by Raynovich Rod | Feb 7, 2021 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Update-1 FEB 11, Momentum easing with some good stocks moves, XBI off 1.3% to $165.83. Coronavirus focus stocks are mixed with our holdings doing well. ABT up 1.24%, HOLX up 0.53% and Genmark Diagnostics (GNMK) up 33% to $22.46 on rumors of being acquired, but...
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 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 | May 25, 2020 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Momentum Continues 5/29…We will update the coronavirus trade tomorrow so sign up! Today the market recovered (NAZ up 1.4%) after Trump’s rant against China. With no new news like tariffs it’s back to “don’t fight the tape, don’t...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 14, 2020 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
JPM Notes #2 : Investors buy into Life science innovation After a lackluster day Monday the tape for JPM life science sector stocks picked up with a decent rally. Major ETFs reversed the trend from yesterday with the IBB up 1.64% and the XBI up 2.94% despite NASDAQ...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 24, 2019 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update-1 11/25/19… Rally right on track driven by NVS/MDCO deal, new product surge and cheap money from FED. As we said many time on this site XBI is the bellwether up 4.25% today (UP 13% in one month) as biotech stocks broke out last week. IBB up 2.46%. We...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 18, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-3 10/20…China Phase 1 deal stalled -curbs strong momentum in biopharma. Amarin (AMRN) getting beat up by an Oppenheimer skeptic who thinks Vascepa growth will be tepid. Despite tape slowing many stocks saw huge gains: ASND NKTR SRPT etc. Per comment on...
by Raynovich Rod | Nov 12, 2019 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update-2…One of the best days of the year for us; I will summarize later. Only laggard sector was speculative microcaps. Some of our best gains among healthcare/life science stocks: ABBV AMRN CRSP GILD ILMN TDOC UNH VCYT XBI ======= Update-1… Biotech gains...
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 10, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update-2 10/13…Biotech IPOs Remain Weak-Recent rally was weak for small cap biotechs Vir Biotechnology (VIR): A clinical stage immunology and infectious disease Company focused on new therapies for hepatitis (HBV), Influenza A, HIV and TB went public on Friday....
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 2, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools, Macro
Update-2 10/4 Broad Rally day: all major averages up 1.4%, NAZ at 7982. Risk back on. But biotech lags major indices IBB up 0.75%, XBI up 0.21% to $76.82. Better trade for biotech has been large caps: ABBV, AMGN, MRK,RHHBY VRTX. Mid-cap movers: BLUE up 3.97%, GWPH up...