It's not hard to locate a company willing to return at least some of its profit to shareholders, but finding one that will return a meaningful amount, and that shows the ability...
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August 19 - News
In the latest round of 13F filings, Diamond Hill Capital Management, managed by Ric Dillon, is another hedge fund that disclosed all of its equities as of the end of the second...
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
Companies offering comprehensive patient vital sign monitoring was once a business many investors were unaware of.
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August 2 - News
Since the beginning of the year, Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) has enjoyed a great rally, climbing from $5.90 per share to nearly $11 per share.
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July 29 - News
As of this writing, the S&P 500 is up over 17% this year, while many of the biggest names in medical devices have run even farther.
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July 29 - News
It is hard to remember a time when the market was as overheated as it is today; even during the tech bubble, there were non-tech stocks that were cheap.
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July 24 - News
Medical device stocks are an excellent place to be if you are still wary of the macro-economy.
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July 23 - News
On July 9, Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
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July 17 - News
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) isn't the most popular stock on Wall Street. In fact, many investors don't want to have anything to do with it.
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July 16 - News
Recently, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) experienced a significant decline of more than 11.3% in after-hours trading, from $500 per share to only $443.50 per share.
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July 11 - News
Obamacare has affected many companies throughout the health-care industry, but medical-device makers have taken a particularly large hit.
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July 9 - News
Technically, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) has been around for decades.
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July 3 - News
The market gives investors a good number of chances to buy stocks when they are beaten down, and one such opportunity presented itself when medical devices maker Medtronic, Inc...
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July 3 - News
Some diseases cannot be cured by traditional drugs but instead require a surgical procedure.
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June 28 - News
It is always interesting to peer into the transactions of large asset managers such as Lone Pine Capital.
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June 26 - News
This is part 2 (click here to view part 1) of a series of articles on companies within the dividend achievers index that I consider to be the "best of the best." This index contains...
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June 19 - News
When it comes to investing in the healthcare sector, there is lots of money to be made if investors choose wisely.
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June 19 - News
For lack of a better phrase, those who have type 1 diabetes -- a form of diabetes whereby the person's own autoimmune system attacks or attempts to destroy cells in the pancreas...
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June 18 - News
Over the coming decade, the healthcare industry is primed to benefit greatly from a series of macroeconomic tailwinds.
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June 18 - News
As the market becomes more volatile and high-grade dividend stocks begin to fall in price an opportunity opens up to buy those stocks at a more reasonable price than the last ...
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June 17 - News
Healthcare stocks resemble tech stocks, in that both are eye candy to growth investors, show volatility over business cycles and thus have less appeal to value investors.
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June 11 - News
Given the huge potential of the healthcare industry, it is very tempting to peer through it for possible options if one seeks for the best places to earn dividend income.
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June 10 - News
The 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrials appeal to investors as much for their regular dividend payouts as for their high-quality businesses.
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June 10 - News
While many of the big-time medical device companies are forecasting sunny earnings for 2013, that hasn't slowed down the march to trim payroll, according to Fierce MedicalDevices...
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June 6 - News
In the past I have found success investing in companies that provide exposure to growing themes.
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June 6 - News
Aortic stenosis is a type of heart disease involving a narrowing of the valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the aorta, or the aortic valve.
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June 3 - News
Enterprises that have continued to increase their dividend payments offer the ideal amount of stability that both institutional and individual investors like to see.
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May 31 - News
I thought looking at some medical device companies would be an interesting little trek into an area that I have not looked at in too much detail before.
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May 28 - News
In the financial world, there are plenty of gauges market participants can use to analyze stocks. A duo of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.
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May 28 - News
On Tuesday, we saw a number of high-profile stocks trade with large price swings after earnings.
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May 24 - News
There's hardly any certainty in the market, but even I have to admit it's become almost comical that the Nasdaq Composite has hit a new high (including intraday highs) in 17 straight...
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May 21 - News
When it comes to dividend-paying stocks, bigger isn't always better.
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May 20 - News
On Tuesday, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 19 - News
Cardiology device makers haven't had much good to report to investors lately.
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May 9 - News
As we enter the heart of second-quarter earnings reports, I can't help but point out that the majority we've covered over the past year have been better than expected.
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May 6 - News
It has been more than a 100 days since Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) separated its research-based pharmaceutical business into a newly formed entity named AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV...
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April 30 - News
Earnings season hasn't been kind to medical-device makers so far.
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April 28 - News
Health care companies have been caught in a state of limbo since the passage of Obamacare.
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April 26 - News
In January of 2012, Business Magazine released a list of the most sustainable companies in the world. You might be surprised to see who topped their list.
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April 25 - News
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) reported its quarterly earnings on April 17.
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April 18 - News
Earnings season's in full throttle now, and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) stepped up and released its quarterly data Tuesday.
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April 17 - News
You would think that the medical-device sector would be rife with big gainers thanks to an aging population, but it's not quite as simple as that.
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April 14 - Hedge Funds
Is your job in jeopardy because of Obamacare? Staunch advocates of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would say absolutely not.
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April 10 - News
Obamacare has brought on intense debate from impassioned advocates both for and against the historical health care legislation.
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April 10 - News
BlueCrest Capital Management LLP, the $35 billion hedge-fund firm run by former JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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April 10 - Hedge Funds
Whether you're ready for it or not, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known collectively as Obamacare, is going to be fully implemented in less than nine months.
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April 9 - News
Take $1 out of every $3 spent on health care, throw it in the garbage can -- and pretty soon those dollars add up to a big amount.
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April 8 - News
Dublin-based pharmaceutical and medical device company Covidien plc (NYSE:COV) recently announced that it had authorized a share buyback program that could be worth up to $2...
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April 2 - News
I've heard this clever quip about health care reform many times before, but this quote by J.P.
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March 27 - News
If you'd ask most stock holders, hedge funds are viewed as unimportant, old financial vehicles of years past.
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March 27 - News
