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  • Finding the Needle of Opportunity in a Haystack of Obamacare

    By Michael Mandala - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: ACAR, ALR, F, GE, HON

    Beyond the hot air from mass media, government bureaucracies, and pubic opinion, companies both large and small have been watching the changing healthcare environment closely. The reason for this is that every move in today’s healthcare legislation is an exponential move in so many businesses’ bottom lines because of coverage cost implications. The resulting effects of Obamacare may not only be rising healthcare costs through traditional insurance providers, but more »

  • Chuck Royce's New Buys (Part I)

    By Anh HOANG - February 15, 2013 | Tickers: ALR, ETM, SGA

    Chuck Royce, the founder of Royce & Associates, has been quite successful in investing in small cap stocks for more than 40 years. For the last 10 years, the cumulative return of his fund was 159% while the return of S&P500 was only 34.8%. In the fourth quarter, he initiated long positions in four small cap stocks including Alere (NYSE: ALR), Saga Communications (NYSEMKT: SGA), Geospace Technologies and more »

  • Four Analyst Calls on Monday Worth Noting

    By Brian Nichols - February 12, 2013 | Tickers: ALR, AMGN, ANGI, SCTY

    Sometimes an analyst issues a revised outlook or changes his/her rating, but does not inform investors of the reasons behind the call. These typically move stocks on the call alone; the price target and outlook. However, some analysts provide detailed reasons behind the call; these are the outlooks that should be noted and used as part of your fundamental research. Therefore, I am taking a look at such outlooks more »

  • Healthcare Valuations Are Out of Whack

    By Ted Cooper - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: ALR, LH

    There is so much uncertainty surrounding the health care reform law that many stocks in the sector are trading out of line with their intrinsic value. This creates a buying opportunity for discerning investors who are willing to buy and hold these undervalued companies for many years.

    Although there is a high level of uncertainty in managed care providers and health insurers, there is less uncertainty as to the future more »

  • Buy This Wide-Moat Company

    By Ted Cooper - January 8, 2013 | Tickers: ALR, LH, DGX

    Companies that provide diagnostic lab testing for hospitals and managed care providers have been hit hard by the economic downturn, as many patients are visiting the doctor less often than they used to. However, this trend will likely reverse itself as the United States economy recovers and Obamacare is fully implemented.

    In the United States, diagnostic lab testing is dominated by two companies: Quest Diagnostic (NYSE: DGX) and LabCorp (NYSE: LHmore »)

  • 3 Stocks To Go

    By Declan Fallon - October 11, 2012 | Tickers: ALR, BKD, DWA, ESC

    There has been a general slowing in the number of stocks making breakout moves on volume.  Not there has be a slowdown in the number of stocks making all-time highs, but only of movers-and-shakers making near-term highs backed by volume buying.  Three stocks to make an appearance were Alere Inc (NYSE: ALR), Emeritus Corp (NYSE: ESC), and DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA).

    Alere develops and manufactures patient diagnosis, monitoring, and health more »