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Fresh Del Monte Produce And Psychiatric Solutions Downgraded Today
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 8:35am | 110Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. (NYSE: FDP) declined 1.58% to $20.59 in the pre-market session. Fresh Del Monte Produce was downgraded today by Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey to Neutral from Buy. The 52-week trading range for FDP is $13.82 - $24.76. Fresh Del Monte closed at $20.92 in the previous trading...
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Cramer Gives His Advice On CX, VMC, CHU, CTL, WIN, TEVA, THC, AIG, S, Q, AINV, FSLR, EQT
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 11:10pm | 457Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round that he doesn't like Cemex SAB de CV (ADR) (NYSE: CX). He would rather buy Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) which is making a comeback. Cemex (CX) dropped 3.92% today, and Vulcan Materials (VMC) closed 2.96% down. China Unicom (Hong Kong)...
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Reduce Your Risk In The Initial Public Offering Market With This IPO ETF
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 7:56pm | 2056“Everybody loves the romance of an IPO — a company going public with the potential to deliver huge profits to those investors on the ground floor. But the reality of initial public offerings are very different than the storybook version some traders believe. Trying to research these tiny upstarts...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (LZ , UTIW, NLY, MELA, SUNH)
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 10:14am | 250Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) was downgraded by Hilliard Lyons from “long-term buy” to “neutral.” LZ closed at $93.72 yesterday. LZ has a 52-week trading range of $31.33-$94.93. Read more about this company here. Jesup & Lamont downgraded UTI Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ: UTIW) from “buy” to “hold...
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Stock Market News for March 24, 2010 - Market News
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 9:45am | 446It was the turn of the real estate sector Tuesday to send equities higher as a better-than-expected existing home sales report reconfirmed hopes the economy is slowly beginning to rebound. The blue-chip Dow average gained 103 points, its biggest advance in more than two weeks. Healthcare stocks...
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Before Jumping Into A Single Health Care Stock Consider This ETF
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 11:22pm | 1667“The healthcare sector has never seen anything like this and neither has the American public. After months of political wrangling, the Affordable Health Care for America Act was signed into law by the President. The Act will extend health insurance coverage to roughly 30 million Americans without...
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Volume Talks Monday: A Sirius Reversal
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:39am | 2912As the market traded higher across the board Monday on lighter volume, there were many stocks which traded higher/lower on above average volume. Today's breakout report is for Monday March 22, 2010. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section...
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Stock Market News for March 23, 2010 - Market News
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:21am | 491Shares from the healthcare sector led the broader stock market higher Monday, as the contentious healthcare overhaul bill crossed the final hurdle after months of debate and uncertainty. The 10-year, $940 billion bill will extend insurance to 32 million Americans who are currently without coverage...
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Top 5 Stocks For March 23, 2010 (THC, CCL, KBH, WAG, ADBE)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 7:32am | 266Tenet Healthcare Corp (NYSE: THC) leads the health care sector higher following the passing of the health care reform bill. THC gained 1.91% to $6.39 in after hours trading. Read more about this company here. Analysts expects Cruise ship leader, Carnival Corp (NYSE: CCL) to earn $0.14 per share...
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Investors Flock To Healthcare ETFs On Historic Reform
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 4:13pm | 1662“Wall street was glued to the weekend vote on health-care reform and scrambled to figure out which areas, if any, might benefit from its passage. Technically, however, the fortunes of the sector relative to the broad market changed for the better a month ago. In other words, nothing historic...
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US Stocks Jump Up; Rally Driven By Health, Pharma Stocks (AXP, DD, MRK, PFE, MRK, THC, HMA)
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 3:48pm | 227US stocks have climbed today, driven the most by the healthcare sector. Healthcare stocks are rising as investors believe that the number of insured customers for hospitals and pharmaceutical firms may spike, with the passage of the reform bill. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average has jumped 47....
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Top Performing Industries For March 22 (SSY, LVS, PZZ, DKS, CEA)
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 3:04pm | 333At 2:07 p.m., Dow gained 47.31, or 0.44%, to 10,789.29, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 5.15, or 0.44%, to 1,165.05. The Nasdaq composite index moved up 17.95, or 0.76%, to 2392.36. The industries that are driving the market today are: Hospitals: The top gainer of the day,...
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Healthcare Stocks Rally (CYH, AGP)
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 1:49pm | 266Shares of healthcare companies surged in trading on Monday after passage of a much debated legislation. Investors expect the passage of the healthcare reform bill to have a positive impact on the industry. The S&P Healthcare Index rose 1% on Monday after the final approval from U.S. House of...
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Movers and Shakers On March 18 (CAR, DPTR, MDTH, NKE, SMRT, GME, SCVL, CMRG, CRAI, PQ, SFY)
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 8:36am | 319Some of the stocks that made ripples in the US stock market yesterday are: Avis Budget Group Inc (NYSE: CAR) advanced 8.6% following an upgrade in rating by Barclays PLC from “equal weight” to “over weight.” Delta Petroleum Corp (NASDAQ: DPTR) soared 30% after the company announced that it would...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Gainers (MDTH, LYG, BBY, GNVC, BIDU)
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 8:16am | 257MedCath Corporation (NASDAQ: MDTH) increased 1.65% to $12.35 in the pre-market session. The 52-week trading range for MDTH is $6.62 - $13.63. In the last six months, MDTH has gained over 25%. Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE: LYG) climbed 9.09% to $3.72 in the pre-market session. Lloyds Banking...