Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Managed Care Stocks on the rise

Managed Care Stocks on the Mend (BusinessWeek Online)

BusinessWeek Online - Over the past 13 weeks, the S&P 1500 Managed Health Care subindustry index has risen from the dead, and now has a relative strength ranking of 4, indicating that its trailing 12-month price performance is in the top 30% of all 136 subindustries in this composite benchmark (which consists of the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, MidCap 400, and SmallCap 600 Indexes). Year to date through May 4, the S&P Managed Health Care index increased 5.8%, vs. a 6.6% rise for the S&P 1500. In 2006, the S&P Managed Health Care index fell 6.2%, vs. a 13.3% advance for the S&P 1500.

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