Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global disclosed its top three picks for the past quarter in a 13F Form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission......
(read more)February 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Barry Rosenstein, the manager of Jana Partners, has further decreased his fund’s stake in Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS), according......
(read more)June 30 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Beating the market can be difficult when picking stocks on your own. One common source of alpha can be focusing on small cap stocks, which tend to outperform......
(read more)March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Stopping a “train wreck.” Caving in to “anarchists.” Trying to “extort a president.” Those were the views of House......
(read more)September 23 - News - Comments
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and investors who’ve bid the stock up to new 52-week highs have to......
(read more)September 17 - News - Comments
Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes — just in case......
(read more)September 13 - News - Comments
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) got a pop on Wednesday, September 11, to a new high of $3.75 as CNBC’s Halftime Report analyst suggested an eventual......
(read more)September 13 - News - Comments
Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) — the largest pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM, in America — is also one of the most important......
(read more)September 11 - News - Comments
Back in June, Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) reported an earnings miss as the company continued to have trouble driving customer traffic. At the time, ......
(read more)September 11 - News - Comments
When is the last time you heard an unequivocally good jobs report? Unfortunately, most of us are probably still scratching our heads trying to remember......
(read more)September 11 - News - Comments
Twenty-four days! That’s the amount of time we have left, including today, before state-run health exchanges are scheduled to open for business......
(read more)September 9 - News - Comments
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act) will positively impact sales in the retail pharmacy sector. The reason is pretty simple: Obamacare......
(read more)September 5 - News - Comments
After a disappointing third-quarter earnings report, Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) is ready to double down on efforts to blur the distinction between its......
(read more)September 3 - News - Comments
Geopolitical risk has reared its ugly head once again. This time, the ongoing crises in Syria and Egypt have rattled the international markets and sent......
(read more)September 2 - News - Comments
The drug store industry is changing, and while it’s not all for the best, profitability is likely to improve for one simple reason. CVS continues......
(read more)August 30 - News - Comments
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn looks to be betting on Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD)‘s resurgence. In the second quarter, Einhorn’s fund......
(read more)August 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
With widespread confusion about the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, you might expect that those charged with explaining the health......
(read more)August 28 - News - Comments
Back in 2010, a study by Dr. Rainu Kaushal, a professor of medical informatics at Weill Cornell Medical College, revealed that 37 errors occurred out......
(read more)August 28 - News - Comments
It looks like the dividend-stock juggernaut may be starting to slow down, as yields on income vehicles begin to edge up again. After staying abnormally......
(read more)August 28 - News - Comments
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) has spent much of the past decade weighed down by a heavy debt load that has made competing against industry leader Walgreen......
(read more)August 27 - News - Comments
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)August 27 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
Horrors! A big corporation is looking to snatch your health-care privacy rights for a mere pittance to do who-knows-what with your prescription drug use......
(read more)August 21 - News - Comments
If you think most Americans are confused about upcoming changes related to the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, you’re right......
(read more)August 19 - News - Comments
CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE:CVS)’s earnings pushed the entire pharmacy space lower on Tuesday, but was the report really that bad, and are stocks......
(read more)August 12 - News - Comments
As the back-half of 2013 gets underway, it is time for investors to position their portfolios for 2014. In addition to the usual full-year earnings releases......
(read more)August 10 - News - Comments
This is part 3 (click here to view part 2 ) of a series of articles focusing on companies within the dividend achievers index. This index consists of......
(read more)August 8 - News - Comments
Insider buying by directors and executives of any company is always appealing since they have more information about their business than most outsiders......
(read more)August 5 - News - Comments
“I don’t get no respect.” This line repeated frequently by the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield could serve as the motto for the health......
(read more)August 2 - News - Comments
CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE:CVS) is one of my favorite “safety” stocks, that is, a company that is well positioned to do well in any type of economic......
(read more)July 31 - News - Comments
As the implementation of Obamacare moves forward, drug stores are set to profit from it, as people who were previously not receiving treatment now have......
(read more)July 30 - News - Comments
After months of fighting off the advances of unwanted suitor Royalty Pharma, Irish biotech Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN) finally got an offer......
(read more)July 29 - News - Comments
The drugstore retail market hasn’t pulled up despite the slow recovery of the U.S economy. Nonetheless, one of the leading drugstore chains, Walgreen......
(read more)July 26 - News - Comments
In what appears to be an unending period of low interest rates, many conservative investors looking to protect their purchasing power are no longer having......
(read more)July 26 - News - Comments
If you are looking to get into pharmacy stocks, the temptation is to look at those with turnaround potential. These highly risky stocks supposedly have......
(read more)July 25 - News - Comments
Your corner pharmacy might not seem like a worthwhile investment idea, but what you may be surprised to know is that the stocks of the major drug stores......
(read more)July 17 - News - Comments
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn&#......
(read more)July 17 - News - Comments
Good news for Obamacare has been rarer than an igloo in the Sahara desert over the last few months. However, Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) and the Blue......
(read more)July 15 - News - Comments
The real-money Inflation-Protected Income Growth portfolio just finished an astonishingly strong week, rising by more than $1,080 since the prior week......
(read more)July 15 - News - Comments
The Motley Fool is on the road in Seattle! Recently we visited Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSTR) — now officially renamed Outerwall Inc (NASDAQ:OUTR......
(read more)July 11 - News - Comments
Are you a momentum chaser or a value stalker? Whichever you are, getting out of your comfort zone might improve your returns. Maybe you’re all about......
(read more)July 11 - News - Comments
