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Leadership Is Easy To Find In This Health Care Group

Leadership is broad in IBD’s Medical-Products group. As of Tuesday’s close, 16 stocks had Composite Ratings of 90 or higher. Much of the leadership has come from small-cap names such as Cambrex (CBM), Vascular Solutions (VASC) and Inogen (INGN), but several large-cap names with a cardiovascular focus are acting well and trading near highs. Edwards Lifesciences (EW), with a Composite Rating of 97, is setting up in a cup-shaped base that shows a buy

Netflix Stock Reverses From High As Carl Icahn Bails

Netflix (NFLX) shares leaped to a record high on Wednesday, a day after the subscription Internet television service announced a 7-for-1 stock split, but shares closed lower as Carl Icahn got out. Netflix stock rose as much as 3.7% to 706.24 on the stock market today, beating its previous all-time high of 692.79 from June 10. But shares closed down 0.4% to 678.61. Even before news of the split, Netflix had been getting bullish reports of late.

EA, Take-Two to benefit from console upgrade ‘sweet spot’

Video game publishers are starting to benefit from the console upgrade cycle hitting the sweet spot and the shift to digital distribution, investment bank Jefferies said Wednesday. Jefferies analyst Brian Pitz said he is broadly positive on the video game sector following the annual E3 trade show last week in Los Angeles. Pitz on Wednesday upgraded his ratings on game publishers Electronic Arts (EA) and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) to buy from hold. He also has a buy rating on Activision Blizzard (ATVI). Pitz sees “two powerful, multiyear tailwinds” for the sector: faster-than-expected sales of next-generation consoles and the transition to digital distribution and other digital revenue streams. He expects the installed base of the latest consoles, specifically Sony’s (SNE) PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox One, to reach 48 million to 49 million by the end of 2015, two years after they launched. By comparison, it took the previous…