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New Stock Indexes to Track Healthcare Trends
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Below are new healthcare stock indexes I have created, revised, and tracked over the past few years which are now featured at a new website called Investars YOU. The new site includes automated index tracking and allows investors to create custom stock portfolios based on their individual preferences with the ability to invest real money by linking your brokerage account. TEVA, MYL, MO, UNH, AET, WYE, PFE, CRXL, MDRX, QSII, MRGE, ECLP, ZIXI, CPSI, CERN <> The <> <> <> Co...
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Cramer on BloggingStocks: What to buy in the Dow
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Filed under: Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Wal-Mart (WMT), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Market matters, McDonald's (MCD), AT and T (T), Caterpillar (CAT), Citigroup Inc. (C), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Alcoa Inc (AA), Altria Group (MO), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Freep't McMoRan Copper (FCX), DJIA, Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer identifies the eight Dow components that will become too cheap not to buy.
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Expert Panel Recommends FDA Regulation of Tobacco
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By Mike Havrilla on 2/25/09 The ETF Innovators Global Tobacco Index tracks the performance of the 24 companies listed below which derive the majority of their revenue from the distribution or manufacturing of any type of tobacco product (e.g. cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco) or any related supplies (e.g. wrapping papers, tobacco leafs, filters) used directly in the manufacture of tobacco products. <> The Global Tobacco Index is down by 9.3% to a value of 258,320 and average dividend yield of 4.4% from its starting valu...
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ETF Innovators: 24 New Product Ideas
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ETF Innovators: 24 New Product Ideas Below are 24 new exchange-traded product (ETP) ideas, which are organized by the following sectors and themes: transports (six), healthcare (11), Non-Healthcare (five), and commodities (two). The 20 stock-based ETF ideas below are structured as semi-active indexes with monthly rebalancing to choose the top rated stocks as active components on an equal-weight basis. <> Most of the ideas represent first-to-market ideas and several such as Air and...
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Nine for '09 Stock Picks Start Strong
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The nine stock picks I posted in mid-December are off to a strong start in the new year, with seven of the stocks registering gains and a 14.5% gain for the group as an equal-weight average versus a 1.1% gain for the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY). Click on any of the links below for my most recent articles on each company.
The four smallest, defensive healthcare stock picks are leading the group with an average gain of 30.6% thanks to an 87.3% gain for Javelin Pharma (JAV) and a 42.9% gain for Caraco Pharma (CPD) while...
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My UpDown Virtual Investing Portfolio
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Start earning real money with zero risk while improving your trading skills and strategies at the UpDown Virtual Investing website -- just click on the image above or any of the text links to the site in this article to sign up today. My stats and profile are featured in the accompanying table and on my blog site below the last posted entry. I started trading at the UpDown on 11/23/08 with a gain of 32.5% through today -- my profile name on the site is 'ETFinnovators' with a portfolio of long positions and link...
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A New Index of Highly Defensive Stocks
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<> The table at my website link below includes an update for the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 36 companies based in the <st1:country-region> <st1:place> U.S. </st1:place> </st1:country-region> , <st1:country-region> <st1:place> Canada </st1:place> </st1:country-region> , and <st1:place> Europe </st1:place> with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive industry groups. The 36 companies are dominated by consumer staples and healthcare, with an equal distribution of 12 each from these sectors, with the remaining 12 compan...
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New Global Tobacco Index: A High-Yield Safe Haven
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In stark contrast to my previous article on socially responsible and green exchange-traded investment vehicles, the accompanying table [click to enlarge] presents the Top 10 companies by market cap and statistics for the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Tobacco Index, which easily outpaced the overall market and benchmark ETFs over the last year.
The Top 25 Rated companies managed to post a gain of 1.5% on a total return basis in the past year, thanks to an average dividend yield of 6.3%. All benchmark E...
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UpDown Virtual Investing: Earn Real Money with Zero Risk
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Start earning real money with zero risk while improving your trading skills and strategies at the UpDown Virtual Investing website -- just click on the image above or any of the text links to the site in this article to sign up today. My stats and profile are featured in the accompanying table and on my blog site below the last posted entry. I started trading at the UpDown 26 days ago with a gain of about 27% through today -- my profile name on the site is 'ETFinnovators' with a portfolio of long pos...
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Small, Defensive '09 Stock Picks Are Soaring
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The nine defensive stock picks I wrote about last week are off to a very strong start, posting a 7.4% gain as an equally-weighted average compared to a 1% gain for the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY). The biggest gains came from the smallest companies in the index – Caraco Pharma (CPD) was up 40% while Javelin Pharma (JAV) increased by 19% in the past week and has more than doubled since I first wrote about it in early December .
Despite a drop in shares of Altria (MO) over the past week, I have added to ...
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An A-List of Stock Buys: Altria and AMAG Pharma
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<> On my stock A-List of stock buys today are defensive picks from tobacco and healthcare, including Altria (MO) and AMAG Pharma (AMAG).
Altria was well on its way to 16 bucks today on an analyst upgrade until the Supreme Court ruled that tobacco companies could be sued for deceptive marketing practices for light cigarettes. Altria believes the litigation is manageable and the Company noted that the ruling today simply allows the lawsuits to proceed and does not reflect a decision of liability against MO in the cases.
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Cramer on BloggingStocks: This market is driving the little guy away
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Filed under: Exxon Mobil (XOM), Market matters, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Altria Group (MO), Chevron Corp (CVX), Morgan Stanley (MS), Procter and Gamble (PG), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Nucor Corp (NUE), Wells Fargo (WFC), Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says it's too crazy for a lot of people, and they're cashing out of this casino.
Last night, during a talk at the 92nd Street Y in New York, I fielded questions from an overwhelming group of eag...
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Nine for '09: Stock Picks for the New Year
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<> Below are nine stock picks for 2009, which are taken from the 1,000 company database of ETF Innovators [ETFI] Indexes, and which I own in my personal brokerage account. Given my cautious stance toward the economy and stock market, the picks have a defensive theme favoring the healthcare sector as a source of defensive growth companies.
1.) Consumer Staples – Tobacco: Altria Group (MO) has lost about 30% of its market value since spinning off the international tobacco operations into a separate public company as Philip Morris< />< />< />< /><>< />< />< />< /><>< />< />< />< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><>...
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Look for Laggards after Latest Rally
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With the S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) trading to the upside by more than 10% in the last five days on the prospects for a short-term $15B rescue package for U.S. auto makers to prevent rising unemployment rates from skyrocketing into double digits, Caraco Pharma (CPD) and Altria Group (MO) represent two laggards from defensive industry groups.
The accompanying one-month chart [click to enlarge] illustrates a highly correlated sell-off in Caraco and another small generic drug company, Hi-Tech Pharmacal (HITK), with H...
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Stock Ideas from ETF Innovators New Indexes
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<> Below is a list of 14 stock opportunities from various ETF Innovators [ETFI] indexes, which includes a database of over 1,000 companies. The companies are chosen across a full spectrum of market cap and risk level from a variety of industry groups.
From the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex , I believe Altria Group (MO) and Pfizer (PFE) are defensive dividend, value buys at current levels as each company currently pays a dividend of $1.28 per share annually – resulting in historically high dividend yields for bot<>< />< /><><><>< />< /><><><>< />< /><><>< />< /><><>< />< /><><>< />< /><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />...
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