Dow Jones Industrial Average 13,158 (Down) Week ending 08-24-2012
Sorry that I missed you last week, I was on vacation in
the mountains with no computer. Nothing on hand, but
a copy of the Wall Street Journal. There is a lot of
gas line activity up there which is providing work and
is a boom for the lodging industry. In contrast it seems
to be hurting the tourist industry because their are no
rooms available for people to stay at , thus
hurting the traditional summer industries like retail.
I thought you were probably sick of the run of tech stocks so I moved
over to take a look at the Healthcare stocks. I am doing the same
thing in my personal life in about a week, moving from wireless technology sales over to sales
of medical equipment hardware. I look forward to my next great learning experience.
To take a look at the Healthcare Stocks , I went to Morningstar's Sector website
and did a screen of the best performing stocks for a 3 year period.
Below are the stocks in order going down from the best 3 year gain % :
Stock Name Symbol _YTD 3 month 1 Year 3 Year
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) 161.75 11.86 155.44 87.53
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALXN) 49.29 14.65 99.48 67.89
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRX) 11.59 8.45 22.82 57.46
Perrigo Company (PRGO) 13.72 7.43 18.21 55.81
Edwards Lifesciences . (EW) 40.28 13.57 37.20 46.08
Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) 33.60 11.68 59.73 43.72
Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) 37.26 11.77 56.13 38.67
Watson Pharmaceutical Inc. (WPI) 38.08 14.51 27.28 33.27
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) 9.18 -4.89 44.55 29.85
3 year is a good time period to look at because, as you can see, the stocks vary wildly in their movement over the three year period. Any of these stocks would have been a good investment and looking at the 3 month and 1 year they continue to have momentum.
You'll notice I have not posted the stock prices of these stocks
just their performance numbers. You should pick one of them as the Healthcare component in your portfolio and decide how much you want to allocate in dollars, then buy however many shares you can for the money that you allocated.
I am looking forward to this fall and NFL Football. Watching Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in preseason while I write this blog, and he is looking good so far. You need to multitask on weekends to maximize your time and get everything done.
All the best,
Freewilly
the mountains with no computer. Nothing on hand, but
a copy of the Wall Street Journal. There is a lot of
gas line activity up there which is providing work and
is a boom for the lodging industry. In contrast it seems
to be hurting the tourist industry because their are no
rooms available for people to stay at , thus
hurting the traditional summer industries like retail.
I thought you were probably sick of the run of tech stocks so I moved
over to take a look at the Healthcare stocks. I am doing the same
thing in my personal life in about a week, moving from wireless technology sales over to sales
of medical equipment hardware. I look forward to my next great learning experience.
To take a look at the Healthcare Stocks , I went to Morningstar's Sector website
and did a screen of the best performing stocks for a 3 year period.
Below are the stocks in order going down from the best 3 year gain % :
Stock Name Symbol _YTD 3 month 1 Year 3 Year
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) 161.75 11.86 155.44 87.53
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALXN) 49.29 14.65 99.48 67.89
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRX) 11.59 8.45 22.82 57.46
Perrigo Company (PRGO) 13.72 7.43 18.21 55.81
Edwards Lifesciences . (EW) 40.28 13.57 37.20 46.08
Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) 33.60 11.68 59.73 43.72
Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) 37.26 11.77 56.13 38.67
Watson Pharmaceutical Inc. (WPI) 38.08 14.51 27.28 33.27
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) 9.18 -4.89 44.55 29.85
3 year is a good time period to look at because, as you can see, the stocks vary wildly in their movement over the three year period. Any of these stocks would have been a good investment and looking at the 3 month and 1 year they continue to have momentum.
You'll notice I have not posted the stock prices of these stocks
just their performance numbers. You should pick one of them as the Healthcare component in your portfolio and decide how much you want to allocate in dollars, then buy however many shares you can for the money that you allocated.
I am looking forward to this fall and NFL Football. Watching Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in preseason while I write this blog, and he is looking good so far. You need to multitask on weekends to maximize your time and get everything done.
All the best,
Freewilly
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