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Face-off: Pharmaceutical Distributors

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:25:09 GMT

MagicDiligence puts 3 competitors, all Magic Formula stocks, up against each other in this face-off of pharmaceutical distribution companies.[More...]

Which Health-Care IT Companies Will Come Out On Top?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:58:07 GMT

While health-care reform continues to be mired in debate, one of the few initiatives that has garnered bipartisan support has been the development of electronic health records (EHRs) and interoperable health-care information technology (HIT).[More...]

McKesson (NYSE: MCK): Healthcare Winner

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:55:32 GMT

"McKesson (NYSE: MCK), our latest stock of the month, should win no matter how the debate on healthcare reform turns out," says Nathan Slaughter.[More...]

A Look at The Big 3: Medical Stocks

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:38:01 GMT

A look at the valuations of the three largest pharmaceutical distributors.[More...]

Tickers For The Latest Portfolio Reshaping

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:45:21 GMT

Fortunately my portfolio management methods don’t revolve around frequent trading. One of my kids came up to me recently and said, “What did you do today, Dad?” I said, “I made one trade, and I did a bunch of research.” He then asked, “How often do you trade?” I answered, “That was my first trade in a week, and I haven’t traded much in the last two months, but that’s not normal. There is no normal for me. When the market is really volatile, I trade a lot more, selling when stocks are rising, and buying when they are selling off. When the market is relatively placid, I don’t do much.” He looked at me, kind of smiled, and moved on. Information overload from Dad. Most people and investment managers trade too often. They sell their winners too rapidly, and panic too soon on their losers. Now, I’m not advocating “buy and forget,” or Buffett’s statement, “Our favorite holding period is forever.”[More...]

McKesson’s Prognosis Looking Even Better

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:41:40 GMT

“McKesson out, the Street was looking out for this. Revenues in line and the CEO called the quarter a strong quarter, and the stock opened up strong so that’s great news for McKesson there.” Fox Business Network 7/29/2009 Pharmaceutical wholesaler McKesson Corp. (MCK) reported fiscal first quarter 2010 results that easily surpassed Wall Street expectations for $.86 EPS. The company reported revenue of $26.7 billion that was flat from a year ago, and in line with estimates, but strict const management allowed the company to report EPS of $1.06 or 23% better than consensus estimates. The company also said[More...]

Bret Barakett's Tremblant Capital Group Bets On Technology: 13F Filing Q1 2009

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:15:00 GMT

This is the 1st Quarter 2009 edition of our ongoing hedge fund portfolio tracking series. Before reading this update, make sure you check out the Hedge Fund 13F filings series preface. Next up, we have Tremblant Capital Group. Tremblant is a $3 billion hedge fund based in New York and is run by Bret Barakett, who is a former portfolio manager at Moore Capital Management (the hedge fund run by the great Louis Bacon, whom we also track). If the last name of 'Barakett' sounds familiar, its because his brother, Timothy Barakett, manages fellow hedge fund Atticus Capital, whose portfolio we recently covered. Taken from their site, Tremblant Capital Group's objective is "to achieve superior risk adjust returns[More...]

Congratulations: It's Time to Book Your Profits

Fri, 08 May 2009 14:44:06 GMT

Last November, after Obama's win, I realized one overlooked sector was going to rocket higher on government spending. And while all the suckers piled into alternative energy stocks – which were already at obscene valuations – I showed you a much better bet to pocket a 30% "boondoggle bonus" in 12 months. Well, it's been six months, and we're up 36% on our health care IT trades... Company Symbol Return since November 2009 P/E McKesson MCK 3% 10 Cerner CERN 50% 24 Eclipsys ECLP 18% 36 Quality Systems QSII 45% 27 Allscripts MDRX 79% 21 Athenahealth ATHN 27% 55 HMS Holdings HMSY 32% 32 Average 36% 30 All of these companies are working to bring America's old-fashioned hospitals and doctor's[More...]

