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  • Hospital Stocks Have a Murky Prognosis

    By Bob Chandler - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: CYH, HCA, HMA, THC

    The future for hospital stocks is uncertain. Though the stock price of operators like Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA), Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH), HCA Holdings (NYSE: HCA), and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) have risen anywhere from 75% to more than doubling since their 2012 lows, their recent first quarter results weren't very inspiring.

    The conflict between current pessimistic industry trends and future encouraging possibilities seems to be the more »

  • How to Pick the Right Hospital Holding Company

    By Ted Cooper - May 2, 2013 | Tickers: HCA, LPNT, THC

    One of the unfortunate realities of running a hospital has been the inability to collect full payment from uninsured patients. The moral, and in some cases legal, obligation of hospitals to treat uninsured patients has long been a drag on profitability for the industry, but that is about to change.

    Obamacare will drastically reduce the number of patients who cannot afford to pay the full tab for services provided by more »

  • A New Survery Will Boost These Medical Device Companies

    By Callum Turcan - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: HCA, ISRG, MAKO

    On Wednesday the Journal of the American Medical Association released survey data that stated that since 2009 the US could have saved $14 billion in health-plan costs and 50,000 years of sick time if only minimally invasive surgeries had been used. They tracked 6 different procedures since 2009 to see what kind of impact minimally invasive surgeries will have on the healthcare industry. Minimally invasive surgeries can cut costs more »

  • Don't Fall For This Financial Sector Trap

    By Bill Edson - March 14, 2013 | Tickers: COF, C, HCA, WFC

    There seems to be an emerging trend of finance companies branching out to make up for lackluster lending.  For instance, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has been advancing into investment banking services, and now it seems to be moving into healthcare finance.

    Why am I complaining about a new product launch? I am complaining because adding products is different for financial companies. When Apple launches a new product, that should be more »

  • Top 3 Hospital Stocks Well Positioned for Healthcare Reform

    By Anindya Batabyal - February 12, 2013 | Tickers: HCA, HMA, THC

    The healthcare reform law aims to expand insurance coverage to roughly 30 million uninsured Americans. The Affordable Care Act will provide millions of Americans with access to healthcare, creating new revenue streams for companies across the sector. The Act requires every American to acquire health insurance by 2014 or be subjected to a tax. Those who can't afford health insurance will be offered subsidies or Medicaid. With more patients more »

  • Short Hospital Systems, Buy Health Insurers

    By Erick Santos, M.D., Ph.D. - February 7, 2013 | Tickers: CYH, HCA, HUM, UNH

    As a health care provider, I see big changes coming with the implementation of the Obamacare law coming in 2014. By looking at some likely scenarios you can position yourself to benefit from the changes taking shape.

    In 2014 the individual mandate will come to fruition bringing many more clients to insurers, and this will likely manifest itself in higher deductible health insurance plans and the expansion of Medicaid enrollees more »

  • Obamacare: Three Firms That Will Do Well From the Affordable Care Act

    By Nate Wooley - January 24, 2013 | Tickers: HCA, MD, THC | Editor's Choice

    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is beginning to be felt in the healthcare community. Health providers and insurance companies are starting to deal with the changes in our health system. How can you take advantage of it?

    I'm not here to judge Obamacare. That's not my role. My job is to look into the future and provide some advice about how to invest your more »

  • Invest In Demographics

    By Callum Turcan - January 15, 2013 | Tickers: HCA, ISRG, MAKO, MRK

    Aging America

    America is getting older; there is no doubt about it. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Aging says that in 2000 those 65 and older made up 12.4% of the US population. By 2009 that had grown to 12.9%, and by 2030 19% of the US population will be 65 or older. That means that there will be 72.1 million Americans who more »

  • Billionaire John Paulson’s Stock Picks with High Upside Potential

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 28, 2012 | Tickers: DLPH, HIG, HCA, IDCC, TMUS

    One way to determine a stock’s upside potential is to use the PEG ratio, which places the P/E multiple, a traditional value metric, in context with the company’s expected earnings growth rate (faster growing companies should generally trade at higher earnings multiples). PEG ratios less than 1 generally indicate that the company is expected to grow more strongly than the P/E multiple implies. Of course, earnings more »

  • An Insider Bought Health Management Associates

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 15, 2012 | Tickers: HCA, HMA, LPNT, THC, UHS

    According to a filing with the SEC, a Senior Vice President at Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA) bought 10,000 shares of the company’s stock on Dece. 10 at an average price of $7.76 per share. Health Management Associates is an operator of hospitals, with a concentration in the southern U.S. and has a market capitalization of $2.1 billion. We like to track insider purchases because more »

  • Healthcare Companies That Made Investors Rich in 2012

    By Shas Dey - December 13, 2012 | Tickers: GILD, HCA, REGN

    Reading my article's title, you might go - who cares? Who cares what stocks made people rich in 2012? Spending 20 minutes reading an article on history is not going to make my future golden, is it?

