April 28, 2025 7:56am

Earnings start comin’ this week, this week will also close out the last trading week of April

Stocks are poised for a lower open

Q1/25 earnings beginning to be posted: MDXG 4/30, ALNY and BPMC on 5/1,

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“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!”

My interpretation of the morning’s numbers is written to be informative; it’s built on what happened to make “it” happen today!

 

Friday’s night’s … RegMed Investors (RMi) Closing Bell: sector pricing deteriorated with profit-taking … https://www.regmedinvestors.com/articles/13895

RegMed Investors (RMi) Research Note: Harvard Apparatus GT (OTCQB: HRGN), The latest, WHAT happens to OTCQB: HRGN if the White House and the new head of the SEC starts to "DELIST" Chinese companies??? … Newest happening, public accountants walk … https://www.regmedinvestors.com/articles/13812

 

Monday: The pre-open Dow futures are DOWN -0.04% or (-15 points), the S&P futures are DOWN -0.10% or (-5.50 points) and the Nasdaq futures are DOWN -0.10% or (-18.75 points)

  • Stock futures moved lower Monday morning ahead of a week for earnings and economic data,
  • European markets were higher
  • Asia-Pacific markets were mixed as investors assess China’s promises to support industries

 

Henry’omics: We need to more than consider the economic environment to comprehend the micro re “our” universe of cell and gene therapy companies

  • So far in April, the S&P 500 is down by -1.5%, while the Dow lost -4.5% and the Nasdaq
  •  is up +0.5%.

Last week …

  • Friday: The Dow closed UP +20.10 points or +0.05%, the S&P closed UP +40.44 points or +0.74% while the Nasdaq closed UP +216.90 points or +1.26%
  • Thursday: The Dow closed UP +486.83 points or +1.23%, the S&P closed UP +108.91 points or +2.03% while the Nasdaq close UP +457.99 points or +2.74%
  • Wednesday: The Dow closed UP +419.59 points or +1.07%, the S&P closed UP +88.10 points or +1.67% while the Nasdaq close UP +407.63 points or +2.50%
  • Tuesday: The Dow closed UP +1,016.57 points or +2.66%, the S&P closed UP +129.56 points or +2.51% while the Nasdaq close UP +429.52 points or +2.71%
  • Monday: The Dow closed DOWN -971.82 points or -2.48%, the S&P closed DOWN -124.50 points or -2.36% while the Nasdaq close DOWN -415.55 points or -2.55%

Economic Data Docket: multiple reports on the labor market as well as key data on inflation and economic growth. Topping the list will be Friday’s nonfarm payrolls release, while first-quarter gross domestic product and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge will be out Wednesday.

               

Q2- April – 7 negative and 11 positive closes

  • Q1/25 – March, 10 positive and 11 negative closes
  • February – 12 holiday, 11 negative and 7 positive closes
  • January - 2 holidays, 1 market close, 10 negative and 10 positive closes

 

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

I post about “indication intelligence” looking toward investment conferences … 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.

  • Better part of valor to not lead any investor to temptation; yet again, I am passing on forecasting the daily indications as to expectation while the aftermarket blanked while the pre-open waits for the …  econs, it is still a mix of ups, downs and just uncertainty

 

The BOTTOM LINE: U.S. stock markets closed higher on Friday as market participants remained busy to weigh the impact of the Trump administrations tariff and trade policies.

  • Better-than-expected first-quarter 2025 earnings results so far and improvement of a key economic data also boosted investors’ sentiment.
  • The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) was down 6.2% to 24.84, marking its lowest level in April.

Last week, the cell and gene therapy sector dived on Friday after bounding on Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday and Monday.

  • After hints of de-escalation of U.S.-China trade tensions brought buyers in from the sidelines and after President Trump said he has no plans to fire Fed Chair Powell.

Friday initiated a solid weekly performance for the market; the S&P 500 is up +3.8% and Nasdaq +5.4% and the Dow +2%.

 

The earnings’ downdraft begins to happen next week!

 

April ‘25: understand the “flow” of bad market and economic karma…

  • 4/15 – Friday closed positive with 12 positive, 20 negative and 3 flats
  • 4/14 – Thursday closed positive with 29 positive, 5 negative and 1 flat
  • 4/23 - Wednesday closed positive with 22 positive, 10 negative and 3 flats
  • 4/22 – Tuesday closed positive with 30 positive, 3 negative and 2 flats
  • 4/21 – Monday closed positive with 21 positive, 13 negative and 1 flat
  • 4/18 - Friday, market closed on holiday
  • 4/17 -Thursday closed positive with 25 positive, 7 negative and 3 flats
  • 4/16 – Wednesday closed negative with 2 positive, 31 negative and 2 flats
  • 4/14 – Tuesday closed barely positive with 17positive, 16 negative and 2 flats
  • 4/13 – Monday closed positive with 23 positive, 7 negative and 5 flats
  • 4/11 - Friday closed positive with 28 positive, 5 negative and 2 flats
  • 4/10 - Thursday closed negative with 4 positive, 30 negative and 1 flat
  • 4/9 – Wednesday closed positive with 33 positive, 1 negative and 1 flat
  • 4/8 - Tuesday closed negative with 4 positive, 30 negative and 1 flat
  • 4/7 - Monday closed negative with 13 positive, 20 negative and 2 flats
  • 4/4 – Friday closed negative with 3 positive, 30 negative and 2 flats
  • 4/3 – Thursday closed negative with 2 positive, 32 negative and 1 flat
  • 4/2 - Wednesday closed positive with 9 positive, 25 negative and 1 flat
  • 4/1 - Tuesday closed negative with 5 positive, 28 negative and 2 flats

 

Brace ourself for more economics and their down trending affect?

 

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

  • The sector is what it is, until it isn’t and even then, it doesn’t seem to be… as NOT much changes as the sector’s share pricing rides the waves of volatility, algorithms, electronic trading and short covering.
  • I am more frequently right than consequentially wrong; if I wanted to be liked, I wouldn’t have been an analyst/journalist.

 

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