S&P 500 Stocks

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:35:00 GMT

The S&P 500 comprises of 500 large cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The largees public companies that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ are included in the S&P 500 index. The S&P 500 index was lunched in 1957 and is a value weighted index which is based on the 500 American stocks with the largest market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is the most widely followed index After the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and it is considered a barometer for the American economy. The S&P 500 index is included in the Index of Leading Indicators. There are the number of trading vehicle that are designed to follow the S&P 500 index. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been invested in this index. The SPY (Exchange Traded Fund) is one of the most actively trading stock over the world. The Rydex,[More...]

Which Healthcare Companies Could Benefit From Obama's Government Healthcare Plan?

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:52:52 GMT

As promised during his election campaign, President Obama seems to be swiftly acting on the US healthcare reform.[More...]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Heard Off the Street Column

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:07:00 GMT

Aug. 2--Today marks the debut of an updated version of The Post-Gazette/Bloomberg Index, 60 stocks that reflect the changing nature of the public companies playing a vital role in the region's economy.
The revised list reflects the departure of companies such as Nova Chemicals, sold this summer to Middle Eastern investors, and the emergence of others such as Toshiba [ticker: TOSBF], the majority owner of Westinghouse Electric, one of the region's fastest-growing companies.
Not all of the companies are based here -- or even in the United States.

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Face-off: Pharmaceutical Distributors

Which Health-Care IT Companies Will Come Out On Top?

McKesson (NYSE: MCK): Healthcare Winner

A Look at The Big 3: Medical Stocks

Tickers For The Latest Portfolio Reshaping

McKesson’s Prognosis Looking Even Better

Bret Barakett's Tremblant Capital Group Bets On Technology: 13F Filing Q1 2009

Congratulations: It's Time to Book Your Profits

S&P 500 Stocks

Which Healthcare Companies Could Benefit From Obama's Government Healthcare Plan?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Heard Off the Street Column

Yahoo, Massey, Sprint, Dreamworks are big movers

Top Local Companies Can't Escape Tsunami

Kickin' Butts: Board Bans Smoking on MCH Property

Health Care Industry Moves to Electronic Patient Record-Keeping

THE DOCTOR GOES DIGITAL: Though Late to the Game, Health Care Industry Moves to Electronic Patient Record-Keeping

Fitch Ratings Affirms McKesson's IDR at 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Craneware, Inc./

Craneware Announces Fiscal Year-End Results ; Craneware Experiences Record 68% Growth in Contracted Sales From Previous Year

GHX Working With Hospitals and Suppliers to Enable Use of Industry Standard Location and Organization Identifiers in Transactions and Compliance With GLN Sunrise Date ; GHX Assisting With Pilots, Transaction Guides, User Groups and Development of Services

StockPreacher.com Issues Trading Outlook for American Scientific Resources Inc.

CDC Expands Existing Vaccine Distribution Partnership with McKesson to Include H1N1 Flu Vaccine

StockPreacher.com issues Trading Outlook for Nephros Inc.

U.S. Pharmaceutical Distribution Examined in New URCH Report

McKesson Reports Fiscal 2010 First-Quarter Results

McKesson Declares Quarterly Dividend July 22, 2009

Form 4 OWEN MARC E For: Oct 09 (10K)

Form 4 MCKESSON CORP For: Sep 25 Filed by: SHAW JANE E (10K)

Form 4 MCKESSON CORP For: Sep 11 Filed by: SHAW JANE E (10K)

Form 4 MCKESSON CORP For: Sep 04 Filed by: SHAW JANE E (10K)

Form 4 MCKESSON CORP For: Aug 14 Filed by: SHAW JANE E (10K)

Form 4 Spratt Randall N For: Aug 04 (10K)

Form 4 MCKESSON CORP For: Jul 31 Filed by: SHAW JANE E (10K)

Form 4 JACOBS M CHRISTINE For: Jul 31 (10K)

Form 4 Seeger Laureen For: Jul 31 (10K)

Form 4 IRBY ALTON F III For: Jul 31 (10K)