January 20, 2021 8:13am

Markets will take a back seat to inauguration, a listening day

Pre-open indication: 8 SELLs and 3 BUYs

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Dow futures are UP +0.14% (+43 points), S&P futures are UP +0.38% (+15 points) and NASDAQ futures are UP +0.82% (+107 points)

 

Stock futures slowly gaining on Wednesday,

European stocks advanced with the pan-European Stoxx 600 climbing +0.6% in early trading,

Asia-Pacific markets were mixed as investors reacted to the release of China’s latest benchmark lending rate with MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares gaining +0.97%.

 

Henry’omics:

Biden will be the 46th president of the United States shortly after noon ET while the week started-out with modest gains.

One of the biggest issues of present time: over 31.1 million doses have been across the country, only 12.3 million people have been inoculated?

  • With a new science advisor from Boston’s biotech hub (Eric Lander, founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. A geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician, who has played a pioneering role in all aspects of the reading, understanding, and biomedical application of the human genome) should wave the flag for our sector in next years

 

Tuesday’s evening’s recap: RegMed Investors’ (RMi) closing bell: “rebound follows decline and a holiday” … https://www.regmedinvestors.com/articles/11726

  • The Nasdaq closed UP +198.68 points (+1.53%);
  • The IBB closed up +1.93% and XBI closed up +1.64%;
  • Sector volume was MODERATE with 5 of the 18-upside having higher than the 3-month average volume with the increased volume of 7 of 14-downside having higher than the 3-month average volume;
  • The CBOE Volatility Index (VVIX: INDEX) was down -1.10 points or -4.52% at 23.24;
  • Tuesday’s percentage (%) of the 18-upside were +0.63% (FATE) to +15.57% (BSTG) while the 14-downside ranges from -0.07% (KDNY) to -6.64% (SLDB);

January:

  • 8 positive, 3 negative closes and 1 holiday, so far

 

Companies in my headlights – It’s your decision; I provide an idea and context:

Maintaining Sell:

Biostage (BSTG) closed up +$0.06 to $1.22 with 8,637 shares traded after Thursday’s -$0.02 to $1.16 with 295 shares traded after Wednesday’s -$0.00 to $1.18 with 411 shares traded, Tuesday’s $1.18 with 3,500 shares traded and last Monday’s $1.16 with 3,202 shares traded. Reiterating the WHY bottom-line questions:

  • Question#1: WHY and WOW the number of shares traded (not for years) on Tuesday – 18,420 to initiate a “spasm” up-lift of +$0.19 or +15.57% to $1.41?
  • Question#2: WHO is "propping or pumping" and WHICH “investor” is “stimulating” the volume?
  • Question#3: Does it have anything to do with a 52-week low of $0.80 as well as a high of $4.88, a current share price of $1.22 following the last private placement priced at $4.00?
  • Question#4: Is there a desperateness to warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 122,554 shares of common stock - their only form of raising capital.
  • Question#5: Don’t U.S. public shareholders deserve accountability! DST capital resides in BSTG’s building space, WHAT does or WILL RSM US LLP do to correlate the “cozy” relationship?
  • Questions#6: WILL the coming RSM US LLP’s audit review and define the inter (between) and intra (within or inside) relationship of DST Capital for legality? It’s still a question of connectivity with Dixintong Technology Group in China?

 

SELL into Strength:

Fate Therapeutics (FATE) closed up +$0.72 to $114.31 after Friday’s -$3.81 to $113.59, Thursday’s $117.40, Wednesday’s $113.29 and last Tuesday’s $112.05, with a positive +$0.25 or +0.21% aftermarket indication;

Intellia therapeutics (NTLA) closed up +$1.79 to $93.68 after Friday’s $81.89, Thursday’s $83.30, Wednesday’s $76.01 and last Tuesday’s $75.69 with a positive +$1.22 or +1.46% aftermarket indication

 

Maintaining BUY:

bluebird bio (BLUE) closed down -$1.02 to $49.51 after Friday’s $50.53, Thursday’s $51.85, Wednesday’s $49.49 and last Tuesday’s $52.33 with a positive +$0.49 or -0.99% aftermarket indication;

CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP) closed down -$1.59 to $198.29 after Friday’s $199.88, Thursday’s $210.04, Wednesday’s $193.84 and last Tuesday’s $190.34 with a positive +$2.71 or +1.37% aftermarket indication;

Pluristem (PSTI) closed down -$0.17 to $7.87 after Friday’s -$0.10 to $8.04, Thursday’s $8.14, Wednesday’s $8.10 and last Tuesday’s $8.31 with a positive +$0.13 or +1.65% aftermarket indication;

 

SELL post offering announcement:

Editas Medicine (EDIT) closed down -$4.03 to $72.11 after an announcement of a proposed 3.5 million share offering with a negative -$1.11 or -0.615 aftermarket indication;

 

SELL with aftermarket indication:

Homology Medicine (FIXX) closed up +$0.29 to $13.23 after Friday’s $12.94, Thursday’s $13.17 Wednesday’s $12.32 and last Tuesday’s $12.62 with a negative -$0.21 or -1.59% aftermarket indication;

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) closed down -$0.25 to $61.03 after Friday’s $61.28, Thursday’s $61.35, Wednesday’s $59.65 and last Tuesday’s $59.15 with a negative -$0.78 or -1.28% aftermarket indication;

Mesoblast (MESO) closed down -$0.27 to $9.45 after Friday’s -$0.11 to $9.72, Thursday’s $9.83, Wednesday’s $10.14 and last Tuesday’s $10.24 with a negative -$0.25 or -2.65% aftermarket (Friday) indication;

 

The BOTTOM LINE: it’s time for decency … a logjam on Capitol Hill awaits president (elect) Biden.

“Our” sector’s earnings LPS (loss-per-share) season Is about to begin. Investors are considering whether they should ignore and wait for Q2.

 

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Henry McCusker, the editor and publisher of RegMed Investors does not hold or have positions in securities referred to in this publication.