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courtesy of Sprint Corp.In the past 30 years, the hedge fund industry has shown phenomenal growth. Initially formed as true “hedges” against conventional investing, they morphed into vehicles for...
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ThinkstockHospitals and health care facilities to most of us are like the police station. You are glad they are there, but you don’t really want to go. When it comes to investing in this sector,...
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ThinkstockJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has issued a research call that calls for some very large upside in the hospital sector. We would note that most of these stocks have already enjoyed...
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We have more of the special dividends and dividend payout accelerations ahead of the coming fiscal cliff. Companies are trying to maximize their tax efficiency ahead of the increase of tax rates on...
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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as traders and investors tried to sort out their reactions to the re-election of President Obama. The initial reaction is that the U.S. economy is headed...
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) reiterated Buy but raised target to $46 at Argus, and...
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ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last seen was only about 51%...
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thinkstockOn the day that the Presidential election is happening, investors are throwing money into the inflation winners. The problem is that maybe this is not an inflation trade. Maybe it is a...
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U.S. equity markets opened higher following a spate of moderately good news on U.S. employment. The ADP report showed job gains (more coverage here), and the report on new claims for unemployment...
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U.S. equity markets re-opened for business in New York this morning after a two-day shutdown forced by Hurricane Sandy. Markets opened higher, but lost their energy by mid-morning. Asian markets were...
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Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) sells assets to improve earnings. (Reuters) Standard Chartered may lose its New York banking license over allegations it hid $250 billion in transactions tied to...
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The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning most likely due to the lack of bad news on the Eurozone’s financial troubles (more coverage here). Asian markets got a chance to react to...
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Hospital operator HCA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HCA) reported a better-than-expected second-quarter profit due to higher patient admissions. Net income for the quarter rose to $391 million, or $0.85 cents...
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The three major US stock indexes opened about 1% higher this morning following the news that non-farm payrolls grew by a much larger-than-expected 163,000 (our coverage here). Once investors warmed...
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Thursday was D-Day for the Supreme Court decision on the Obama healthcare mandate as to its constitutionality. The long and short of it is that the mandate is constitutional as a tax after a 5-4...
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