“One day does not a major uptrend make.” Bullish stock investors should temper the enthusiasm with which they greeted the stock market’s explosive rally in the wake of this month’s better-than-expected report on inflation. That’s because huge rallies are more likely to occur during bear markets rather than in major …
Read More »How Investing in Technology Can Help Improve Healthcare’s Workforce Shortages and Hospital Security
Hospitals are high-stress environments. Patients are seeking treatment, family members are awaiting news, and healthcare professionals are working to save lives. Now add to that, the prevalent threat of violence in hospitals, and it’s no surprise that healthcare workers are quitting, retiring, or simply moving on. By 2033, the United …
Read More »What Seniors Should Know About Home Health
One of the major lessons learned during the pandemic is that hospitals and medical facilities are not always the safest places to recover, especially for seniors and those living with chronic conditions. Compounding this issue is that 85% of seniors in the U.S. live with one or more chronic conditions. …
Read More »Doug Kass: Investing in a Storm
If we have had one consistent message over the last two years, it is that there is a broadening list of uncertainties that could lead to a wide range of outcomes and result in lower stock market valuations. I’ve compiled some of my Real Money Pro articles over the last …
Read More »The stock market may be ignoring this ‘bad news’ as earnings get under way
BlackRock strategists aren’t holding their breath for U.S. corporate earnings to finally turn positive in the third quarter. While many investors have been hoping the S&P 500 index SPX will finally shrug off a string of negative quarters to post slightly positive earnings growth in the third quarter, a team …
Read More »Opinion: Sell signs are popping up all over the stock market
The stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index SPX, is struggling to maintain some bullishness after bouncing off support at 4200 (and also bouncing off its 200-day Moving Average at the same time). There are certainly headwinds presented by yet another Mideast crisis, but the technical picture presents …
Read More »Is Medicare Advantage a Failed Experiment? Experts Debate
More than half of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA), and enrollment in MA has steadily grown over the years. But as the MA program draws scrutiny from the federal government, should it stick around? Two experts disagreed on this topic during a panel discussion held Monday at …
Read More »You Can Either Anticipate the Markets or React to Them. Here’s My Pick
There are two basic approaches to market timing: anticipatory and reactive. Anticipatory traders look at overall market conditions, consider the charts, fundamentals, and other things, and then make a prediction about what the market will do next. They create a thesis and then buy and hope it works. Currently, there …
Read More »Monthly Market Insights: The Investing Blind Spot That Could Cost You
Déjà vu. A US government shutdown was narrowly averted over the weekend. Members of Congress voted to extend funding for another 45 days, essentially kicking the can down the road. The threat of a potential shutdown — and worries about a prolonged period of higher interest rates — contributed to September …
Read More »CardioOne Secures $8M, Expands Cardiology Enablement Platform into New Markets
CardioOne, a care delivery enablement platform for independent cardiology practices, has secured nearly $8 million in funding and is expanding into new markets through three new partnerships, the startup announced Monday. Austin, Texas-based CardioOne was built at Redesign Health, a healthcare innovation company. Rather than acquire independent cardiology practices, the …
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