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Citi Updates 6/16
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 8:02am | 742Citi made a number of updates in a research report published today. Solar Capital (NASDAQ: SLRC) has been downgraded from Hold to Buy. At the same time, Citi reduced its price target on the companies stock from $28 to $26. In the report, Citi states, "We are downgrading the shares of SLRC to a...
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Citi Initiates Catalyst Health Solutions at Buy, $74 PT
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 7:41am | 30Citi is initiating coverage of Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) at Buy with a $74 PT. Catalyst Health Solutions closed Wednesday at $54.14.
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Home Health Care Industry With The Highest Operating Margin
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 12:58am | 128Below are the top small-cap home health care stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Almost Family Inc (NASDAQ: AFAM) is 14.40%. AFAM's PEG ratio is 0.67. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG)...
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Video Proof That the Euro Has Not Worked for Greece
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 2:23pm | 704If anyone still needs proof that the Euro is no good concept for Europeans, but just another fiat money-Ponzi ending in foreseeable massive devaluation, check out this bird view of protests in the Greek capital Athens. Greek CDS spreads rocketed an unprecedented 170 basis points to a record 1,760...
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U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $445 Million Contract for Precision Strike GMLRS Rockets
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 12:00pm | 208Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $445 million follow-on contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Unitary rockets from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command. This is the U.S. Army's sixth purchase of the precision munition, with almost 2,000 GMLRS rockets fired in support...
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Top Performing Industries For June 15
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 10:14am | 218At 10:10 am, the Dow fell 0.62% to 12,001.37, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.55% to 1,280.85 and the NASDAQ composite index dropped 0.41% to 2,667.73. The industries that are still afloat in the market today are: Building Materials Wholesale: This industry jumped 0.82%...
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Puts Purchased on DaVita Inc.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:13pm | 133Shares of DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) are higher on the session by 0.38%, currently trading at $83.51. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the...
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Health Care Sector Showing Strength
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 1:28pm | 382The Health Care Sector is the strongest area of the market in today's trading session, currently up 0.5% on the day. The best performing stocks in the S&P 500 Health Care Sector currently are: 1) Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX): Shares of Forest Laboratories are currently trading up 1.8% from...
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Options Brief: Omnicare, Inc.
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 11:38am | 70Shares of Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) are higher on the session by 0.26%, trading at $30.82. Overall call volume is now running at 8.14x the daily average, with 27% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,743 contracts have traded on the session so far. Omnicare, Inc. is a...
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Five Stanley Cup Stocks For a Bruins Victory
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 12:59pm | 346Rooting for the Canucks in these Stanley Cup finals is like rooting for Cobra Kai Dojo in the Karate Kid. They're thugs, they (literally) bit another player, and they let some third-rate defensemen knock a Bruin out for the playoffs with a concussion. They're dirty and they deserve to get smoked...
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8 Stocks With Significant Insider Buying
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 12:07pm | 556Insider Monkey provides free insider trading and hedge fund holdings data. We believe insiders have an edge over other investors because insiders know more about their companies than do outsiders. That's why insiders aren't allowed to trade based on material non-public information. Most insiders...
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Options Brief: DaVita Inc.
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 11:50am | 92Shares of DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) are lower on the session by 1.14%, trading at $83.06. Overall call volume is now running at 10.44x the daily average, with 26% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,903 contracts have traded on the session so far. DaVita Inc. is a provider of...
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Puts Purchased on Amedisys, Inc.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 12:33pm | 112Shares of Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) are lower on the session by 2.78%, currently trading at $26.78. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past four months and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today....
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Morgan Keegan Maintains Outperform on athenahealth
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 8:43am | 77Morgan Keegan is out with its report today on athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN), maintaining Outperform. In a note to clients, Morgan Keegan writes, "While ATHN has shown a willingness to ramp sales and marketing spend as a percentage of revenue to sustain its 30% top line growth, we believe the company...
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HMS Awarded Contract by the State of Utah
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 9:35am | 59HMS, a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: HMSY), announced today that is has been awarded a contract by the State of Utah, Department of Health to provide Recovery Audit Contractor services for the years 2008 and 2009. The contract extends through June 30, 2012, with the...