Health
When is it OK to violate your cost basis to buy more shares of a company?
Here’s our Club Mailbag email [email protected] — so you send your questions directly to Jim Cramer and his team of analysts. We can’t offer personal investing advice. We will only consider more general questions about the investment process or stocks in the portfolio or related industries. This week’s question: The cardinal rule of discipline is […]
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Many are betting Ozempic will reduce the need for knee surgery. What it means if they’re wrong
Medical device stocks of all kinds were pummeled over the past week as investors tried to calculate the ripple effects of new weight loss drugs. It wasn’t the first rout in the sector — the pressure has persisted for several months. The fear has been that whenever you have a large group of consumers changing […]
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Pfizer slashes full-year earnings and revenue guidance as Covid treatment, vaccine sales slump
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks during a press conference with the president of the European Commission after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer, in Puurs, Belgium, April 23, 2021. John Thys | AFP | Getty Images Pfizer slashed its full-year earnings and […]
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Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, other chains could stage nationwide walkout and rallies in coming weeks
A woman walks near a Walgreens pharmacy on March 09, 2023 in New York City. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty Images Pharmacy staff from Walgreens are laying the groundwork for a nationwide walkout and multiple rallies at the end of October to protest unsatisfactory working conditions, and are in talks with employees from […]
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Biden praises Kaiser Permanente labor agreement after worker strike: ‘Collective bargaining works’
Healthcare workers strike in front of Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, as more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers go on strike from October 4 to 7 across the United States, in Los Angeles, California, October 4, 2023. Aude Guerrucci | Reuters More than 85,000 health workers reached a tentative labor agreement with Kaiser […]
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The U.S. has high maternal mortality rates — and it has gotten worse for Latinas
Zaza Cristina Robles worked as a pregnancy coach in her native Peru, so when she arrived in the U.S. at 16 weeks pregnant, the first thing she did after settling in with her in-laws was to seek medical care. “When they showed us the bill, it was so expensive, my husband and I thought, ‘If […]
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UnitedHealth is back and lifting other health-care stocks with it, Jim Cramer says
Traders work at the post where UnitedHealth Group is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters UnitedHealth Group‘s (UNH) quality quarterly results Friday are a good sign for the broader health-care landscape, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. The managed-care giant earned an adjusted $6.56 per share on revenues of […]
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Here are 3 stocks in our portfolio that Goldman Sachs think will rally on earnings
It’s encouraging to see three Club stocks on the bullish side of Goldman Sachs’ new list of 25 tactical trades for earnings season. Asset allocation can be strategic or tactical. Strategic asset allocation generally refers to longer-term investing — think of this as your buy-and-hold approach. Tactical allocation, on the other hand, is more about […]
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Walgreens profit outlook comes up short as demand declines for Covid vaccines and tests
A man walks near a Walgreens pharmacy on March 09, 2023 in New York City. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty Images Walgreens on Thursday offered soft profit guidance and reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that fell short of expectations, as demand for Covid vaccines and tests sinks in the U.S. The retail pharmacy giant […]
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‘Waiting with bated breath’: Health clinics anxious for Covid vaccines weeks after rollout
A banner for vaccines is seen at a pharmacy on September 01, 2023 in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Weeks after the approval of updated Covid vaccines, community health centers across the country say they are still waiting on their doses to arrive. The delays […]
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