Why Walmart Might Want to Acquire Humana
Late Thursday, reports began to trickle in that retail behemoth Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was in preliminary negotiations to acquire health insurer Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). Humana’s market cap of around...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Agilent, Allstate, ADP, Baker Hughes,...
Stocks had a strong end of the week for the last day of the first quarter, but the first day of the second quarter was looking to be off to a weak start. The bull market is now over nine years old, and...
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6 Stocks Trading Higher During a Major Sell-Off
When investors see a major sell-off, they often freeze like a deer in the headlights. And many investors had said for the better part of a year that they just wanted a 10% pullback so they could get...
View ArticleMonday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500
April 2, 2018: The S&P 500 closed down 2.2% at 2,681.73. The DJIA closed down 1.9% at 23,641.16. Separately, the Nasdaq was down 2.7% at 6,870.12. Monday was a down day for the broad U.S. markets,...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AbbVie, Dana, Humana, International...
The futures traded higher Friday morning, and while investors are still smarting from yesterday’s tariff-driven selling, all eyes are on the May nonfarm payroll report to see if the economy is still...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Biogen, Costco, Kroger, Humana,...
The futures initially traded higher Friday morning but then retreated as the market has an eye on the beginning of the Trump administration’s trade tariffs, which go into effect today. With the nonfarm...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AbbVie, Amazon, Anadarko, Broadcom, CA,...
Stocks were indicated to open higher after Wednesday’s sell-off broke a five-day streak. Investors have had less faith and lower rewards by buying the dips in 2018 than in prior years. Many of those...
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Meet Walmart’s Newest Partner
It was announced early on Monday that Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) would be partnering with Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) for seniors to buy health products at its stores. Walmart has made this deal before with...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Apple, BP, CSX, GE, Humana,...
Stocks were indicated lower on Wednesday morning. Even though the major market equity indexes may have recently hit all-time highs, investors have seen less upside when they have bought pullbacks....
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: American Superconductor, Galapagos,...
Stocks were indicated to open stronger on Thursday after a mixed index showing on Wednesday. The major U.S. equity indexes remain near all-time highs, while most international markets are not. One...
View Article5 Merrill Lynch US 1 Health Care Stocks Could Be Big 2019 Winners
With just over six weeks left in what has been a very volatile 2018, many investors are wondering which direction the market will take now that Democrats are taking over the House of Representatives....
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Democrats’ Congressional Win Could Be Huge for 4 Top Health Care Stocks
Almost everybody agrees that the midterm win of the House of Representative by the Democrats assures one thing: gridlock. Generally, as a rule, Wall Street has always favored gridlock as it tends to...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Arconic, Chipotle, GrubHub,...
Stocks fell apart after Wednesday’s FOMC decision was viewed as less-hawkish but not dovish, although Thursday’s early losses came back to a slight positive indication for the day’s trading. One trend...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Bloom Energy, Chipotle, Cognizant,...
Stocks were trading lower on Thursday after a light sell-off on Wednesday. Investors need to consider that the Dow Jones industrials had risen by over 2,500 points above its lows from the start of...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: American Water, Arconic, Cree, Dell,...
Stocks were looking for direction on Thursday, a day after Fed Chair Jerome Powell promised to be patient on interest rates, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq have effectively hit all-time highs again in...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Bluebird, Genmab, GTT, Humana, News...
Stocks were very volatile last week, and Monday’s futures levels indicated a negative opening bell for the Dow Jones industrials, S&P 500 and Nasdaq after trade war fears were complicated and...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AbbVie, Ally, Anthem, Caterpillar, CVS,...
Stocks were indicated to open higher on Thursday, and the S&P 500 is again within 1% of its all-time high. The markets have been volatile, and it’s impossible to forget that the bull market is well...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Bed Bath & Beyond, Chico’s,...
Stocks saw many ups and downs but ended last week slightly lower, but they were indicated to open higher on Monday. This is the last day of the third quarter in 2019, and the Dow Jones industrials are...
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Health Care Insurance and Health Care REITs See Safety Trade During Market Panic
On days when the main stock market indexes are trading sharply lower, it is interesting to see what stocks and sectors are trading higher on the day. The Dow Jones industrials were down 482 points...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Agilent, Alphabet, Altria, Amazon,...
Stocks were indicated to open marginally higher on Friday as earnings season is so far proving to be not as bad as many investors had modeled in for the third quarter and as Brexit hopes remain...
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