by Raynovich Rod | Aug 28, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
8/30/18 Weak Rally to another Round of Highs Curbed by more Tough Tariff Threats This week’s rally and uber bullish sentiment was slowed by Tough Talk about $200B in new tariffs next week. Other news from Trump on Google, Facebook and Amazon threatening...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 2, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Q2 Earnings Updates: BLUE,REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) soared 7% to $397 on earnings beat with adjusted EPS of $5.45. U.S.Eyelea sales grew 8% to$992M and global sales grew 13% to $1.66B. Eczema drug Dupixent grew to $209M. Regeneron (REGN) recently hit its...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 29, 2018 | 2024 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update 7/30 at close- -Large Caps Outperform-Very Weak Tape NASDAQ continues slide down 1.39% Large Cap Leaders ABBV up 0.89%, BMY up 3.53%, CELG up 2.87%,MRK up 2%,REGN up 1.06%, VRTX up 1.35%. BIIB down 2.63%. Mid-Cap Red Screen: ACAD down 4.08%, ALNY down 7.37%,...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 17, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Updates: 7/19 pm… Abbvie (ABBV) takes a 4.7% hit on Citron short seller call. Basis for call would be pressure from FDA and Scott Gottlieb concerning stalling by drug companies on biosimilars. Many reports cite biosimilar risk to blockbuster Humira. Merck...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 7, 2018 | 2024 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech Momentum Boosted by Biogen’s Experimental Drug Biogen Has an Interesting Pipeline of Medicines for Serious Neurological Diseases Broad Biotech Rally-Green Screen Day- Even Large Caps Biotech momentum picked up on Friday after a brief sell-off in late...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 30, 2018 | 2023-24 Life Science Portfolios, 2024 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Biotech Bull Market: Up 25.39% Over 2 Years With High Volatility XBI Outperforms Up 12% YTD; FBT is Comparable, IBB lags. Three Funds did well in H1 2018 (7-9%). Biotech stocks peaked in July 2015 and reached a bottom on 10/31/16 gradually clawing their way back to a...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 21, 2018 | 2024 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Momentous Biotech for June Update 6/28…A nice broad rally on Friday included the large cap biotechs with the IBB up 1.73% to $109.82. Even Celgene (CELG) found buyers up 3.6% flirting with the $80 level. The big winner was Vertex (VRTX) up 15.16% to the $170...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 8, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
ASCO 2018 Rally Part 2: Traders Take Profits on Nice Gains Biotech Indices and ETFs Show Gains YTD: FBIOX up 8% YTD, IBB up 3.13%, XBI up 9.34% The ASCO 2018 biotech rally was almost according to the script-nice gains leading up to the meeting followed by momentum...
by Raynovich Rod | May 21, 2018 | 2024 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech Mid-Caps- Momentum Trade is Back ASCO Abstracts Provide Clinical Updates But as of 2 P EDT Stocks Are Being Hit By Profit Taking XBI at $92.39 Biotech mid-caps had a good week ending 5/18 as tracked by the top performing XBI which was up 2% and over 10% in...
by Raynovich Rod | May 4, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update 5/8/18 Biotechs Rally Above Near Term Support (XBI) at SMA 20 XBI up 1.96% to $89.80. IBB up 1.35% to $103.79; twelve month quadruple bottom is near $100 level. Small and mid caps should outperform because of news and M&A potential. Large caps: Celgene...