October 24, 2023 4:45pm

However, post the ascent, the overbought will be created too only last so long. After careful examination of the sector and breathe trends, I believe in caution.

Having lived through the rise and multiple declines of “our” universe’s stock price, investors need to be better informed on what fluctuating markets can do to a sector equity, or what impact follow through sessions miss on indications or expectations can have.

Pre-open Indications: 3 Hits and 1 Miss

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The Dow closed UP +204.97 points or +0.62%, the S&P closed UP +30.64 points or +0.73% while the Nasdaq closed UP +121.55 points or +0.93%

Investors are going to need to prepare for another earnings’ reporting cycle to confirm whether or not any bottoms are even close to happening.

 

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 …

Indexes closed up to a positive close as investors focused on middle-east actions unfolding as stare holders monitored the latest moves in Treasury yields.

Economic Data Docket: business activity in the U.S. has ticked higher this month, according to S&P Global's advance "flash" purchasing managers' indexes (PMI) …  a "goldilocks" report, was "generally a good report" with prices moderating and "okay" employment.

 

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

  • Tuesday’s advance/decline line opened positive at 25 up/ 8 down and 2 flats, stayed positive with 28 incliners, 7 decliners and 0 flat at the mid-day, ending with a positive close of 26 incliners, 8 decliners and 1 flat

 

Pre-open Indications: 3 Hits < BioLife Solutions (BLFS +$0.10), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA +$0.32), Verve Therapeutics (VERV +$0.39)> and 1 Miss < Agenus (AGEN -$0.12) – 2x, even with Monday’s news>  

 

52-week low:

  • Generation Bio (GBIO) at $0.96
  • Cellectis SA (CLLS) at $1.13

 

Ebb and flow:

Q4:  October – 10 negative and 7 positive closes

 

Key Metrics:

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

  • Tuesday, the IBB was up +1.15% and the XBI was up +2.19%

The CBOE Volatility Index (VVIX: INDEX) tracked:

  • Tuesday was down -1.26 points or -6.19% at 19.11

 

Closing Down (8 of 8):

  • Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO -$0.0007),
  • BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI -$0.0139),
  • Mesoblast MESO -$0.03 after Monday’s +$0.09),
  • Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM -$0.0335 after Monday’s +$0.0332),
  • Compass Therapeutics (CMPX -$0.06),
  • Agenus (AGEN -$0.12 after Monday’s -$0.03),
  • Cellectis SA (CLLS -$0.13),
  • Prime Medicine (PRME -$0.14),

Flat (1):

  • Homology Medicine (FIXX)

Closing Up (10 of 26):

  • Blueprint Medicine (BPMC +$2.08 after Monday’s -$2.07),
  • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY +$1.96 after Monday’s +$0.21),
  • Vericel (VCEL +$1.91 after Monday’s +$0.33),
  • CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP +$1.41 after Monday’s +$1.48),
  • Sage Therapeutics (SAGE +$0.74),
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS +$0.49 after Monday’s $0.37),
  • Beam Therapeutics (BEAM +$0.43 after Monday’s +$1.41),
  • Verve Therapeutics (VERV +$0.39),
  • Harvard Apparatus GN (HRGN +$0.38 after Monday’s -$0.59),
  • Regenxbio (RGNX +$0.34 after Monday’s -$0.59),

 

Q4/23 – October

  • Tuesday closed positive with 26 incliners, 8 decliners and 1 flat

 

The BOTTOM LINE: underlines the framework of share pricing actions with a sigh of relief …

Framing the main takeaway … pricing, volume and machine trading creates volatility and liquidity!

  • Tuesday, cell and gene therapy sector equities advanced (26 incliners/8 decliners and 1 flat)
  • Monday’s advance/decline line ended with a positive close of 9 incliners, 26 decliners and 0 flat
  • Friday’s advance/decline line ended with a negative close of 9 incliners, 25 decliners and 1 flat
  • Thursday’s advance/decline line ended with a negative close of 5 incliners, 26 decliners and 4 flats
  • Wednesday’s advance/decline line ended with a negative close of 5 incliners, 30 decliners and 0 flat
  • The previous Tuesday’s advance/decline line ended with a barely positive close of 17 incliners, 16 decliners and 2 flats

 

Geopolitics and politics continue to hang over the market’s head, but it’s hard to know which way they will break. We would continue to play defense within both equities and fixed income, while waiting for a better opportunity to add risk."<Sameer Samana, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute>

 

Roiling markets:

  • Q3 GDP data on Thursday, along with the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report, the U.S. central bank's preferred inflation gauge, on Friday, could help shape medium-term expectations for U.S. rates.
  • Middle East conflict still weighed on the market as investors assessed the chances of it breaking out into a wider war. The rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East could drive a global recession, leading investors have warned.
  • I STILL believe the political aspect of the U.S.’s polarization, and disparities of the debt ceilings and rate hike arguments are contributing to the roller coaster ride for share pricing actions.

 

The cell and gene therapy sector equities share pricing closed positive on Tuesday after closing negative on Monday, Friday, Thursday and Wednesday following inclines on last Tuesday.

 

What’s behind the numbers:

  • The sector and overall stock market tends to consistently rise and fall over the short-term with alternating volatility and involuntary momentum contraction.
  • I remain EXTREMELY cautious as upcoming earnings may have a more significant negative impact on share price due to missed consensus as estimates will lessen valuations.

Welcome to my world of defining the “grey’ in our universe!

 

The top three (3) performing in the session:

  • Tuesday: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) – 2x, Vericel (VCEL) and Blueprint Medicine (BLMC)
  • Monday: CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) and Vericel (VCEL)

The worst three (3) in the session:

  • Tuesday: Prime Medicine (PRME), Cellectis SA (CLLS) and Agenus (AGEN)
  • Monday: Blueprint Medicine (BPMC), Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals (RARE) and Harvard Apparatus RN (HRGN)

 

Right up front, “I also hate to be so negative or contrarian but, this is a NO spin zone and truth is its product; I can always be WRONG but … I am mostly EARLY!”

  • Focus should be on the upcoming quarterly earnings season!

 

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