Many hospitals shut down elective surgeries and other activities to brace for the impact of COVID-19. However, analysis on these shutdowns is yielding some interesting insight.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included AGCO, Anthem, AT&T, Caterpillar, Comcast, Cogent Communications, CVS Health, DraftKings, FedEx, Papa John's, Square and UnitedHealth.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Advanced Micro Devices, Alcoa, Apple, Broadwind, Cogent Communications, Intel, Micron Technology, Netflix, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Square and Zscaler.
Friday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Anthem, American Electric Power, Apple, Broadcom, DocuSign, eBay, Gap, GameStop, Humana, Immunic, PG&E, Slack Technologies and Sysco.
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Agilent Technologies, Alphabet, Altria, Amazon.com, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chipotle Mexican Grill, E*Trade, Gap, Snap and Twitter.
On days when the main stock market indexes are trading sharply lower, it is interesting to see what stocks and sectors are up on the day.
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Apple, Bed Bath & Beyond, Chico's FAS, Clorox, Deere, Gap, Newell Brands, RealReal, Teva Pharmaceutical, UnitedHealth and Wells Fargo.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Thursday included AbbVie, Ally Financial, Anthem, Caterpillar, CVS Health, Deere, Oracle, PayPal, Rite Aid, Square, Uber Technologies and UnitedHealth.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Monday included Bluebird Bio, Genmab, GTT Communications, Humana, National Oilwell Varco, News Corp., ONEOK, Symantec and Uber Technologies.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included American Water Works, Arconic, Cree, Dell Technologies, Humana, Merck, Qualcomm, Square, Tesla and Zynga.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included Bloom Energy, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Cummins, FireEye, Humana, MacroGenics, Spirit Airlines, Vale and Walt Disney.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included Apple, Arconic, Chipotle Mexican Grill, GrubHub, Halliburton, Humana and Yelp.
Next year could bring more volatility to the stock market, and certain sectors, like health care, may be a good place to be.
Here are five top health care stocks that provide investors with different avenues to invest in the sector. They all should be solid additions to growth portfolios for 2019.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday include American Superconductor, Galapagos, Humana, Intel, Philips Electronics, Pinduoduo, Qualcomm and Wayfair.
