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2/10/2012 9:40 AM

Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

A self-administered, equity real estate investment trust that invests across the full spectrum of senior housing and health care real estate including skilled nursing facilities, independent living facilities and medical office buildings.

Current Price $56.88 Mkt Cap $10.09B
Open $56.64 P/E Ratio 60.30
Prev. Close $57.08 Div. (Yield) 2.96 (6.40%)
Daily Range $56.64 - $57.06 Volume 23,934
52-Wk Range $41.03 - $57.66 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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7 Outperform
0 Underperform
 

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colddrink73 (98.93)
Submitted October 27, 2011

Health care and dividend. Here is the simple truth, as the baby boomers get older they will need health care and nursing homes at an increasing rate. This is the type of stock poised to profit off of this reality.

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Member Avatar jjcylk (49.42) Submitted: 1/25/2012 12:28:57 PM : Outperform Start Price: $48.59 HCN Score: +11.16

With the continuing aging of the US population these types of REIT will continue to be in demand. This ETF is up 10% over the past year and is paying a 5.2% dividend. If I need to rebalance my portfolio & add to my REIT position this is where my money is going.

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Member Avatar Reddragyn (69.91) Submitted: 1/7/2012 1:21:15 AM : Outperform Start Price: $53.75 HCN Score: +1.09

SP Dogs

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Member Avatar colddrink73 (98.93) Submitted: 10/27/2011 8:45:54 AM : Outperform Start Price: $50.90 HCN Score: +6.71

Health care and dividend.

Here is the simple truth, as the baby boomers get older they will need health care and nursing homes at an increasing rate. This is the type of stock poised to profit off of this reality.

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Score Leader

TMFMurph

TMFMurph (85.95) Score: +114.37

Health care is just going to get bigger and boomer bigger!

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
TMFMurph 86.20 6/2/2006 Outperform 5Y $25.21 +125.80% +11.07% +114.73 2 Comments
woof321 98.16 7/27/2007 Outperform 3Y $27.15 +109.64% -4.71% +114.35 0 Comment
sandman1481 93.97 7/30/2007 5/16/2008 Outperform 1Y $27.07 +110.27% -3.23% +113.50 0 Comment
SwissBanker 93.87 7/30/2007 Outperform NS $27.07 +110.27% -3.23% +113.50 0 Comment
crprzyby 89.72 7/26/2007 1/28/2009 Outperform 3Y $27.69 +105.57% -5.73% +111.30 1 Comment
torpedoal 96.65 7/25/2007 Outperform 3Y $27.93 +103.81% -6.87% +110.68 2 Comments
rebelle1 83.62 7/26/2007 Outperform NS $27.67 +105.74% -4.68% +110.42 0 Comment
This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. TheGMaster 95.43 6/27/2006 6/7/2011 Outperform 5Y $25.35 +124.50% +14.39% +110.11 0 Comment
javaherifool < 20 7/26/2007 Outperform 3M $27.98 +103.43% -5.97% +109.40 0 Comment
djlee00 96.44 8/8/2007 Outperform 3Y $27.97 +103.48% -4.84% +108.32 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackZacks 71.11 10/31/2011 Underperform 3M $51.95 -1.64% +0.92% +2.56 11/12/2011 @ $51.10 1 Comment
TrackBarclaysCap 93.34 10/26/2011 Outperform NS $49.38 +15.28% +8.98% +6.30 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.11 1/14/2011 Underperform 3M $47.05 +3.08% -1.22% -4.30 1/28/2011 @ $48.50 1 Comment
TrackZacks 71.11 11/4/2010 Underperform 3M $51.04 -10.66% -1.02% +9.64 12/2/2010 @ $45.60 1 Comment
TrackStifel 96.91 7/21/2010 Outperform NS $41.90 +25.13% +16.48% +8.65 10/31/2011 @ $52.43 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.11 7/9/2010 Underperform 3M $43.18 +1.67% +1.57% -0.10 7/14/2010 @ $43.90 1 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.10 5/19/2010 Outperform 3W $37.23 +52.88% +20.04% +32.84 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 4/27/2010 Outperform NS $43.92 +2.30% -1.53% +3.82 4/30/2010 @ $44.93 0 Comment
TrackRWBaird 90.50 3/18/2010 Underperform NS $45.01 -5.87% -7.33% -1.46 5/24/2010 @ $42.37 0 Comment
TrackJefferies 86.31 3/4/2010 Outperform NS $37.85 +50.37% +19.31% +31.06 0 Comment
TrackOppenheimer 79.56 9/23/2009 Outperform NS $37.55 +51.58% +25.29% +26.29 0 Comment
TrackMorganKeeg 85.67 7/7/2009 Outperform NS $29.60 +92.30% +50.27% +42.04 0 Comment
TrackPatDorsey 94.88 6/12/2009 Outperform 5Y $30.54 +86.36% +42.57% +43.79 0 Comment
TrackKeyBanc 98.88 1/9/2009 Outperform NS $36.24 +20.53% +25.91% -5.38 1/11/2010 @ $43.68 0 Comment
TrackMorganKeeg 85.67 4/5/2007 Outperform NS $41.68 +18.20% -0.76% +18.96 5/16/2008 @ $49.26 0 Comment
TrackStifel 96.91 2/28/2007 Outperform NS $40.59 +23.74% -11.87% +35.61 9/22/2008 @ $50.22 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 92.44 1/12/2007 Outperform NS $43.68 +4.75% +9.31% -4.56 10/8/2007 @ $45.75 0 Comment
TrackCantorFitz 53.94 11/7/2006 Outperform NS $28.78 +97.78% +3.03% +94.75 0 Comment
TrackRyanBeck < 20 8/30/2006 Outperform NS $31.16 +14.93% -0.40% +15.33 3/1/2007 @ $35.81 0 Comment

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