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Healthcare encompasses a wide range of organized services to prevent, treat, and diagnose medical needs and mental illnesses. The $336 billion market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 8% until 2030, demonstrating the necessity of adequate healthcare. Healthcare companies, ranging from retailer CVS to insurance giant UnitedHealth, provide these services to a massive customer base.

Recent Healthcare Stocks Articles

Q2 Earnings Season Won’t Be as Ugly as Headlines Suggest

After stripping out the catastrophe that is the energy sector, estimated second-quarter earnings and sales growth isn't half bad.

Aetna-Humana Merger Is Bad News For ANTM, CI

Aetna (AET) and Humana (HUM) are getting married. And that may kill the Anthem (ANTM) - Cigna (CI) merger talks.

With Obamacare Secured, HCA Has Huge Potential

Now that Obamacare has passed yet another test at the Supreme Court, it looks like select healthcare stocks such as HCA have very bright futures.

3 Unheralded Biotech ETFs to Buy Now

Want to join biotech stocks on the industry's seemingly never-ending run higher? Consider these lesser-known biotech ETFs.

Supreme Court Gives Healthcare Stocks a Booster Shot

The high court's ACA ruling bolsters the bull case for healthcare stocks, especially hospital companies such as HCA, CYH and THC.

BioMarin (BMRN) Stock Soars, Taking IBB With It

BioMarin (BMRN) stock is soaring on Thursday after promising Phase 2 trial data on a dwarfism drug, vosoritide. The IBB ETF is rallying, too.

How to Forecast Pharma Stocks (PFE, RAD, JNJ)

Pharma companies like PFE, JNJ and RAD are very tricky for fundamental analysts. But principles of relative-strength analysis should still be applied to confirm the fundamental factors.

Can Biotech Stocks Break Out, Or Will They Break Down?

Biotech stocks are a step up from lottery tickets: Fortunes made and lost on the clinical results and regulatory approval. Will they break down or break out?

Trade of the Day: Pfizer (PFE)

PFE is bouncing off support -- and, as a perennial powerhouse, we expect the stock to move back up toward its recent highs.

Did Alexion Jump the Shark With Its Synageva Bid? (ALXN, GEVA)

While ALXN seems to have overpaid for GEVA on the surface. However, investors can expect to see the benefits over the long-term.

Trade of the Day: Cigna (CI)

Health care stocks were the only group to mostly survive Monday's slump. Today’s recommendation is for a trade in that very sector.

10 Healthcare Stocks Taking Aim at Cancer

Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN), Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) and several other healthcare stocks are cancer medicine plays worth a look.

4 Cheap Pharma Stocks for Quick Profits

For investors who rely on technical signals, these four cheap pharma stocks are showing signs of moving up in the next few days. Buy these pharma stocks now to net profits.

7 Large-Cap Healthcare Stocks to Buy Now

There's one thing these baby boomers can't avoid -- going from 'boomers,' to 'elderly.' As the boomers age, these seven large-cap healthcare stocks are set to shine for the next two decades.

3 Potent Biotech Stocks That Could Pop on Earnings

Harness the volatility of the biotechnology sector by letting stats tell the story. Bank on these three biotech stocks ahead of earnings.

10 Stocks With 3,000%-Plus Returns (And What You Can Learn From Them)

The list of top 10 stocks of the last decade is heavy on biotechs, but also includes beverages, media and a specialty chemicals company.

3 Best-of-Breed Small Caps: Biotech Stocks to Buy

These three small-cap biotech stocks have a bright future and the ability to create advantages in the market.

Investing in Alzheimer’s Disease Drugs Just Became Complicated

Everything pharmaceutical companies thought they knew about Alzheimer's disease may (or may not) be wrong.

Trade of the Day: Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL)

I'm still focusing on bullish trades given that stock market support levels have held.