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Insurers' stocks look like poor bets by Donald Johnson
On Monday, liberals sneered when insurers' stocks rose, indicating that speculators thought ObamaCare (HR 3590) would be good for the big regional companies. But today several of the stocks are sinking, probably in response to University of Chicago Professor Richard A. Epstein's op-ed... More »
December 23, 2009 • AET, CI, CVH
Insurers' stocks sliding a bit by Donald Johnson
Why are health insurers' stocks off their recent highs?Charts for AET, CI, CVH, HS, HUM, UNH, WLP, XLV, IYH and VHT are here.It could be profit taking. Speculators may be worried that ObamaCare (HR 3950) will require insurers to sell insurance people with pre-existing conditions... More »
December 18, 2009 • AET, CI, CVH
Healthcare Remains Healthy by SmartStops.net
President Obama is putting pressure on Congress to finalize everything on the health care reform before the year’s end which will likely makes the healthcare and medical sectors even that much more attractive.The sector has been attractive due to the growth in elderly population, an... More »
November 11, 2009 • VHT, IHI, IHF
Health Stocks Anticipating Weak Health Insurance Reform Bill, If Any by Donald Johnson
Speculators seem to be betting that a watered down health insurance reform bill won’t hurt health insurers, hospitals, drug makers or medical device and supply manufacturers.Stocks for almost all of these health sectors and for exchange trade funds that track health stock indexes turned... More »
July 26, 2009 • CI, CVH, HS
Health Insurance Reform Stall Cushions Health Insurers' Fall by Donald Johnson
The future of health care reform seems to be so uncertain that speculators in the stocks of health insurers, health care providers, medical device makers and exchange traded funds that track health stock indexes aren’t sure which way to turn. On Wednesday, as expected,... More »
July 9, 2009 • AET, CI, CVH
Health Insurers Under Attack Again; Obama, Senate for Public Option by Donald Johnson
Health insurers’ stock prices are likely to fall Wednesday. Most of them rose smartly Tuesday on news that President Obama would accept a health bill without a public option health plan. But not only did the left get to Obama and force him to reassert his demands for a public option... More »
July 8, 2009 • AET, CI, CVH
Obama Backs off Public Option Health Plan; Takes Pressure off Health Insurers by Donald Johnson
The Obama administration Monday backed down from its demand that Congress enact a public option health plan and said that any approach that would increase competition among health insurers would be acceptable to the president. Good move. If Congress takes the bait, health insurers will face... More »
July 7, 2009 • AET, CI, CVH
Wellpoint, Health Insurers Look Bullish; What Will Congress Do? by Donald Johnson
Wellpoint Health Networks Inc. (WLP) is looking like a buy to Barron's, Morningstar and some technical analysts despite the stock's sharp runup since early March. Options traders seem to be more bearish on WLP.Better pricing in the health insurance markets and the increasing odds that... More »
June 29, 2009 • AET, CI, CVH
Potential Hedges Against Health Insurance Reform, Inflation by Donald Johnson
Worried about how President Obama’s proposed health insurance reform legislation will send interest rates soaring? Many believe his health care reform, or ObamaCare, will be very inflationary along with the already enacted stimulus bill. The inflationary concerns related to proposed... More »
June 16, 2009 • TBT, BLV, VHT
Contrarian Ideas by John Lounsbury
I wanted to alert readers to my article at http://www.thestreet.c....I disuss ten ideas to consider this summer and go over some of the potential pitfalls to think about with respect to those ideas. Investing and trading opportunities using ETFs (electronically traded funds) are... More »
May 27, 2009 • GLL, LQD, SKF

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Vanguard Health Care VIPERs (VHT)

Instablog posts on VHT

Insurers' stocks look like poor bets by Donald Johnson

Insurers' stocks sliding a bit by Donald Johnson

Healthcare Remains Healthy by SmartStops.net

Health Stocks Anticipating Weak Health Insurance Reform Bill, If Any by Donald Johnson

Health Insurance Reform Stall Cushions Health Insurers' Fall by Donald Johnson

Health Insurers Under Attack Again; Obama, Senate for Public Option by Donald Johnson

Obama Backs off Public Option Health Plan; Takes Pressure off Health Insurers by Donald Johnson

Wellpoint, Health Insurers Look Bullish; What Will Congress Do? by Donald Johnson

Potential Hedges Against Health Insurance Reform, Inflation by Donald Johnson

Contrarian Ideas by John Lounsbury

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