by Raynovich Rod | Oct 25, 2020 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Macro
Update-3 10/29. 1p EDT…Earnings reports stabilize biopharma stocks. Vaccine stocks strong. Gilead Sciences (GILD) beats but lowers guidance.Needs clinical news on deals. Stock lower. Amgen (AMGN) holds $216 after beat, osteoporosis drug opportunity. Early...
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 19, 2020 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Update-3 10/21 11a EDT Another day with a brisk sell-off in momentum stocks. Coronavirus plays hit hard: BNTX, QDEL, NVAX, OSUR etc. Is this sentiment shift from lack of stimulus or just election anxiety? After the close: CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP) down 12.95% to...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 28, 2020 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-3 10/6…Apparently a Momentum Market needs constant feeding. Politics are in the forefront. And the COIVID pandemic lingers. Small caps did better IWM down only 0.25%, IJR flat. Large cap biotech was not a place to hide either. Coronavirus winners today...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 21, 2020 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update-3…2:20p Coronavirus Stocks on the Move-Rally Time for Traders In typical fashion in a momentum market when NASDAQ rallies biotech moves up.Big movers today (see chart below) are: pure play vaccine stocks BNTX, INO, MRNA, NVAX and Dx is strong as well...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 7, 2020 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update-2 Choppy Day but Investors coming Back to Healthcare and Biopharma. IBB and XLV up a tad. XBI flat. Rotation out of high flying tech into healthcare and industrials. Large caps winners : AMGN and GILD then AZN,RHHBY,MRK looking for large caps that have Dx and...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 30, 2020 | Biopharmaceuticals, coronavirus vaccine, vaccines
Update-2 Downdraft surprises investors-momentum shift ! We have been talking about this for weeks, How much higher can the FAANG names go? The momentum is unprecedented. Bifurcated market. Well today the sell-off was in full swing with broad damage across the...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 18, 2020 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
We took profits on many longs and shorts in the coronavirus sector so I will need to look at new trades for Q4. Our small longs for now are ABT, AZT, GNMK, GILD, MRNA, MRK, OSUR and TDOC. However We are also long many large caps in addition to above: ABBV, BMY, JNJ,...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 27, 2020 | Biopharmaceuticals, vaccines
Update-4 Early am trading shows weakness in COVID vaccine stocks ; Investors are focused on BIG TECH.XBI down 2% to $109 level. Vaccines require constant feeding with news flow: AZN BNTX INO MRNA NVAX all in the red. Merck (MRK) up 1% on earnings, vaacines and...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 9, 2020 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools, Macro, Vaccines
Update-4 7/15 1:30P…Volatlity hits COVID vaccine players; BNTX, INO, NVAX down, MRNA up. Comment from CNBC contributor: “maybe vaccine news is priced in”, shows how hard it is to play daily news flow on coronavirus vaccine stocks. Strong Coronavirus...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 23, 2020 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-3…June 25-Re-opening Paused in FLA and TX-but stocks rally anyway. NASDAQ leads up 11% YTD. Trading remains volatile e.g. VIR. Bullish trend intact for biotech IBB up 1.11%. Vaccine stocks continue strong: BNTX INO NVAX ; MRNA lagging. Diagnostic leaders...