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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

Affordable Care Act Turns 5: Healthcare Stocks Still Soaring

The fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act marks a half-decade of remarkable outperformance on the part of healthcare stocks.

Are Large-Cap Biotech Stocks in a Bubble?

Biotech stocks have outpaced the rest of the market by a huge margin, but it takes more than gaudy performance numbers to create a bubble.

Valeant Shareholders May Lose in the Salix ‘Win’ (VRX, SLXP, ENDP)

Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) swiped Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP) from Endo International (ENDP), but was it really worth it?

MARCH MADNESS: Amgen (AMGN) vs. CVS Health (CVS)

Amgen (AMGN) and CVS Health Corp (CVS) find themselves on opposite sides when it comes to pricing for the latest drugs.

5 Healthcare Stocks That Win Big From Record Spending

Always a good place to look for stocks to buy for the long term, consumer spending on healthcare stocks is at record highs. These five stocks are good picks to profit from Obamacare.

4 (More) Biotech Stocks to Buy

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, bluebird bio, Illumina and Celgene are the latest batch of biotech stocks worth serious consideration.

Trade of the Day: Merck (MRK)

With major U.S. stock indexes returning to bullish trends, today's trade is a call option in "Big Pharma" stock Merck (MRK).

5 Biotech Stocks With Explosive Drug Pipelines

For many biotech stocks, drug pipelines -- not trailing results -- determine their actual value. That's good news for investors in these 5 biotechs.

This Particular Stock Bubble Is Bound to Burst in 2015

Healthcare stocks may have been all the rage in 2014, but time, hubris and exuberance have finally caught up with the sector.

Gilead Stock: This Beatdown Was Way Overdone (GILD)

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) was driven down by news from AbbVie, but the market may have overreacted and turned Gilead stock into a value buy.

2 New Funds Add a New Twist to Biotech Stocks

Calling all fans and followers of breakthrough biotech stocks! Stop searching for the next big winner and just own one of these new biotech ETFs instead.

5 Healthcare Stocks to Buy

While it's unlikely healthcare stocks will lead the market two years in a row, there are still plenty of great healthcare stocks to buy.

3 Ways to Play the Bounce in Biotech Stocks

Biotech stocks delivered big this year for investors pursuing an aggressive growth strategy, driven by exciting new treatments for dread diseases like cancer, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis and HIV. And some have room to run in 2015.

Biogen: BIIB Stock Is Ready to Play Catchup

Biogen's promising results of its Alzheimer's drug sent BIIB stock rallying. Traders now have a clear line in the sand to buy the stock.

Trade of the Day: Gilead Sciences (GILD)

All signals point to a bullish trend, and as we dive back into the market after taking a pause, I’ve noticed that the health care sector is gaining momentum. Today, I’d like to look into a biotech position that has great growth potential.

Humana: Prognosis for Healthy Growth

Humana is a giant, well-integrated health insurance company that will profit from strategic investment combined with Obamacare’s expansion of insurance rolls. Regardless of political or economic vicissitudes, the company is poised for long term growth.

Walgreen: Tech-Savvy Investments Mean Major Upside for WAG Stock

Walgreen, through its partnership with lab test innovator Theranos, could change healthcare forever. That deal alone could mean huge upside for the stock.

5 Marijuana Stocks to Buy Because of the Midterm Elections

Three states will vote on legalizing marijuana in the midterm elections. Any good news will send these marijuana stocks soaring.

Here’s What to Expect From Australian Biotechs

Australian science is strong and a leader in the biotech space. Here's why investors should look to Australia for biotech stocks to buy.