strong Quarter and Offer Good Investment Options On July 20 we did a review of active funds vs biotech ETFs in the biotechnology/life science sector just after the BREXIT lows. At that time biotech ETFs and broadly diversified funds beat the...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 20, 2016 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update-1…FED Goes on Hold with Rate Increase Likely by Year End Three on FOMC dissented wanting a rate hike this round. Market immediately rallied with NASDAQ up 1.03% at close; S&P and Dow also rally. Biotechs like low i rates:IBB up 0.62% to $297, XBI up...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 4, 2016 | Biopharmaceuticals
8/5 After the Close… NASDAQ Up 1.06% The IBB inched up 0.38% to $297.29 while the more volatile XBI did better up 1.07%. Both are still down YTD and trail the QQQ which is up 4.39% YTD. Investors in biotech were not deterred by bad clinical news from...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 21, 2016 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update-1… Gilead Sciences (GILD) Sells Off on earnings Gilead Sciences (GILD) sold off over 4% after hours after releasing second quarter sales of $7.7B and earnings of $3.08/sh. Q2 profit forecast beat. The full year revenue forecast was also cut slightly by...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 3, 2016 | Biopharmaceuticals
Biopharmaceutical Valuations Look Attractive Sector Poised for Rebound by Year End This is a continuing review of large cap biopharmaceutical valuation metrics to determine which companies can deliver growth from their broad pipelines. The biotech sector has...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 20, 2016 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Can the Reversal Hold? IBB Rockets up 2.75% to 285.49 after hitting 52 week low today at 268.52. XBI up 4.22% to $55.09. Notable movers: Large caps: ABBV, ALXN, AMGN, REGN; BIIB down 0.19%, GILD lagging up only 0.72%. Mid-caps all green: ALKS,CLVS,SGEN,VRTX. All Rayno...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 8, 2016 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Large Cap Biopharmaceutical Stock Valuations After Correction We previously summarized the Rayno Mid and Small Cap Portfolios for 2015, a good year despite the correction. With this post we summarized selected Sales and Earnings metrics (Source finviz.com) of...
by Raynovich Rod | Dec 28, 2015 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Biopharma Rally On Hold When you read the Transfs online trading guide, you will begin to understand that trading can be a volatile investment. There will be amazing days, weeks, or months where rates are perfect for you but there will also be days, weeks, or months...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 19, 2015 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio, 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Update-1 Rayno Recap for week of 11/20/15 IBB up 3.04%, XBI up 1.92%, XLV up 2.82% Notable Small Cap Winners Curis (CRIS) up 4.13%, Fibrocell Sciences (FCSC) up 3.42%, Geron (GERN) up 4.82%, Ignyta (RXDX) up 37.39%, and Ocera Therapeutics (OCRX) up 5.31%. Notable...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 13, 2015 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update 11/16 PM Biotech Rally Underperforms Energy up 2.99% and Telecom up 1.81% The S&P and Dow rallied past Paris attack and terrorism concerns after an early morning stall. Biotechs underperformed weighed down by the Clovis Oncology (CLVS) NDA delay. The IBB...
