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Wall Street Gains On Upbeat Economic Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Rallies

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:59:37 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Monday as better-than-expected housing and manufacturing data sparked a rally in financial and technology shares.[More...]

US Stock Futures Advance As Ford (NYSE: F) Posts Profit, Data Eyed

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:44:31 GMT

US stock futures advanced on Monday after automaker Ford Motor Company posted a surprise third-quarter profit of $997 million.[More...]

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:51:28 GMT

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is scheduled to release its third quarter earnings before the market open on Monday, November 2, 2009. Analysts, on average, currently expect the company to report a net earnings of $1.77 a share on revenue of $7.82 billion.[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...]

Market Closing : Late Move Slightly Trims Broad Stock Gains - Commodities Continue Surge

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Stocks end higher but in the lower end of the day's range, clocking between a 0.6% and 0.75% advance. Stocks gained broadly after retailers posted solid September sales, surprising many analysts. Alcoa kicked off earnings season with an unexpected profit and the Labor Department reported a drop in weekly jobless claims. In addition, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England left rates unchanged at record lows, which lent stocks worldwide some support.[More...]

Healthcare Speech: No News is Good News

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:34:21 GMT

Healthcare stocks are rallying on Thursday in the wake of the President’s address to the joint sessions of Congress on healthcare reform. The lack of additional information in the President’s speech prompted Leerink Swann & Co. healthcare analyst John Sullivan to say, “The plan for healthcare reform Obama introduced last night consisted of broad strokes…We’ve heard it all before.”[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...]

Wall Street Rallies On Economic Data, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Soars

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:25:27 GMT

US stocks finished up on Monday on upbeat manufacturing and construction spending data.[More...]

US Stock Futures Point To Stronger Start, Ford (NYSE: F) Eyed

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:05:00 GMT

US stock futures climbed higher on Monday after European banking giants HSBC and Barclays reported positive results.[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 Gains On Upbeat Economic Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Rallies

US Stock Futures Advance As Ford (NYSE: F) Posts Profit, Data Eyed

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

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

Market Closing : Late Move Slightly Trims Broad Stock Gains - Commodities Continue Surge

Healthcare Speech: No News is Good News

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

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

Wall Street Rallies On Economic Data, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Soars

US Stock Futures Point To Stronger Start, Ford (NYSE: F) Eyed

Health insurers weather storms heading into 2010

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