On Saturday, the House backed a health care bill that would expand coverage to nearly all Americans and bar insurance practices such as refusing to cover people with pre-existing medical conditions. How should investors be positioned? Bob Phillips, managing partner at Spectrum Management Group and Robert Zagunis, co-portfolio manager at Jensen Investment Management shared their insights.    Read More

With $137 billion worth of brand name drugs going generic over the next several years, the recession and the looming threat of healthcare reform a lot of people have been running scared about what it all means for pharma. So, surprise, surprise! This morning IMS Health, which closely monitors the industry, came out with its annual forecast and it now says the American drug market is going to grow this year instead of shrink.   Read More

The trend for stocks continues to point up and could stay that way through the end of September, even if there are some choppy days.    Read More

The stock market took a rest Thursday, signaling traders that it may be getting ready to shake off some recent gains.   Read More

Rising stock prices are acting as a powerful magnet, prying loose fresh cash and drawing it into a market that's 58 percent above its March lows.   Read More

Wall Street's bulls are convinced there is enough good news to graze on for a while longer.   Read More

Dell's forecast that second half revenue should come in stronger than the first half are encouraging words for a stock market that has been doing little more than treading water this week.   Read More

It was quite a week to finish quite a month. The major averages were all up about 8% for the month of July and some of the economic news announced last week was even good enough to support the move.    Read More

Just off the lows of the day, futures point to a slightly lower open on this last trading day of the week. The markets are on pace for their fourth straight week of declines – their longest losing streak since February/March.    Read More

Unemployment hit 8.9 percent in April and some predict that number could climb over 10 percent in 2009 as major companies further streamline operations to combat the recession.  While some industries are more labor intensive than others, employee productivity is a key measure that managers and investors look at when evaluating performance.  Take a look at which companies are squeezing the most out their shrinking workforces.   Read More