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The prognosis for health care stocks is rosy.After riding a wave of uncertainty, health care company vital signals are now turning favorable. President Barack Obama's re-election and the Supreme Court decision in June to uphold the Affordable Care Act could help to lift many subsectors in the $1.6 trillion health care industry, including biotechnology and medical devices.As a result, more analysts are jumping on the bandwagon for health care stocks, calling them solid long-term investments. For example, Standard and Poor's Capital IQ, the ratings and research service, notes that many health care subsectors are poised to post above-average earnings growth in 2013.But that's not all. Demographics are on health care's side, with 77 million aging American baby boomers fueling health care growth as their medical spending increases.Health care stocks are solid three-to-five-year market plays, says Morningstar's director of health care research, Alex Morozov. "So this is a good time to invest...
The Federal Reserve ramped up its stimulus to the economy on Wednesday, expressing disappointment with the pace of recovery in employment as contentious U.S. budget ...
The Federal Reserve may tip toward doing even more to boost the U.S. economy in 2013 as two outspoken advocates for a super-easy monetary stance rotate into voting s...
Paccar Inc. (PCAR) and Eaton Vance Corp. (EV) said Tuesday they are issuing extra cash dividends, joining other companies looking to raise shareholder return ahead o...
Paccar Inc. (PCAR) and Eaton Vance Corp. (EV) are issuing extra cash dividends, joining other companies looking to raise shareholder return ahead of the potential "f...
During trading today, both the Financial sector (XLF) and the S&P500 showed little movement.As a proxy for the sector, the ETF tracked closer to the overall market t...
A few stocks are down on high volume today:Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is trading down on a volume of 37.6 million, or 2.4 times its standard daily volume. Shares have droppe...
Eaton Vance (NYSE:EV) missed Wall Street sales and earnings expectations in the third quarter as more people withdrew their money than invested, launching a selloff ...
U.S. companies hired more workers than expected in July as the labor market slowly chugged along, but the country's manufacturing sector remained weak last month, da...
Today, a few stocks are down on high volume:Parametric Technology (NASDAQ:PMTC) is trading down on a volume of 1.2 million, or 1.5 times its average daily volume. Th...
These nine stocks struck 52-week highs:While trading on above-average volume, Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA) climbed today, reaching and then surpassing its pre...
These stocks are down on high volume today:Today, Cheniere Energy Partners L.P (AMEX:CQP) is down on high volume, trading at a volume of 723,048, or 4.3 times its av...
These stocks hit one-year highs:While trading on above-average volume, Primus Telecommunications (NYSE:PTGI) climbed today, reaching and then surpassing its previous...
With the jobs market showing signs of healing, economists think they know what's next for monetary policy: the Federal Reserve will at some point taper its monthly b...
IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE) said it will launch credit-default swap futures in May, potentially opening up the clubby corner of the derivatives markets to re...
The corporate bond market had its busiest session for new deals in more than a month Monday, as companies finish the earnings season and switch their focus to fundin...
Morningstar analyst Cara Esser on the strategies to reduce taxes on your investments.
An uptick in the performance of investment-grade corporate bonds relative to high-yield, or "junk", bonds may be signaling a shift in investors' risk appetite -- and...
Kathleen Gaffney, Eaton Vance portfolio manager, on starting a bond fund and why she believes now is a good time to take credit risks.
Dividend investors came out of the fiscal-cliff deal relatively unscathed, a development some say may spur companies to make bigger payments in 2013.Investors applau...
