Generally some good price action in the market and sector this week. There was a slight sell off when stimulus talks were called off but the market now seems to have forgotten that news. We are probably a month or so of way before the lack of new stimulus shows up in the economic data, […]
October 2nd Biotech Update
I have had a busy morning but wanted to get some note out today albeit it short as there is not a lot of sector specific news. That being said there is quite important news that very likely will have impacts on the sector and the broader market. I think the market is still trying […]
October 1st Biotech Update
The sector has been a grind this week in that it appears unable to move higher but also is not breaking down at all. Every rally appears to be sold or unable to get any real traction (the open today is a perfect example in that it looks like we could have a good day […]
September 30th Biotech Update
Given the importance of the election in terms of the market, one would have expected that the debate last night would have an impact on the market. I have no idea how to interpret what happened last night in terms of who won or what they would actually do if elected. The markets last night […]
September 28th Biotech Update
While there is nothing major happening in the sector, the broader market appears to be recovering and the sector is probably going to be along for the ride. If we can get enough strength this week to push the XBI above the recent highs (around $116.30) then we can start to take more serious the […]
September 21 Biotech Update
A weak start to the week and it is not immediately clear the cause. The sector certainly had a decent run last week and a little consolidative pullback is not crazy. The broader markets were weaker last week and so this could be a continuation of that move. I actually sort of like this setup […]
September 9th Biotech Update
Yesterday could have been worse and it could have been better. It seemed like we were going to get a real nice bounce and perhaps even get to green but it seemed to stall at the end of the day. So when all was said and done it was basically a day that had a […]
September 8th Biotech Update
Tuesday are my crazy busy teaching and working days, so I need to make this a quick update. Luckily there is not a lot of news to really talk about. In fact, there is basically nothing major to really talk about which could be a little disappointing to the sector that might have been looking […]
September 4 Biotech Update
When I said that the move would be fast when the sector decided to break out of the range, I guess I was correct. Unfortunately, it was lower as with the broader market. I suspect that the sector will still underperform the broader markets and it appears that the broader markets appear weak. That is […]
September 3rd Biotech Update
The sector cannot seem to make up its mind. It has basically been altering red days and green days for a little bit. Every day you think there is momentum to the upside it reverses the next day. Every day you think it is just about to break day, it rallies the next day. That […]
September 2nd Biotech Update
So clearly the sector does not seem ready to move to the top end of its range. If anything, then it looks like a clear trend lower. The move earlier in the week is starting to look a lot like a lower high. It is an odd sort of downtrend in that the lower highs […]
September 1st, Biotech Update
Positive news that happens near support levels tends to have a positive effect on the sector and that was what we saw yesterday. The broader sector moved higher throughout the day and I suspect it was not simply a one day move and that we will move towards the upper end of the range that […]
August 31st Biotech Update
Hopefully with some positive news to start the week, the sector will have a positive reaction. The underperformance has been frustrating to see but I still think we have not broken below support. As such, this is setting up as a perfect bounce off the low end of the range with the news to start […]
August 26th Biotech Update
I thought Laura was going to completely miss us but we probably get tropical storm for winds from it tonight. Will not cause serious damage but might be enough to knock out power for a couple days. So if you do not see me write for a couple days you know why. In any case, […]
August 25th Biotech Update
I am not sure what God I have angered but this week started out with the potential of two hurricanes to hit my but so far I have dodge one (and good shot for the second to miss). The market generally had a good start to the week but the sector not so much. To […]
August 21st Biotech Update
Nothing too exciting to end the week. It seems like the $109 level on the XBI remains good support and now that we have bounced of that level we seem to be treading water. So far $115 appears to be acting as resistance so a strong move higher probably needs to show a clear break […]
August 19th Biotech Update
This has been quite the week with it starting by me stepping in dog vomit and then two days of outage of TD Ameritrade and not with that sorted out we get double CRLs for drugs that most probably thought would get approved. The XBI is more resilient to the new and stronger FDA than […]
August 13th Biotech Update
Well, the sector was able to do a little bit of a kick save yesterday but we are certainly not out of the woods. Once would have to think that lower is still the more likely trend until we stop setting lower highs. On the positive side, we still have not set a lower low […]
August 12th Biotech Update
Well, we got that quick move that I expected after the sector had been drifting for awhile and unfortunately it was lower. So now what? I still think we will need to test the recent lows to see if we break below and make a lower low (worst case scenario) but if that holds then […]
August 11 Biotech Update
It looks like we are getting an answer to the direction this morning. There is a sharp drop for reasons that are not immediately clear to me. The sector has been hanging out treading water for awhile and I thought that meant when the move happened it would be fast. I guess I was correct. […]
