Should You Avoid Medtronic Inc. (MDT)?
Billionaire hedge fund managers such as Steve Cohen and Stan Druckenmiller can generate millions or even billions of dollars every year by pinning down......(read more)
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Endologix, Inc. (ELGX), Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX), The Spectranetics Corporation (SPNC), and More: Tamarack Capital’s Top Picks
Justin John Ferayorni’s Tamarack Capital Management has filed their latest 13F with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, revealing their long......(read more)
L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LLL), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC), Torchmark Corporation (TMK): David Harding’s Top Picks
In an interview on CNBC, David Harding, founder and president of Winton Capital Management said that the S&P 500 is nothing else, but a trading system......(read more)
Is The Market Betting on General Electric? GE Earnings Analysis
Founded in 1878 by none other than Thomas A. Edison, General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is still going strong. GE stock has gained over 21% year-to......(read more)
What Is Due Diligence? Here’s How I Do It
Introduction The lexicon of the financial world is full of phrases and jargon that are often tossed about without considering that there may be those......(read more)
Prime Office REIT-AG: September 24th Merger Vote Combined with Shareholder Activism Should Unlock Value
Disclosure: We are long shares of PMO.DE. Please click here to read full disclosures. Our 19-page report explaining our long thesis for Prime Office......(read more)
1 Sector Getting a Boost From Obamacare
You might be surprised which sector appears to be picking up steam as a result of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. When Obamacare......(read more)
Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX), Diageo plc (ADR) (DEO), Spectra Energy Corp. (SE): Rock-Solid Stocks Growing Their Dividends Well Above Inflation
Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock’s current yield, but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends. That......(read more)
Novartis AG (ADR) (NVS), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): Will Smart Pills Revolutionize Health Care?
The ongoing convergence of the tech and health care industries has yielded some remarkable advances in telehealth, electronic health records, or EHRs,......(read more)
QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM), Google Inc (GOOG): The Future of Health Care as Seen Through Glassomics
At the end of July, Palomar Health announced a partnership with Qualcomm Life (a subsidiary of QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)) to launch Glassomics, an......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT), DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (DVA): Can This Medical Device Maker’s Pacemaker Keep On Ticking?
In the medical technology industry, there is a clear divide between software and hardware. Whereas software solutions like EHR (electronic health record......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ)’s Enlightening New Hope
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) has been nothing short of great for investors this year, rewarding shareholders with stock gains of 40% since the......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT), Abbott Laboratories (ABT): Should You Trust This Top Health-Care Dividend?
The medical-device industry isn’t probably the first place you’d think to find great, high-yielding dividend stocks. While other players in......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX): Look to This Medical Equipment Leader for Consistent Growth
The health care sector can be daunting for some investors, and there are some good reasons why many people won’t go near health care stocks. First......(read more)
Stryker Corporation (SYK): Hedge Fund and Insider Sentiment Unchanged, What Should You Do?
Is Stryker Corporation (NYSE:SYK) a buy? To the average investor, there are a multitude of metrics shareholders can use to analyze stocks. Some of the......(read more)
Hedge Funds Are Crazy About Medtronic, Inc. (MDT)
Who’s crazy about Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT)? Now, according to many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are perceived as useless, old investment......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): Three Need-to-Know Takeaways From Earnings
It was show time for Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) and medical device investors yesterday, as the world’s largest pure medical device maker reported......(read more)
Smith & Nephew plc (ADR) (SNN), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT), ResMed Inc. (RMD): The Three Highest-Yielding Dividends Among Medical-Device Makers
As I say every week when I highlight one outstanding dividend-paying stock, “Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink!”......(read more)
Owning Alere Inc (ALR) May Not Be Healthy for Your Portfolio
Companies offering comprehensive patient vital sign monitoring was once a business many investors were unaware of. Ever since the (attempted?) implementation......(read more)
Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX), St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): This Medical Device Maker Seems to Be Quite Expensive
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......(read more)
Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): Is Now the Time to Buy Medical Device Makers?
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. If we go back......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT), Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX): Is This the Market’s Last Remaining Bargain?
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......(read more)
Baxter International Inc. (BAX), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): Should You Buy These 2 Medical Device Stocks?
