October 13, 2023 7:40am

As investors should be ready to expand some equities or continue to reduce exposure more

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I suggest that it is better to keep your finger on the sell button but, still keep a buy ticket in the other hand!

Never leave an investor uninformed

8:00 a.m. edition

Remember that overnight and pre-open actions in futures don't necessarily translate into actual trading in the coming day’s session. My interpretation of the morning’s numbers is written to be informative; it’s built on what could happen or materialize

Instead of harping on NOT buying the right names at the right time or NOT waiting long enough to take profit, I suggest dropping the "shoulda, coulda, wouldas" and thinking about where your portfolio is most vulnerable!

 

The pre-open Dow is UP +0.16% or (+53 points), the S&P is DOWN -0.01% or (-0.25 points) as the Nasdaq is DOWN -0.28% or (-42 points)

Stock futures were slightly lower early Friday, October 13, 2023,

European stock markets were lower,

Asia-Pacific markets fell as investors digest China’s inflation and trade data for September.

 

Henry’omics:

We need to more than consider the economic environment - rising rates and inflation to comprehend the micro re “our” universe of cell and gene therapy companies …

Thursday, indexes closed negatively as Dow closed DOWN -173.73 points or -0.51%, the S&P closed DOWN -27.34 points or -0.62% while the Nasdaq closed DOWN -85.46 points or -0.63%

This would be the third positive week in a row for the Nasdaq, and the second straight positive week for the S&P 500. The Dow is also set to snap a string of three straight weekly declines.

Economic Data Docket: preliminary consumer sentiment data for October.

 

Thursday’s (10/12) RegMed Investors’ (RMi) closing bell: “RegMed Investors (RMi) Closing Bell: The Scorpion and the Frog.  The parable of the Scorpion and The Frog is an animal fable which could be satirized that inflation economics cannot resist hurting the cell and gene therapy sector’s sentiment even when it is not in its own interests.” …  https://www.regmedinvestors.com/articles/13161

 

Ebb and flow:

Q4: October – 3 positive and 5 negative closes

Q3:

·         September – 1 holiday, 8 positive and 12 negative closes

·         August – 9 positive and 14 negative closes

·         July - 1 holiday, 12 positive and 8 negative close

 

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

I post about “indication intelligence” devoting my time to collection and analysis of information to assist investors with insight into sector vulnerabilities and strengths. A dictionary definition of “indicate” refers to something less than a certainty; an indication could be a signal of being oversold or overbought, a recommendation, or grounds for inferring or a basis for believing.

 

I am passing on forecasting the daily indications – it’s just too mixed of some ups, downs and multiple flats i.e., going nowhere …

 

 

The BOTTOM LINE: The real question is what to do in a volatile market!

  • The key to portfolio performance is trading the ups, building cash position; buying the lows so they can eventually be the overbought through unbridled speculation and then trade again.
  • I continue to do what I always do, and that means watching what the sector patterns and markets are telling me.
  • After October’s first week of 3 positive and 5 negative closes so far, in the new month.
  • Remember, the closer we get to earnings releases <LPS or loss per share sweepstakes> the leaner gains or expressive losses are going to be!
  • The ongoing Israel-Hamas war has raised questions of a potential oil supply crunch and a resulting rise in fuel prices if the geopolitical instability spreads to neighboring oil producers in the region.

 

Thoughts to live by: slow is smooth and smooth is fast

  • It’s not hard to be right so often, it’s about refining expectation, defining insight and NOT being indentured to ANY financial institution! That’s why the term “quantamental,” a blend of the two styles, may soon become common parlance among ordinary investors.

 

Weekly Economic Data Calendar – Friday:

  • Import prices, month-over-month, September (+0.6% expected, +0.5% previously);
  • Export prices, month-over-month, September (+0.5% expected, +1.3% previously);
  • University of Michigan consumer sentiment, October, preliminary (67.5 expected, 68.1 previously) <Josh Schafer, Yahoo! Finance>

 

What’s behind the numbers: uncertainty

  • A weak aftermarket
  • Economic/inflation releases
  • A sentiment factor driven by algorithms and electronic trading,

 

I hate to be so negative or contrarian but, this is a NO spin zone and facts are its product; I am more frequently right than consequentially wrong but, I am mostly EARLY!

  • As the leading voice of cell and gene therapy investors; I am NOT always a doom and gloom analyst/journalist but a man who has been “there” (BUY, SELL, VC and operating roles) with the gray hair and a readership following with real numbers to prove it!

 

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