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Biotech / Medical
Biotech Lock-Up Expiration Hell Portfolio
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Emcee:  tuck Type:  Unmoderated
Introduction Compact
A plausible strategy for investing in biotechs is to find those companies that have recently gone public and that are practising good science and business, but which have been beaten down due to the selling -- real or anticipated -- of insiders when the lock-up periods expire. Given the huge financing bubble in 2000, there are many targets to screen.

This thread is dedicated to finding the overly punished, and a portfolio will be assembled based on contributors' picks and polite discussion thereof.

If the unlock is large, best to swing or position trade these babies. And why not short those doomed to fall while we're at it? If the unlock isn't too bad, or has already been worked through somewhat, maybe buy and hold for a while.

This portfolio was started with $100K. For newbies to the SI biofreak style of portfolio management, here's how to interpret portfolio performance based on the bottom line numbers:

Take Total Cost and subtract 100,000. Then add(subtract) the Total Gain/Loss. Replace the comma with a period and tack a percent sign on the end. Presto! You have the actual performance since inception. As I type, the example is: 111,093 - 100,000 - 5,862 ===> 5.231%.

Cheers, Tuck
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1005>>SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pain Thertuck-9/14/2005
1004I haven't been watching, but I am conditioned to doubt them. They got rid okeokalani'nui-2/1/2005
1003>>BOTHELL, Wash., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Biotherapeuttuck-2/1/2005
1002Any chance you'd answer my question? Thanks. Anyhow, decent if not spectactuck-12/6/2004
1001NGEN Is trying again to test its Friday H at 7.12 It traded earlier above its ThJibacoa-12/6/2004
1000<i> Mom still holding some INGN...</i> It continues to act well soJibacoa-12/6/2004
999<i> Still think it's near term prospects suck on a fundamental basis. Jibacoa-12/3/2004
998Nice call! Wasn't it a SynX patent grant that started the run? NGEN seems tuck-12/3/2004
997NGEN: Is giving $300K to UCL at San Diego for research at Dr. Heller's Lab.(Jibacoa-12/1/2004
996Owie for GenVec today: >>GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/tuck-10/7/2004
995O.T. <i> Speaking of sinking or swimming, are you doing OK despite the weJibacoa-9/17/2004
994Mom still holding some INGN through recent travails (almost had her sell it circtuck-9/16/2004
993INGN Announced today the publication of preclinical data from studies of INGN 2Jibacoa-9/16/2004
992Piper: TWTI :Initiating Coverage: Outperform And $8 Target 2004-08-31 07:12 (Newmopgcw-9/9/2004
991More elephants in TWTI this morning. Can't find anything in EDGAR yet. Cantuck-9/8/2004
990Piper upgrade on 8/31 taking effect for TWTI? Positive pachydermal action todaytuck-9/7/2004
989>>MADISON, Wis., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Third Wave Technologiestuck-8/26/2004
988I was in early day before @ 7.25... edit; darn knives are sharp...mopgcw-8/6/2004
987Bravo. Me too.keokalani'nui-8/6/2004
986And 200 shares of EXEL for $6.50. BLUE HP now out of fingers for falling knivestuck-8/6/2004
985BLUE HP thinks TELK is a bargain here. Buys 100 shares for $16.80. Cheers, Tutuck-8/6/2004
984Bottom fishing TWTI didn't appear to work, but it once again crushes estimattuck-7/27/2004
983BLUE HP buys 3000 PDGM at $0.7, and 1000 TWTI at $4.3. Cheers, Tucktuck-7/16/2004
982LSBC scores a minor contracting win. Staying afloat, but not prospering . . tuck-7/15/2004
981Obesity PI for Arena (and new thread) - Message 20308959nigel bates-7/14/2004
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