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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&#...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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July 11 - News - Comments
Drug retailers may not score as big as the manufacturer when a certain drug passes the test. On the other hand, they carry little risk once the drug is...
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July 9 - News - Comments
Investors in Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) have had a pretty good time of it over the last year with a near 50% gain as I write however, the recent results...
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July 5 - News - Comments
Everybody loves “easy” money. We can’t help it. The good news is that when you are a shareholder of a dividend-paying company, you get...
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July 5 - News - Comments
Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) was down almost 10% last week despite an 18% year-over-year improvement in earnings. But Walgreen posted fiscal 3Q EPS of $...
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July 3 - News - Comments
Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG), the largest drugstore retailer in the US, saw its biggest intraday fall (more than 7.5%) after it released its third quarter...
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July 3 - News - Comments
Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG), along with its partnership with Alliance Boots, has strengthened its long-term position by working with AmerisourceBergen...
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July 2 - News - Comments
Last week’s sell off saw some big names falling off the cliff. Stocks that gained handsomely in the rally so far, such as Gulfport Energy Corporation...
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July 2 - News - Comments
The real-money Inflation-Protected Income Growth portfolio operates based on three key investing principles inspired by Benjamin Graham: dividends, valuation...
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July 2 - News - Comments
Dividend growth investing is a slow and steady process taking place over a long period of time. The goal is to grow a stream of dividend income by buying...
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July 1 - News - Comments
Everyone finds it easy to point the finger at Ben Bernanke for the recent turn of events in the stock market. It’s extremely difficult to feel any sense...
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July 1 - News - Comments
