
Health-Care Stocks Outperform Benchmarks
BOSTON (TheStreet) -- The stock market has suffered a mild correction in the New Year.
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
has fallen 2.6% and the
S&P 500 Index
has tumbled 2.3%. Our recent Under-the-Radar health-care stocks have outperformed benchmarks during this period. And they still warrant attention.
Transcend Services
( TRCR) has risen 2.3% since our Dec. 28
. The
Russell 2000
, a small-cap barometer, has declined 3.7% over the same period.
RehabCare Group
( RHB) has increased 4.8% since our Dec. 14
, beating the Russell 2000's 1.5% increase.
ContinuCare
( CNU) has soared 22% since our Dec. 10
, outpacing the Russell 2000, which rose 2% over the same timeframe.
HMS Holdings
(HMSY) - Get Report
has advanced 4.4% since our Nov. 11
, besting the Russell 2000's 3.7% gain.
Health Care Services Group
(HCSG) - Get Report
has popped 7.2% since our Oct. 27
, outshining the Russell 2000's 2.5% rise.
China-based
Mindray Medical
(MR) - Get Report
has ascended 9.5% since our Sept. 30
pick
, outperforming the Russell 2000, which has fallen 0.2%.
Computer Programs & Systems
(CPSI) - Get Report
has increased 13% since our Aug. 26
, beating the Russell 2000's 4.3% return.
Cerner
(CERN) - Get Report
has climbed 27% since our Aug. 21
. The Russell 2000 climbed 7.2% over the same period.
-- Reported by Jake Lynch in Boston.









