Insurance stocks soar. Investor class betting on Brown.

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Tue Jan-19-10 04:33 PM
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Insurance stocks soar. Investor class betting on Brown.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks finished solidly ahead on Tuesday, with health-care shares fronting the gains
on thinking Democrats might lose a U.S. Senate seat following voting in Massachusetts.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-end-higher-health-care-shares-rally-2010-01-19

Humana +7.07%
Aetna + 4.15%
Cigna +2.93%
United Health + 4.09%
Health Spring + 4.30%
Coventry Health Care +5.99%

Surgeon General Warning: Wall Street vampires may be hazardous to your health.

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timeforpeace

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Tue Jan-19-10 04:38 PM
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1. Sure. Fewer customers for them makes their shares go up. Their stocks have been rising steadily.

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Tue Jan-19-10 04:38 PM
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2. It was predicted. Could have made money...

Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 04:40 PM by andym

No regulation is better than any, as far as big business is concerned.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7486317&mesg_id=7486317

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