• Coventry Warning Bugs Health Insurers
  A drastic earnings warning from managed-care concern Coventry Health Care Inc. (CVH) represents the latest shoe to drop from a U.S. health insurance industry that’s been tossing plenty in recent months.
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Given the recent news, we will be looking for analysts to adjust earnings and ratings in healthcare stocks as the companies are already doing it themselves. Since nearly 46% of the Health Care SPDR (XLV) is composed of major drug companies while insurance (accident & health) accounts for only 8%, the performance of major drug companies will have a bigger affect on XLV.