Managed Health Care

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Prologis (NYSE: PLD) 12,051 puts, 3 calls 2. Murphy Oil (NYSE: MUR) 5,638 puts, 218 calls 3. Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) 5,112 puts, 218 calls 4. Lam Research (NASDAQ: LRCX) 9,038 puts,...

Shares of Blue Coat Systems (NYSE: HS) are lower on the session by 1.78%, currently trading at $30.82. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short...

Cusick's Corner The market continues to get some more fuel early in this earnings cycle -- JPM and INTC reported to the upside, with little drag from the actions by the Chinese and the continued struggles of EU sovereign debt. Gold is on the radar because the short-term move looks potentially ugly...

• Comerica (NYSE:CMA) has plans to purchase Sterling Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBIB) for $1.03 billion for a deal worth $10 per share • GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) reported charges of $3.4 billion in the fourth quarter to settle lawsuits and fines from earlier sales practices, mostly because of its...

• Comerica (NYSE:CMA) has plans to purchase Sterling Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBIB) for $1.03 billion for a deal worth $10 per share • GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) reported charges of $3.4 billion in the fourth quarter to settle lawsuits and fines from earlier sales practices, mostly because of its...

Wells Fargo is out with its Morning Summary and has made the following ratings changes: Initiating Targa Resources (NYSE: TRGP) at Outperform. TRGP closed Friday at $28.31. Downgrading AMERIGROUP (NYSE: AGP) to Market Perform. AGP is trading pre-market at $50.56, down 0.59% from Friday's close.

Virgin Media Inc (NASDAQ: VMED) was downgraded by Deutsche Bank from "buy" to "hold." VMED's shares closed at $25.20 on Friday. Virgin Media's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $6.27 billion. Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) was downgraded by Morgan Stanley from "overweight" to "equal weight." YHOO's stock...

Following the revision of rating outlook to stable from negative over the U.S. Health Insurance and Managed Care sector, the rating agency Fitch Ratings also took rating action on UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) one of the major companies of the sector. The rating actions included the affirmation...

Following the revision of rating outlook to stable from negative over the U.S. Health Insurance and Managed Care sector, the rating agency Fitch Ratings also took rating action on UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) one of the major companies of the sector. The rating actions included the affirmation...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.5% in December, a sharp rise from the 0.1% increase in November, and the 0.2% rise October. While that sounds bad, year over year it is up just 1.5%. Looking a little bit deeper, the problem is mostly with energy prices, which surged 4.6% a very sharp...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.5% in December, a sharp rise from the 0.1% increase in November, and the 0.2% rise October. While that sounds bad, year over year it is up just 1.5%. Looking a little bit deeper, the problem is mostly with energy prices, which surged 4.6% a very sharp...

Shares of Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) are higher on the session by 2.36%, currently trading at $33.57. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short...

Analysts at Susquehanna initiate coverage of CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) with a “neutral” rating. The target price for CI is set to $44. CI shares rose 0.53% to close at $39.53 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here