Medical device stocks are an excellent place to be if you are still wary of the macro-economy. They are exposed to inelastic demand and don’t have......(read more)
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG), Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX): Is This Gloomy Warning a Telltale Sign for the Medical Devices Industry?
On July 9, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) warned of second-quarter financial results coming in at disappointing levels, although the company......(read more)
Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): This Momentum Play Might Make You Money
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) isn’t the most popular stock on Wall Street. In fact, many investors don’t want to have anything......(read more)
Is Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) Cheap After the Recent Plunge?
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......(read more)
How Medtronic, Inc. (MDT) Overcame Obamacare to Hit Multi-Year Highs
Obamacare has affected many companies throughout the health-care industry, but medical-device makers have taken a particularly large hit. That’s......(read more)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AbbVie Inc (ABBV): 6-Month Checkup
Technically, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) has been around for decades. But the new Abbott Laboratories stock — the one that no longer contains......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): Is This Stock in Your Portfolio? If Not, Then Consider Getting Some
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......(read more)
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT), Stryker Corporation (SYK): Big Growth Opportunities for Three Medical Equipment Makers
Some diseases cannot be cured by traditional drugs but instead require a surgical procedure. This is one of the reasons for constant and increasing demand......(read more)
Mead Johnson Nutrition CO (MJN), Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG): Insights From Lone Pine Capital’s Portfolio
It is always interesting to peer into the transactions of large asset managers such as Lone Pine Capital. The fund manager had a whopping $19.3 billion......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT), Aflac Incorporated (AFL) & UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH): Dividend Achievers for the Long Haul, Part 2
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 “......(read more)
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ): A Discounted Medical Equipment Play
When it comes to investing in the healthcare sector, there is lots of money to be made if investors choose wisely. Factors such as the current healthcare......(read more)
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY): Is a Type 1 Diabetes Cure Right Around the Corner?
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......(read more)
McKesson Corporation (MCK): Finding Strength in Healthcare Supplies
Are you one of the many investors looking to take advantage of the rising demand for healthcare in this country? Over the coming decade, the healthcare......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): Should You Buy This Dividend Aristocrat?
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......(read more)
Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW): Is This Fallen Angel Still a Good Growth Play?
Healthcare stocks resemble tech stocks, in that both are eye candy to growth investors, show volatility over business cycles and thus have less appeal......(read more)
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH), WellPoint, Inc. (WLP), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): These Healthcare Stocks Pay Fast-Growing Dividends
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......(read more)
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), Walgreen Company (WAG): It’s Time for This Dow Stock to Raise Its Dividend
The 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrials appeal to investors as much for their regular dividend payouts as for their high-quality businesses. Many of......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): The Medical Device Industry Offers Opportunities
The global medical devices market reached $331 billion in 2012 according to Kalorama Information, just 3% higher than 2011. In the U.S. Medicare, Medicaid......(read more)
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): Profiting from Diabetes Expenses
In the past I have found success investing in companies that provide exposure to growing themes. I have invested in popular themes such as healthcare,......(read more)
Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): Recent Aortic Valve Events that You Should Understand
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......(read more)
Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL), Emerson Electric Co. (EMR): 5 Dividend Growth Companies For A Strong Portfolio Foundation
Enterprises that have continued to increase their dividend payments offer the ideal amount of stability that both institutional and individual investors......(read more)
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG): Terror and Opportunity
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......(read more)
Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT), Saks Inc (SKS): Are These Tuesday Post-Earning Movers a Buy?
On Tuesday, we saw a number of high-profile stocks trade with large price swings after earnings. Let’s see why these stocks are moving, and decide......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), AutoZone, Inc. (AZO): Today’s Three Best Stocks
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......(read more)
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): Three Under-the-Radar Stocks Every Dividend Investor Should Own
When it comes to dividend-paying stocks, bigger isn’t always better. Oftentimes, dividend investors excitedly uncover a company that pays a huge......(read more)
Will This Crush Medtronic, Inc. (MDT)’s Earnings?
On Tuesday, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings......(read more)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT): The Future Of High Blood Pressure?
Cardiology device makers haven’t had much good to report to investors lately. The entire medical device market has struggled with pricing pressures......(read more)
NuVasive, Inc. (NUVA), Medtronic, Inc. (MDT) & Three Earnings Reports That Caught My Attention Last Week
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......(read more)
