ThinkstockIn an announcement for its annual investor conference tomorrow, UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) reaffirmed its earnings per share (EPS) forecast for 2012 at $5.20 to $5.25. But in its first estimate…
Jon OggThe Value Investing Congress often generates some stock-moving buzz around shares as some of the key money managers and hedge fund managers get to present their case for why they see…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU) started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. Apple…
David Einhorn and his hedge fund Greenlight Capital reported some changes to the fund’s portfolio last night. The fund added significant holdings in several health care stocks and eliminated a couple of…
Now that the healthcare constitutionality argument has passed, healthcare and insurance providers are consolidating. WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) just announced that it was acquiring AMERIGROUP Corporation (NYSE: AGP) in a $4.9 billion transaction in…
If you were watching the reactions in the market after the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare as being constitutional as a tax, you might think that the healthcare insurance providers are suddenly…
Now that it’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Healthspring Inc. is completed, insurer Cigna Inc. (NYSE: CI) is looking at either a sale of its pharmacy-benefits division or the outsourcing of the division’s…
Health insurer Wellpoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) is changing its fee schedule for primary care physicians. Like other insurers Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET), Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), and Cigna Inc. (NYSE: CI), Wellpoint’s…
These are some of Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Outperform and $500 target at Credit Suisse. CIGNA Corp. (NYSE:…
Shares opened lower this morning on continuing concern about European bank debt. The Case-Shiller report on housing contributed to the weakness and then the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index came it at…
Healthways Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) could be named “The Implosion Stock of the Day.” Revenues rose 3.3% from a year earlier to $176.2 million, but that sequential earnings gain is actually more than a…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks opened higher this morning, helped along by a host of merger announcements. Techs got boost when Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) said it would pay $1.5 billion for cloud-based customer service provider…
Monday is called “Merger Monday” for a reason and this morning is a classic example of its namesake. We have seen multiple deals and news outstanding on pending deals. We recently noted…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks;…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Raised to Hold at Jefferies. Agrium Inc.…
