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13 Stocks To Watch In The Healthcare Space
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 2:38pm | 1881Read More...Healthcare has been one of the best performing sectors of the U.S. stock market for years, but in 2015, shares of healthcare stocks have suffered slightly. Many investors began to worry about the impact next year's presidential election might have on the sector. Some candidates have voiced concern...
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35 Stock Ideas Oppenheimer Analysts Love Right Now
Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 10:11pm | 1463Read More...Oppenheimer just released its 35 top stock ideas for October and November. Here’s a rundown of the full list with analyst commentary included. 1. Turtle Beach Corp (NASDAQ: HEAR) Analyst Sean McGowan sees two drivers of the stock: the “resurgence in video games” and the rollout of...
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Medtronic Expected To Report Flat Earnings Despite 55% Revenue Growth
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 3:24pm | 315Read More...Shares of Medtronic PLC (NYSE: MDT) were higher on Monday as the company prepares to announce its Q4 financial results scheduled for Tuesday morning. According to Estimize, expectations point towards year-over-year earnings, although revenue is projected to come in substantially higher than a...
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Covidien Earnings Preview: Has Merger News Shaken Expectations?
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 10:06am | 848Read More...Covidien (NYSE: COV), which currently is being courted by medical device maker Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter results Friday, July 25, before the markets open. Like AbbVie's deal to acquire Shire and other similar deals, Medtronic is looking to...
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4 Top Performing Health Care Stocks With More Upside Potential
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 9:47am | 881Read More...Analysts believe that Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: TEVA), UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) shares still have some headroom, though they all have handily outperformed the S&P 500 over the past six months. They are all dividend payers as well....
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#PreMarket Primer: Monday, June 16: Rebels Seize Another Iraqi City
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 7:22am | 1159Read More...Sunni insurgents tightened their grip on northern Iraq over the weekend when they overtook Tal Afar, stirring worries that the nation may fall into a civil war. Rebels from the Islamic State of Iraq seized the mostly ethnic Turkmen city on Sunday as they pressed closer to the capital. The...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of January 20: Microsoft, McDonald's, Netflix And More
Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 2:27pm | 953Read More...The markets are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but after that the earnings season shifts back into high gear. The consensus forecasts for eBay, McDonald's, Netflix, Starbucks and Verizon call for year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining...
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Four Dow Components Due for a Dividend Hike (CVX, XOM, IBM, JNJ)
Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 12:41pm | 845Read More...Dow Jones Industrial Average companies Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) are about due to boost their payouts, according to a report on CNBC. These blue chips have significant cash hoards, buy back shares and are doing well now, as...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 23
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 7:07am | 1226Read More...The earnings crunch rolls on. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth in this week's quarterly reports from Apple, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Visa. But ConocoPhillips, Ford and Netflix are among those expected to post significantly lower per-share earnings, compared to the same period of a...
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Accenture, Covidien, Seagate and Other St. Patrick's Stock Picks
Friday, March 16, 2012 - 6:49am | 1019Read More...St. Patrick's Day is almost upon us. So here is a quick look at how the stocks of some companies headquartered in Ireland are faring, given the uncertain economic situation in Europe. Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) share price is up more than 17% year to date, including a 9% surge in the past month. The...
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Seven Hot Chinese Stocks
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 7:37am | 1010Read More...Vice President Xi Jinping of China meets with President Obama on Tuesday at the White House in an effort to enhance trust between the two countries. And here is a quick look at some Chinese stocks that have risen between 15% and 25% year to date. They all are traded on U.S. exchanges, and each pays...
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Top Performing Health Care Stocks in January
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 7:32am | 981Read More...Here's a quick look at some of the top performing health care stocks, year to date. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $1 billion and all pay a dividend. Baxter International (NYSE: BAX) is more than 11% higher than a month ago, and more than 17% higher than a year ago. The company...
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Fifteen Health Care ETFs Trading Near 52-Week Highs
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 1:57pm | 1271Read More...iShares Dow Jones US Healthcare Provider (NYSE: IHF) is up more than 19% year to date. The fund invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index, which measures the performance of the health care providers sector of the U.S. equity market. Top holdings include UnitedHealth...
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Morgan Keegan's Favorite Ideas in the Hospital Supplies Group: Baxter, Covidien, and Hill-Rom
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 8:49am | 150Read More...Calendar second-quarter earnings for the hospital supplies group are scheduled to kick-off on July 19th, Morgan Keegan reports. “Going into earnings, our favorite long ideas are Outperform rated Baxter (NYSE: BAX) ($70 PT) and Covidien (NYSE: COV) ($63 PT), and Market Perform rated Hill-Rom...
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Deutsche Bank Provides Color on Covidien, Buy
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 9:20am | 111Read More...Deutsche Bank provided color on Covidien (NYSE: COV) after Bloomberg published an article about the company's plans for its pharmaceuticals business. In a research report published today, Deutsche Bank states, "Last evening a Bloomberg article stated that Covidien had been working with an...
