health care

Hospital stocks are in line to profit off potential tax reform, but that might be where the good news ends. Morgan Stanley expects a potentially radical shift in health care services toward payer vertical integration to shake the industry and strain traditional competitors. The Rating Analyst...

Shares of one of the most tracked biotech exchange traded fund, iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (ETF) (NASDAQ: IBB) dipped below its 200-day moving average on Tuesday for the first time in months. The ETF is also more than 10 percent removed from its 52-week highs, which has some investors...

Investors tend to lose confidence in a company's outlook after a stock plunges 30 percent in one day, but that shouldn't be the case when it comes to Envision Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: EVHC), at least according to analysts at Canaccord Genuity. The firm's Richard Close maintains a Buy rating on...

Shares of Envision Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: EVHC) were trading notably lower by more than 30 percent Wednesday morning in reaction to the company's disappointing earnings report. Envision Healthcare cited the impact of hurricanes Harvey and Irma for its poor performance in the quarter, but...

Shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) came under heavy selling pressure last Friday, which continued into Monday's trading session amid ongoing concerns that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is looking to enter lab supplies and other health care related businesses. But Thermo Fisher's...

Investors looking to buy shares of Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (NASDAQ: ACHC) after a 25-percent decline in reaction to a disappointing earnings report may want to reconsider, according to analysts at Mizuho Securities. The firm's Ann Hynes downgraded Acadia's stock rating from Buy to Neutral...

If you’re looking for a financial feast, check Oppenheimer’s choice platter. The firm’s 28 research analysts updated their monthly list of top picks this week, with just more than half of the catalog intact from the start of the summer. Here is what comes highly recommended:...

Health care, the S&P 500's third-largest sector allocation, is rebounding nicely after slumping in 2016 when the sector notched its first negative showing on an annual basis. This year, the Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV) is higher by nearly 15 percent. Although the health care...

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett appeared on PBS NewsHour this week, where he spoke on, among other things, tax and health care reform. Single-Payer Health Care Is The ‘Best System’ During his interview, Buffett criticized the belief in government...

President Donald Trump is still dealing with a major blow to his presidency as his campaign promise of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act failed to even make it to a vote. But according to Blackstone's John Studzinski, the president is in good position to rebound from his defeat....