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Health IT Poised to Rebound on Prospects for Increased Spending PHG

73%

+44.49% in 374 days Health IT Poised to Rebound on Prospects for Increased Spending <> As I wrote previously, both presidential candidates are bullish on the healthcare information technology industry – planning to increase spending and investment as a way to improve the quality of healthcare and reduce costs through automation and the widespread implementation of other technologies such as electronic prescribing and computerized medical records. The accompanying tables highlights the performance over the past year of the ETFI Health IT Index of 38 companies along with the top five < />< />< />< />... Continue reading »

Both Candidates Are Bullish on Health IT PHG

73%

-2.55% in 14 days (closed on 10/30/08) Both Candidates Are Bullish on Health IT <> <> Both candidates in the upcoming election are bullish on Health IT spending as part of their healthcare reform proposals, with an estimated savings of $88B to the country over 10 years. However, details of these plans are lacking; although Obama's proposal would include a $50B investment in Health IT, divided evenly over a five-year period. The accompanying table presents an overview of the ETFI Global Health IT Index, which includes a total of 38 companies. Trends in favor of Health IT include a push toward ele... Continue reading »

Philips is a buy PHG

15%

-32.80% in 541 days Strong company in a market with strong demand in it's expertise. Great overall numbers, the daily avg. is a bit low I guess but no worries, by Q4 it'll be over 41$ for sure. Continue reading »

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Amazon in the lead, but Kindle competition is coming

Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Sony Corp ADR (SNE) <>For retailers, the crucial season is on its way. Blow the Christmas rush, and next year starts off on a miserable foot. Success, of course, also delivers a healthy dose of momentum -- and a little bit of wiggle room, important in what will continue to be a tough economy through at least the first half of next year. For booksellers, now contending with a new variable in the form of digital readers, e-readers will play a major role in defining the winners and losers. So far, it looks like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is off to a gr... Continue reading »

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: AMD, C, GAP, GS, MET, PSUN, USB ...

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Citigroup Inc. (C), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Analyst initiations Analyst upgrades: <> Credit Suisse upgraded Stancorp (NYSE: SFG) to Outperform from Neutral citing relative valuation and EPS visibility. Jefferies upgraded Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE: CY) to Hold from Underperform after its channel checks indicated the company's capacitive touch screen solution has design traction. The firm raised its target on shares to $10 from $7.50. <>FBR Capital upgraded Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) to Outperform from Market Perform ... Continue reading »

Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/13: PKX, DRYS, YHOO, AMD, PHG Upgrade; GS, VPRT, SVU, GAP, SWY, DRIV Downgrade

UPGRADES: Goldman Sachs upgraded POSCO (NYSE: PKX) to Buy and added the stock to their Conviction Buy List with a $150 price target. Lazard Capital Markets upgrades shares of DryShips (Nasdaq: DRYS) from Hold to Buy. Benchmark upgrades Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) from Hold to Buy. Price target raised from $16 to $20. For more color Click Here JMP Securities upgrades Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) from Underperform to Market Perform. RBS upgrades Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) from Hold to Buy. BNP Paribas upgrades Philips Electronics from Underperform to Neutral. Continue reading »

Before the bell: Futures higher ahead of a week full of earnings

Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Earnings reports, Market matters, Economic data, Oil U.S. stock futures were higher Monday morning, as investors are seemingly ready to continue to drive on last week's momentum and strong gains ahead of a busy week of earnings. So far, in general companies have surprised, including Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) which reported this morning, spurring optimism regarding earnings season even higher. After a strong Friday, stocks last week finished the week 4% higher for the Dow industrials, and 4.5% higher for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composi... Continue reading »

Philips knows its light tech investments will pay off PHG

+5.87% in 46 days Filed under: Stocks to Buy I'm reiterating my Buy rating for Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (NYSE: PHG), commonly known as Philips, first recommended on June 2, 2009 at a price of $20.30. If you purchased PHG then, you're up about 20%. Amsterdam-based Philips missed the Street's revenue and earnings estimates in Q2, in what amounted to an essentially break-even quarter. Continue reading Philips knows its light tech investments will pay off <>Philips knows its light tech investments will pay off originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our <>terms for u... Continue reading »

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