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A Look at Fortune's Health Care Picks for 2013 (ALGN, FMS, GILD)
Sunday, December 9, 2012 - 12:17am | 631Read More...Three of Fortune's top 10 stock picks for 2013 are health care related companies. But they are not in big names in the sector, such as Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) or Pfizer (NYSE: PFE). They were Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN), Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE: FMS) and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:...
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BioMarin, Prestige Brands and Other Top Performing Health Care Stocks in November
Sunday, December 2, 2012 - 9:29pm | 617Read More...Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing health care sector stocks in the past month. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million, and their share prices are more than 20 percent higher than 30 days ago. BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: BMRN) in early November...
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Top Performing Dividend Payers in Health Care with the Most Upside Potential (TRIB, STE, CMN)
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 5:42pm | 591Read More...It is not unusual for stocks on a tear to the overrun their mean price targets, which is a signal of how far analysts on average expect the share price to climb. Many of the top performing dividend payers in the health care sector over the past six months, such as Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) and PDL...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (BIIB, CELG, GILD)
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 6:59am | 826Read More...After largely rising in the previous period, short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed in the final two weeks of September. Shares sold short in Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), Onyx...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 15
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 6:54am | 1457Read More...The earnings crunch gets underway this week, with big names in the financial, technology, consumer goods and other sectors on tap to share their most recent quarterly results. Among those expected to post the biggest year-over-year gains in earnings are Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT), BlackRock (NYSE: BLK...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 16
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 9:02am | 1081Read More...The earnings crunch ramps up this week. The many quarterly reports on the schedule ought to provide a good overview of several sectors, and the feared slump in earnings should make itself felt if it is going to. The financial sector will be highlighted by results from the likes of American...
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Colgate-Palmolive Earnings Preview: Q1 EPS, Sales Expected to Be Higher
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 6:55am | 880Read More...Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL), shares of which are trading near a multiyear high, is scheduled to report first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow April 26, with a conference call and webcast at 11 AM Eastern. Investors will be looking for Colgate to get back on track after a profit decline in the fourth...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 16 (GS, MSFT, MCD)
Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 10:45am | 1425Read More...The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...
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St. Jude, Novo Nordisk and Other Health Care Stocks Worth a Look Now
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 7:20am | 1030Read More...While the fate of the 2010 health care reform law may rest in the hands of the Supreme Court, the nation's focus on health care has returned for the moment. For investors, the following health care picks all pay a dividend and have seen double-digit percentage growth in their share price since the...
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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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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 23
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 3:13pm | 1531Read More...The earnings crunch rolls on this week. Among those scheduled to step into the spotlight are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Analysts expect them post year-over-year earnings growth. AT&T (NYSE: T), Boeing...
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Best Biotech Stocks of 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 11:39am | 830Read More...Here's a quick look at nine of the best-performing biotech stocks of the past year. Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ACHN) is up almost 88% year to date and about 37% higher just in the past month. This Connecticut-based biopharmaceutical company has three drugs in clinical trials to treat...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 17
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 9:36am | 1322Read More...The earnings season ramps up this week. Tech giants Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are scheduled to share their third-quarter results, as are big banks including Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS),...
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Perrigo Earnings Preview
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 9:55am | 601Read More...Perrigo (NASDAQ: PRGO) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2012 results Tuesday morning, August 16. Jim Cramer called this health care products maker the “best knock-off company known to man” and said he expects it report a good quarter. The consensus forecast has Perrigo posting...
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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...