    And you would be wrong…

    As a matter of fact, some of the best and smartest investors out there put a lot of faith in the predictive nature of past history. So, if more »

  • Will These Value Picks Save Billionaire John Paulson?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 11, 2012 | Tickers: COF, CNO, DLPH, HCA, TMUS

    John Paulson of Paulson & Co. became famous- and a billionaire- for his short of subprime mortgage related investments at the peak of the housing bubble, and followed it up with a good return on gold. However, his performance in the last two years has been remarkably poor. We decided to look at some of his recent value stock picks to see if they are good investments that could help him more »

  • The Changing World Of Obamacare

    By Cecil Sales - December 10, 2012 | Tickers: HCA, HMA, LPNT

    Obamacare favors big hospitals. Big Hospital was one of the powerful lobbies, along with Big Pharma and Big Insurance that supported Obamacare to become a law. Big Hospital lobbied hard for Obamacare's insurance mandate and for steering more business to big institutions.

    President Barack Obama's re-election means his overhaul of the U.S. health-care system, opposed by most Republicans, will move ahead in all 50 states, with or more »

  • The Race for Special Dividends Continues to March On, But Why?

    By Brian Nichols - December 4, 2012 | Tickers: DISH, ESIO, HCA, ORCL, CATO

    Here we go again, more-and-more companies are stepping up to the plate to pay a special dividend. Or in some cases, are manipulating the periods of payments to avoid further tax penalties. With that being said, let’s look at the big “special dividend” announcements to start this week, and why these companies might be making such decisions.

    Company

    Ticker

    Special Dividend

    Cost (millions)

    Percent of Market Capitalization

    Cato Corp more »

  • Where The Real Recovery Is

    By Callum Turcan - December 3, 2012 | Tickers: T, HCA, HD, S, THC, VZ

    Historically, the US rebounds out of recessions at an annual growth rate of 4-6%, but we can barely touched 2%. People are bearish on the future of America; with 53.5% of US citizens seeing America heading down the wrong direction, according to RealClearPolitics poll of polls. The news is constantly jabbering on about the Fiscal Cliff, repeating the same talking points over and over again. Numerous numbers point towards more »

  • Billionaire Julian Robertson’s Cheap Stock Picks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 29, 2012 | Tickers: AIG, AAPL, ABX, HCA, WX

    It’s been some time since Julian Robertson was managing clients’ money at Tiger Management, but he continues to manage money and comment on the markets. He also continues to file 13Fs six to seven weeks after the end of every quarter, disclosing many of his long equity positions. We have already gone through his most recent 13F and discussed many of his largest holdings (see what stocks Robertson owned more »

  • Bet on Baby Boomers: Here’s How

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 29, 2012 | Tickers: CYH, HCA, HMA, THC, UHS

    Just like our list of top 10 retailers hedge funds love, the world's most successful money managers are beginning to buy up many of the publicly traded hospital chains in anticipation of increasing visits, with a rapid aging of the Baby Boomer population driving growth. Many of the hospitals we have listed below also have been preparing for the expected rise in hospital visitations by taking over smaller hospitals more »

  • Which Hospital Operators Will Thrive Under ObamaCare?

    By Anh HOANG - November 28, 2012 | Tickers: CYH, HCA, HMA, LIFE, LPNT

    At the end of 2011, when I was looking for investment opportunities in the US, I stumbled onto one decent hospital operator that had continued to increase operating cash flow. However, I did not initiate a position because of its high leverage level. That company is Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH). When I first looked at it, CYH was trading for only $16 - $17 per share. Now, I feel I more »

  • The Election is Over: Now What?

    By Callum Turcan - November 11, 2012 | Tickers: HCA, LMT, BA

    Election 2012

    The day of the election the stock market went up, and investors were excited about what that night would bring. After the election, investors must have been disappointed because the market was down 2.5%. Not a vote of confidence for the second term president, but one could say that other factors, such as Europe saying its economy won't grow in 2013, could be adding to the more »

  • Invest in the After Election Sell-Off

    By Anh HOANG - November 8, 2012 | Tickers: ANR, BAC, HCA, JPM, VHS

    “Be fearful when others are greedy, be greedy when others are fearful” is one of the classic mottos for value investors, told by the most successful investor, Warren Buffett. Thus, investors should stay away from overall cheery market consensus. When a huge sell-off happens in the market, it is normally the time to invest. It did happen, just one day after President Barack Obama was elected to be the President more »

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