by Raynovich Rod | Oct 16, 2014 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools, Macro
11/15/14 Speculative Small Cap Stocks-Stay Away Unless Your Are A Trader Nice profits were booked on our recent small cap picks but today the sell-off was “pronounced”: Celldex (CLDX) was down 21% to $13.10 after hitting a high near $18 on October 31....
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 9, 2014 | Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
Five Year Bull Market in Biotech We attended the Bio Investor Forum in San Francisco this week and it was well attended with over 600 participants and over 120 companies presenting. Attendees included VCs , investors, industry executives, bankers, and media. The Bio...
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 1, 2014 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio, 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
10/3 Jobs Report Clears Path for Q4 Rally 3:30P EDT A more optimistic view of the economy was triggered by a steady gain in jobs with 248k added in August and unemployment dropping below 6% to 5.9%. But average hourly wages fell in September keeping wage growth...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 24, 2014 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, Biopharmaceuticals
Update-1 …After 1.94% NASDAQ Sell-Off All three market indices got crushed today with a downdraft attributed to ending of QE, rising i rates in 2015, a rising dollar and just plain profit taking. A 3.8% hit on Apple (AAPL) did not help support the QQQ which also...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 10, 2014 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Update -1 Choppy Market Continues..Faux Rally on Wednesday? NASDAQ at 4561 Down 0.66% 1-Reiterate profit taking in Achillion (ACHN), Exact Sciences (EXAS) and Illumina (ILMN). 2-XBI treading water at 160 since August 26. Bull market intact. 3-Recent early August new...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 5, 2014 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Update-1 …Market Continues Sell-Off With QQQs Treading Water in September Follow Technicals on FBT and QQQ. The Federal Reserve continues to be the main concern of investors as the probability of a rate hike looms greater and sooner. Policy officials will meet...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 26, 2014 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Rayno Biopharmaceutical Stocks- Including New Picks Another great day for biotech with most Rayno stocks in a rally mode with a bit of profit taking on Gilead Sciences(GILD) down 1%. Notable movers up on our core picks are: Alkermes (ALKS), Amgen (AMGN), Ariad (ARIA),...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 22, 2014 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Life Science ETF's and Mutual Funds
Large Caps Rule Macro and Seasonal Risks Create a Choppy Market The August biotech rally has taken us to the midpoint of the February top and May bottom and is faltering. Look at the XBI SPDR S&P biotech ETF (XBI), a proxy for momentum and smaller cap trading, up...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 11, 2014 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Update 8/20/14 IWM at $115, NASDAQ at 4528 Rayno Focus Stocks Achillion (ACHN) at 52 week high up 204% YTD and 48 % over 30 days. Gilead (GILD) new all time high at $101.36. Rayno Large Cap Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio (ALXN, AMGN, BIIB, FBT, GILD, REGN,RHHBY) up...
by Raynovich Rod | Jul 31, 2014 | Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech Stocks Take a 2+% Hit-Risk Off Again Bull Market Intact But Expect Choppy Summer Tape As of our previous portfolio review we are 15-20% cash and overweight large caps. The sell-off on July 31 hit all biotech stocks.However all major ETFs are up YTD with our...