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Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included tech giants and a media leader. Bearish calls included a big EV maker and a struggling retailer. The first week of the new year felt like more of the same, as far as market volatility goes....

Build a business model based on marginalized Medicare recipients living in poor, urban neighborhoods where doctors rarely care or dare to set up shop. Focus on quality health care with a holistic view of a patient’s needs, from house calls to behavioral counseling to transportation to that...

Deutsche Bank initiated coverage on eight companies in the managed care sector, saying it has a constructive view on industry fundamentals, most notably the long-term growth projected for the Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care segments. The commercial segment trends have been volatile in...

The $54 billion proposed merger between Anthem Inc (NYSE: ANTM) and CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) was officially shot down Wednesday. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order enjoining the proposed merger, which would have created the largest U.S. health insurer based on...

Three leading biotech companies will step into the earnings spotlight this week. Consensus forecasts from Wall Street analysts call for earnings growth from just two of them. And only one of them has topped estimates by double-digits in recent quarters. While the biotechnology industry has had a...

Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for public sports team owner and a global health services company. The prospects for a commercial property owner are also examined in the wake of the Brexit vote. This week's cover story takes a closer look at the...

The cover story in this weekend's Barron's takes a look at what it calls the best big oil stock in the world. The company's efforts to make itself over and plan to support its payout until the end of the decade are the basis for the claim. Other articles feature some top advisory teams and a look...

Healthcare has been one of the best performing sectors of the U.S. stock market for years, but in 2015, shares of healthcare stocks have suffered slightly. Many investors began to worry about the impact next year's presidential election might have on the sector. Some candidates have voiced concern...

Shares of CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) are surging on Monday afternoon, up $19.80 to $157.12, a gain of nearly 15 percent. The stock first spiked around mid-day on Monday, after Dow Jones reported that Anthem Inc (NYSE: ANTM) was interested in a bid for the company at $175 per share. Wall...

U.S. stocks rallied for the second straight day, ending a tumultuous week on a positive note as investors found more positives than negatives in today's job reports. "It was bad, but not that bad," an investment officer at Wells Fargo told CNBC. "We've made some progress here, we still think we...

The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...

It is not unusual for stocks on a tear to overrun their mean price targets, which is a signal of how far analysts on average expect the share price to climb. Some of the top-performing health care stocks over the past six months that pay dividends, such as Becton, Dickinson (NYSE: BDX), Bristol-...

After taking a look at the prospects for higher interest rates and how investor sentiment might be affected by them, analysts at UBS (NYSE: UBS) have recommended three financial stocks that stand to benefit most from rising rates over the short term. They are insurers Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC...

With the markets running at record highs, analysts on the institutional portfolio strategy team at Oppenheimer are on the lookout for stocks that are likely hold their ground even if the markets should see a correction. Stocks that have made the list include Aetna (NYSE: AET), Lam Research (NASDAQ...