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Quest Diagnostics Inc. DGX

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Top Stock 4 – Quest Diagnostics ( DGX )

An aging population and a greater emphasis on preventative care are creating a high-growth opportunity for Quest Diagnostics ( DGX ). This company is the leading provider of independent diagnostic testing in the U.S. It has built a network of more than 2,000 patient service centers across the country, offering its customers a wide array of routine and specialty laboratory tests and services.

<> DGX posted a nearly 25% jump in earnings for the first quarter and a significant uptick in sales that beat expectations. These are very soli...

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By Marian Filo (-24.55% risk: aggressive) 07/03/09

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Obama-Care Focused on Preventive Medicine DGX

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Obama-Care Focused on Preventive Medicine

In addition to bullish outlooks for generic drugs and Health IT , President-Elect Obama's healthcare plan plans to focus on public health initiatives and mandated coverage of preventive services such as cancer screenings. The accompanying table presents statistics and the top five rated companies in the ETFI Preventive Medicine Index, including vaccine makers such as Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), diabetes care companies such as Novo Nordisk (NVO), diagnostic companies such as Sequenom (SQNM) and Myriad Geneti...

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By Mike Havrilla (+1.04% risk: conservative) 11/05/08

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A Defensive Growth Stock Index DGX

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A Defensive Growth Stock Index

<> The accompanying table presents the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex, which is structured as a market cap weighted, defensive growth index of 30 companies based in either the United States or Canada with the largest market capitalizations from each industry group (A-J) as specified below:

(A) Grocery Stores (1)
(B) Consumer Staples (10) – Non-Food (2), Food (4), Tobacco (1), Alcoholic Beverages (1), and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (2)
(C) Health Benefit Providers (3) – Managed Healthcare (1), Supplemental Health (1), an< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />...

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By Mike Havrilla (+1.04% risk: conservative) 10/20/08

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Under Valued DGX

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-1.05%
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(closed on 10/06/08)

Quest is a solid company with a stock value that doesn't match its potential... Besides recently going international in India... Quest has time and time again beaten predicted earning marks... recently reporting a 14% higher earnings report then predicted...

Unless people plan on not having babies and doctors decide lab testing is obsolete... this company will grow and continue on its upward path...

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By Daniel Bull (+0.09% risk: conservative) 10/06/08

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