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 | 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 13, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Updated 6/18 pre-market Biotech Update for Week Ending 6/15 A relatively quiet less volatile week with the bullish trend intact at “triple-top” with XBI at $97 level. However, NASDAQ weakness today could blunt run in biotechs. We probably had one of...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 3, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
6/4/18…after close Update-2…IBB down 0.65%, XBI down 0.22%. Momentum Waning Big Winners Today : BLUE, FMI, GHDX, IMMU, MRK It would appear that biotech stocks need to be bought prior to ASCO as has been then trend in the past i.e sell before the news....
by Raynovich Rod | May 29, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Updates 5/30 Pre-ASCO Rally: XBI regains momentum to $94 level. IBB breaks through SMA 200 level to $108+. Many mid-caps from our watch list soaring-CRSP*, FMI, FOLD, LGND, LOXO, NKTR, SGEN, SRPT etc. *Note CRSP got whacked after hours down 13 points! The FDA has put...
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 14, 2018 | 2024 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update: 5/17…Mini-Rally Continues With Help From ASCO Abstracts XBI hits $93.78 above April highs, up 5.32% over 5 days, 10.5% YTD. IBB at April highs at $107.59, up 3.62% over 5 days, up 0.77% YTD Many Mid-Caps are hot: BLUE, CRSP, EXEL, FOLD, LGND, LOXO. See...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 9, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Updates 4/11/18 Biotechs Holding Above Recent Bottom 4/6/18 FBT up 2.8% over 5 days, up 6% YTD XBI up 1.77% over 5 days, up 2.19% YTD IBB down 0.72% over 5 days, down 3.67% YTD Busted Biotechs Review In our “Busted Biotechs” article we said that the XBI...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 29, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
4/2/18 12:30P Update Biotechs break through 2018 support levels with XBI now needs to hold December lows at $80. IBB at double bottom hit in November/December at $102 level. Watch Mid-Cap list below for sector weakness. ============== Biotech Bull Market Is Intact...