Investopedia: The Week Ahead In Healthcare

With earnings season now in swing, it looks as though the state of the healthcare market is "more of the same." Company executives have managed Wall Street expectations such that companies are technically posting above-expectation earnings, but a lot of this outperformance seems to be coming from lower tax rates, "other income" and lower operating spending. Overall revenue growth is still not impressive, and with the market-beating returns seen across the sector so far this year, there could be some risk to these stocks if revenue growth doesn't accelerate towards the end of the year.

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