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The Real Obama Bull Market
“The cost of healthcare eats up more and more of our savings each year, yet we keep delaying reform…we can no longer afford to put health care reform on hold. Our recovery plan will invest in electronic health records and new technology that will reduce errors, bring down costs, ensure privacy and save lives.” – President Barrack Obama
On Tuesday night, President Obama made his intentions known. He’s not going to wait around for an economic recovery. He’s got an agenda and he’s going for it. And at the top of his list sits the U.S. healthcare system.
At the risk of…
26Feb2009 | Q1 Publishing | 0 comments | ContinuedHealthcare In a State of Flux
Long thought to be an industry that could be banked on for stability by defensive investors during periods of turmoil, the healthcare industry should now be carefully navigated.
Two sectors within the industry that are worth noting right now are healthcare providers and biotech. These two sectors have experienced drastically different fates so far in 2008, and the trend might be expected to continue. Year-to-date, the iShares Dow Jones Healthcare Provider Fund (IHF) has choked on a loss of 46.4%. This performance is worse than that of the S&P 500 which is down 39.2% so far this year. It is far…
27Oct2008 | Oxbury Research | Comments Off | ContinuedYou Don’t Need To Run From This Market… Just Head Towards Healthcare, The Flame-Resistant Sector
Rest assured… my Smart Profits Report colleagues and I are fully aware that this is one scary investment climate right now.
With more than 100 years of combined stock market experience, we’ve lived through many upturns and downturns. But what we’ve seen recently is undoubtedly the worst crisis in a generation.
Many investors have cashed in their chips and headed for the nearest cave to ride out the storm, unable to handle such a stock market rollercoaster. While we certainly don’t blame them, we’re here to show you that there are ways to protect yourself – and even profit – during this very…
3Oct2008 | Smart Profits Report | Comments Off | ContinuedWith a $3.1 Billion Program, Europe Hopes to Regain Position as Top Drug-Development Market in the World
In a bid to re-establish itself as the “pharmacy of the world†– and narrow the growing gap between itself and the United States and Asia – Europe is launching a $3.1 billion drug-discovery initiative.
The program – known as the “Innovative Medicines Initiative†– was unveiled in Belgium, and offers financial grants to both academic institutions and small companies to research ways of beating bottlenecks in the drug-development process. The work is “pre-competitive,†meaning it involves issues that are common to drug development, and doesn’t give any individual company a competitive advantage.
At one time, Europe was the worldwide center of…
16Jun2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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