by Raynovich Rod | Aug 15, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
Biotech Sector Momentum Quits-IBB at Support Level of $189 NASDAQ Off 1.73% to 3605 Have fund managers raised cash and gone on vacation? Moreover many weaker sectors have become leaders like gold, silver,materials and energy. Walmart and Cisco are leading the way...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 6, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals
Weakness in NASDAQ and Earnings Miss Gives an Excuse To Sell The Blistering 14% July Run in Biotech Comes to an End It was inevitable that something would cause biopharmaceutical stocks to falter. Today it was overall weakness in the market and a miss by the highest...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 1, 2013 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Biotech ETF (IBB) Hits New High of $200-Mid Caps Get Turbo Boost Positive Economic Data Helps The life science sector roared ahead again today helped by a 1% move in NASDAQ now at YTD highs up 21%. With an earlier post last week we urged “staying the...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 16, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech Stocks Take A Breather: NASDAQ off 0.3% at 3597 A little profit taking has set in after it seemed that the market would roar all summer. From the action in mid-cap biopharma stocks it looks like hedge funds are taking some off among high flyers.NASDAQ has been...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 11, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Strong NASDAQ Up 1.35%-IBB Hits 188.82 All Time High A stealth rally that began with futures after the close yesterday was triggered by Bernanke comments interpreted by the market as backtracking on “tapering”. Maybe Bernanke was trying to soften his...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 10, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Rayno Life Science Movers 2% or more Alexion (ALXN $97.8) up 2.14% Amgen (AMGN $100.71) up 2.4% Pharmacyclics (PCYC $100.55) up 12% Vermillion (VRML $2.90) up 10.6% After a 4 day S&P rally up 2.7% stocks are taking a rest but the IBB ($183.56) rallied another...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 1, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech Sector All Green Triggered By ONXX Bid A lagging biotech sector perked up today on the $10B bid for ONXX by Amgen(AMGN). Most Rayno Life Science stocks were up except Amgen which was down 0.19%. This is a tradable rally but one not likely to drive the sector...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 27, 2013 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools, Macro
Bond Market Stabilizes A strong bond auction today for the 7 Year Treasury at an interest rate of 1.94% helped support the three day rally easing investor concerns about rising interest rates and liquidation of bonds. European and Japanese stocks were also up. Bond...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 19, 2013 | BIOgraph, Macro
Downside Risk to Economy Diminished So Less “Extreme Monetary Policy” In the Future? Market Stable with downward bias :S&P flat to down 18 pts-10 Year Bond Yield At 2.28% up 3.9% FED Is Optimistic about the economy: housing, consumer sentiment,...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 5, 2013 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Market Correction Is Here-IBB at 170 off 2%+ The biotech sector sell-off (IBB at $170) continues today despite an effort to rally in the opening (IBB at $178). The biotech sector now tracks the overall market and is no longer immune to macro issues and economic...