Managed Health Care

Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE: AXL) had its rating reiterated at Hold. On Friday, AXL added 8.82% to its value to finish the week at $11.47. Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) had its rating reiterated at...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are higher this morning, after Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives reached an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 177 points to 12,265.00 and S&P 500 index...

Citi has published a report on Magellan Health Services (NASDAQ: MGLN) analyzing 2Q results. In the report, Citi wrote, "Both Louisiana and Massachusetts have released Medicaid behavioral health RFPs recently. We have some details on Louisiana, which suggest the opportunity could be worth over $...

Jefferies & Company has lowered the price target on Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) from $37 to $35 and maintains its Hold rating.

Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) reported a 35% rise in its second-quarter profit and lifted its earnings outlook for the year. Humana reported its quarterly earnings at $460.3 million, or $2.71 per share, up from $340.1 million, or $2 per share, in the year-ago period. Its revenue came in at $9.28 billion...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) from $38 to $39 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Citigroup has lowered the price target on AMERIGROUP (NYSE: AGP) from $81 to $71 and maintains its Buy rating.

US stock futures are higher this morning, after Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives reached an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 119 points to 12,207.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 8.50...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) to report its Q2 EPS at $2.06 on revenue of $9.32 billion. Humana shares dropped 0.01% to $74.57 in after-hours trading. Analysts expect Allstate Corporation (The) (NYSE: ALL) to report its Q2...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Friday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...

Below is a list of several stocks to watch this week. Each week I publish stocks to watch for the upcoming week as potential momentum trades or longer-term investments. The stocks below all have a 50k minimum average daily share volume and traded at a 52-week high on strong volume, with a...

Cusick's Corner I wish that the mainstream media would focus on the data that has been coming out and not the debt debate, we know what that debt is and so the market can anticipate the effect. What has not been focused on or talked as much is the recent data, specifically the Orders and GDP-Adv...

Shares of HealthSpring (NYSE: HS) are lower on the session by 2.11%, currently trading at $40.92. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the...

STEC (NASDAQ: STEC) is trading down over 35% after being downgraded at FBN Securities. VistaPrint (NASDAQ: VPRT) is trading down over 35% after being cut to Underweight at Piper Jaffray. TeleNav (NASDAQ: TNAV) is trading down 30% after being cut to Hold at Canccord Genuity. Constant Contact (NASDAQ...