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Whether you like the new health care plan or hate the new health care plan, most people would agree that health will be a growing business during the next twenty years, with the baby boomers moving to an age where medical care and medicine becomes ubiquitous. Income investors who are looking for...

Cusick's Corner This Corner will focus on three strategies appropriate for those who have bearish sentiment and believe that the option implied volatility is low: 1) Buy put. 2) Buy at-the-money bear put spread. 3) Buy in-the-money call calendar spreads. If you buy an at-the-money bear put spread...

Cusick's Corner As I said yesterday, I want to breakdown some strategies that are worth looking at when you have a grasp of trend and volatility sentiment. Let's look at this example -- you are bullish (trend up) and feel that implied volatility is low. Strategically there are three strategies...

Shares of Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) are lower on the session by 2.32%, trading at $31.08. Overall call volume is now running at 5.81x the daily average, with 1% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 22,820 contracts have traded on the session so far. Walgreen Co. together with its...

Analysts at Roth Capital downgrade China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd (NYSE: NPD) from "buy" to "neutral." NPD's shares lost 17.50% to close at $3.96 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Graymark Healthcare Inc. (NASDAQ: GRMH) today announced financial results for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2010, including $5.5 million in sales from continuing operations. Graymark Healthcare saw a $0.3 million (7 percent) increase in sales in its continuing operations compared to the same quarter...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 16, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: Amazon (AMZN), Walgreen (WAG), Best Buy (BBY), Home Depot (HD) and The Gap (GPS). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=...

Shares of China Nepstar (NYSE: NPD) are higher on the session by 2.18%, trading at $5.16. Overall put volume is now running at 124.00x the daily average, with 46% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,240 contracts have traded on the session so far. China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd....

Retail Sales were better than expected in October, and the numbers for September were revised higher. Total retail sales rose 1.2%, much better than the 0.7% consensus expectation, and are up 7.3% from a year ago. September was revised up from 0.6% growth to 0.7% growth, which makes the overall...

We have just gotten through the 2010 election season. Now everyone is turning their attention to 2012. On that note, let's take a look at a few companies that I believe will not be alive during the next economic cycle. These companies are struggling to stay alive and their stock...

We have just gotten through the 2010 election season. Now everyone is turning their attention to 2012. On that note, let's take a look at a few companies that I believe will not be alive during the next election cycle. These companies are struggling to stay alive and their stock...

Stocks advanced broadly on Tuesday as investors turned their focus toward the results of mid-term elections and a two-day Federal Reserve meeting that is expected to unveil more measures to revive the economy.  The advance sent the Dow average to its highest close in more than six months as most of...

• WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) reported estimate-topping third quarter earnings of $1.74 a share, up from Zacks estimates of $1.58, on revenues of $14.33 billion, above Zacks estimates of $14.22 billion  • Aetna (NYSE: AET) topped projections with third quarter results of $0.84 a share, up from Zacks...

CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) released financial results on Wednesday morning. CVS Caremark Corporation reported that its 3rd quarter net income fell to $809 million, or 59 cents per share, down from $1.02 billion, or 71 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding special items, the company's...