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Wall Street Soars On Recovery Optimism, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Surges

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:34:26 GMT

US stocks finished solid gains as stronger-than expected GDP data and upbeat corporate earnings boosted investor optimism over an economic recovery.[More...]

Today Earnings Reports Analysis : Motorola (MOT), The Procter & Gamble Company (PG), Aetna (AET), Kellogg (K), ExxonMobil (XOM), Public Service Enterprise (PEG), Assurant (AIZ), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Eastman Kodak (EK), Aflac (AFL), Ventas (VTR)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:10:00 GMT

Motorola Inc. (MOT) today declared financial results for the third quarter 2009. Quarterly net income from continuing operations was $12 million or 1 cent per share, compared to a net loss of $397 million or 18 cents per share in the prior quarter. Third quarter adjusted (excluding special items) EPS was 2 cents, easily beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a break-even quarter.[More...]

US Stock Futures Jump On GDP Data, P&G (NYSE: PG) Eyed

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:06:37 GMT

US stock futures rallied on Thursday after a government release showed that U.S. GDP expanded at a 3.5% annual pace in the third quarter.[More...]

Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:25:19 GMT

Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET), the third largest diversified healthcare provider by enrollments, is scheduled to release its third quarter earnings before the market open on Thursday, October 29, 2009.[More...]

Market Closing : Mixed Finish Halts S&P 500 Win Streak At Six

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Stock averages end narrowly mixed, snapping the S&P 500's six-session win streak. Consolidation is expected. The Dow touched a high of 9,931 yesterday, falling just short of the 10,000 mark, a level not seen in a year and a key psychological level that some strategists are expecting to trigger at least a modest correction.[More...]

Daily Credit Summary: September 22 - Rolling Drones

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:23:33 GMT

Spreads were tighter again in the US today as post-roll activity picked up in IG leaving HY to charge tighter still (though not managing to make it back below 600bps) as roll re-positioning and tranche technicals seem to be dominating index activity. The ongoing compression in the widest and riskiest credits saw high beta names dramatically outperform low beta today, single-names outperform indices across the board and HVOL, XO, and HY all outperform IG.[More...]

Rationing? I Have To Disagree

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:49:00 GMT

In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Martin Feldstein, Ronald Reagan’s top economist and a Harvard professor, claims the current health care proposals are all about rationing.? I have to disagree. Excerpts from his article are below, along with my critique. "Although administration officials are eager to deny it, rationing health care is central to President Barack Obama's health plan. The Obama strategy is to reduce health costs by rationing the services that we and future generations of patients will receive. "The White House Council of Economic Advisers issued a report in June explaining the Obama Administration's goal of reducing projected health spending by 30% over the next two decades. That reduction would be achieved by eliminating 'high cost, low-value treatments' by 'implementing a set of performance measures that all providers[More...]

Daily Credit Summary: August 19 - Swiss And Sweet

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:17:30 GMT

Spreads widened in general today in the face of a surprisingly resilient US equity market as overnight saw more Asian angst and dollar doldrums. HY underperformed IG but both were wider as indices underperformed intrinsics and low beta underperformed high beta. Intraday ranges were wider than average in IG and HY today but both closed much nearer their wides than tights, as stocks closed at their highs. HY's resilience yesterday (following the AXL debacle) seems to have run its course with both IG and HY now wider on the week. IG and HY are both significantly wider than their Friday closes and Monday opens whereas the S&P seems modestly worse than Friday's close but considerably better than Monday's open - infer what you will. China, the dollar, and Crude were the talk of the day and the spin-meisters were out en masse to use these changes to their own evil needs. Sorry, sarcasm off for a moment.[More...]

Global Sell-Off Travels to U.S. - Averages Down 2%-3%

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:10:00 GMT

Stocks end near session lows, coming under pressure throughout Monday's session on concerns the global economy could remain weak, particularly if consumers continue to show restraint.[More...]

Today's Playbook On Health Insurance Stocks, Post- Public Option

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:13:00 GMT

In an astute political move, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius on Sunday said that providing citizens with the option of government-run insurance is not essential to the Obama administration's overhaul of U.S. health care. Evidently, the administration has caved on this very important issue, leaving the door open for private health insurance companies to move forward with creative products and profits for shareholders. Of course the devil will be in the details, but at fist glance Team Obama will expand health using cooperatives similar to the public/private scheme in the domestic utility industry. Here are potential winners for investors to explore. Beware using the insurance index ETFs as your vehicle, as the health care sub-sector is in play now, not all insurance stocks. Aetna (AET) $28.28/$12.3b market cap/ 0.14% American Independence Corp. (AMIC) $4.75/$40.4m market cap/0% [More...]

Health insurers weather storms heading into 2010

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:50:00 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS - Rising unemployment, swine flu and the threat of health care reform all ganged up on managed care companies in the third quarter and could hurt their performance heading into 2010.
But most of the large publicly traded health insurers reported better-than-expected profit growth for the latest period, and analysts still see strong core businesses beneath the challenges facing the industry.
"I would say they're holding their own in a very, very bad situation," BMO Capital Markets analyst Dave Shove said.

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Wall Street Soars On Recovery Optimism, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Surges

Today Earnings Reports Analysis : Motorola (MOT), The Procter & Gamble Company (PG), Aetna (AET), Kellogg (K), ExxonMobil (XOM), Public Service Enterprise (PEG), Assurant (AIZ), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Eastman Kodak (EK), Aflac (AFL), Ventas (VTR)

US Stock Futures Jump On GDP Data, P&G (NYSE: PG) Eyed

Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Market Closing : Mixed Finish Halts S&P 500 Win Streak At Six

Daily Credit Summary: September 22 - Rolling Drones

Rationing? I Have To Disagree

Daily Credit Summary: August 19 - Swiss And Sweet

Global Sell-Off Travels to U.S. - Averages Down 2%-3%

Today's Playbook On Health Insurance Stocks, Post- Public Option

Health insurers weather storms heading into 2010

Motorola, Alcoa, Procter & Gamble are big movers

Aetna says 3Q profit grows, cost controls improve

Aetna 3Q profit grows, but costs hurt performance

Group Formed to Create Replacement for UnitedHealth Database: A New York Nonprofit Will Put Together a New List of Medical Prices, Replacing the Disputed One Owned By UnitedHealth Group.

Oil falls to near $80 for third day of losses

Barrage of earnings, economic data to drive market

Oil falls below $80 for third day of losses

Barrage of earnings, economic data to drive market

Coming This Week

Aetna Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Aetna Announces Date for Third-Quarter 2009 Results

Aetna Supports the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp with $50,000 Grant

Aetna to Acquire Horizon Behavioral Services, LLC

Aetna Announces Appearance at BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference

Aetna Adds WhiteGlove House Call Health to Austin Network

Aetna Adds WhiteGlove House Call Health to Dallas/Fort Worth Network

Aetna Adds WhiteGlove House Call Health to San Antonio Network

Aetna Reports Second-Quarter 2009 Results

Aetna to Announce Second Quarter 2009 Results Early

Form 4 HARRINGTON RICHARD J For: Sep 30 (10K)

Form 4 AETNA INC /PA/ For: Aug 31 Filed by: HANCOCK ELLEN M (10K)

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Form 4 AETNA INC /PA/ For: May 29 Filed by: GREENWALD GERALD (10K)

Form 4 AETNA INC /PA/ For: May 29 Filed by: HANCOCK ELLEN M (10K)

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