September 14, 2022 5:18pm

A market and sector reflex moves to the upside as I had written, “Which companies are still bleeding, changing places to the upside, responding to news flow, looking for opportunity or getting further burned?”

The Biostage (OTCQB: BSTG): the Pump/Promote of volume and pricing is back, +$0.15 with 2,101 shares traded),

Pre-open indications: 3 HITs, 6 MISS <5 with pennies’ upside> and 1 Pump/Promote

WHY and HOW is this market affecting the cell and gene therapy sector … “The Bottom Line” underlines the framework of share pricing actions.  

I DEVOTE a HUGE amount of time to “reckoning” the geography of my coverage group - it’s more than opinion, I deal in the facts and numbers that back them up. Who else is tracking a broad grouping of cell and gene therapy equities – can you afford to not read facts supported by real numbers?


If I have learned one thing as a former research analyst, venture and public fund investor now a journalist; it is that your life and your bank account are largely tied to your knowledge of price movements and questioning pricing targets.

 

The Dow closed UP +30.12 points (+0.10%) the S&P closed UP +13.32 points (+0.34%) while the Nasdaq closed UP +84.10 points (+0.74%)

 

Henry’omics:

Indexes, the Dow and S&P and the Nasdaq rose slightly in choppy trading on Wednesday as investors tried to find their footing after the biggest one-day drop in more than two years.

On target quote, “Tuesday’s selloff is a reminder that a sustained rally is likely to require clear evidence that inflation is on a downward trend. With macroeconomic and policy uncertainty elevated, we expect markets to remain volatile in the months ahead,” <Mark Haefele, CIO of UBS Global Wealth Management on CNBC>

Economic Data Docket: Wednesday's inflation data was more benign, showing producer prices declined for a second straight month in August as gasoline prices fell further, but was not enough for investors to reconsider the Fed's aggressive stance.

 

RegMed Investor’s (RMi) Pre-Open: “after a fall on Tuesday’, there’s still blood on the street as Producer Price Index (PPI) is down -0.1%. Which companies are still bleeding, changing places to the upside, responding to news flow, looking for opportunity or getting further burned?” …  https://www.regmedinvestors.com/articles/12602

 

RegMed/Stem/Cell and Gene Therapy’s 35 covered equities’ Advance/Decline (A/D) lines: what happened …

  • Wednesday’s advance/decline line opened negative at 19 up/ 15 down and 1 flat, flipped positive with 24 up/11 down at the mid-day, ending with a positive close of 24/10 and 1 flat.

 

Pre-open Indications: 3 HITs <uniQure NV (QURE +$0.96), Vericel (VCEL +$0.72),Fate Therapeutics (FATE +$0.49)> 6 MISS < AxoGen (AXGN +$0.12), BioLife Solutions (BLFS +$0.26), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI +$0.13), Caribou Therapeutics (CRBU +$0.22), Avrobio (AVRO -$0.0106), CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP +$4.64), > 1 Pump/Promote <Biostage (BSTG +$0.15 with 2,101 shares traded),

 

Key Metrics:

  • Wednesday - Sector volume was LOW with 4 of the 24-upside having higher than the 3-month average volume with LOW volume of 0 of 10-downside having higher than the 3-month average volume

The iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology (IBB) and the SPDR S&P ETF (XBI) indicators:

  • Wednesday, the IBB was up +0.88% and the XBI was up +1.13%

The CBOE Volatility Index (VVIX: INDEX) tracked:

  • Wednesday was down -1.11points or -4.07% at 26.16

 

Jumping with share pricing momentum (10 of 24):

  • CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP +$4.64 after Tuesday’s -$2.27 and Monday’s +$2.86),
  • Beam Therapeutics (BEAM +$3.50 after Tuesday’s -$4.25)
  • Verve Therapeutics (VERV +$1.840,
  • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY +$1.69 after Tuesday’s -$5.41, Monday’s -$11.27 and a debt security raise),
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS +$1.16 after Tuesday’s -$2.41 and Monday’s +$1.82),
  • uniQure NV (QURE +$0.96),
  • Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA +$0.73 after Tuesday’s -$2.05 and Monday’s +$0.76),
  • Vericel (VCEL +$0.72),
  • Sage Therapeutics (SAGE +$0.72 after Tuesday’s -$1.51 and Monday’s -$0.04),
  • Regenxbio (RGNX +$0.49 after Tuesday’s -$2.43 and Monday’s -$0.11),

Flat (1):

  • MiMedx (MDXG)

Closing down (10 of 10):

  • Ultragenyx (RARE -$0.54 after Tuesday’s -$2.97 and Monday’s -$0.46),
  • Editas Medicine (EDIT -$0.13),
  • Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR -$0.08),
  • Fate Therapeutics (FATE -$3.53 after Monday’s +$1.02),
  • Agenus (AGN -$0.05),
  • Verastem (VSTM -$0.03),
  • Avrobio (AVRO -$0.0106),
  • Homology medicine (FIXX -$0.01),
  • Applied Genetic Technologies (AGTC -$0.0023 after Tuesday’s +$0.0012 and Monday’s -$0.0127),

 

September, Q3/2022:

  • Wednesday closed positive with 24 incliner, 10 decliners and 1 flat

 

The BOTTOM LINE: Bounce-back … I’m NOT trusting this upside; electronic trading was JUST recouping from downdraft.

I try to keep it simple … and short!

September continued with 1 holiday, 6 positive and 3 negative closes; August is over with 1 neutral, 11 positive and 11 negative closes while last week which ended the month.

As I stated, for the past sessions, “it was time to take PROFITS” …

As I continually question, “The real question that should be asked is how many companies are at the end of sentiments …  leash?

Start by looking at cell and gene therapy companies trading below cash!” 

Repeating myself, “I find it very interesting to evaluate share price over earnings and a shortage of revenue reporting as a proxy for share pricing performance?”

I stick to my view of anticipating the risks – as my careers focus has been “warning analysis”.

 

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