The weekend passage of major health-care reform with a public option by the House fails to dent stocks throughout the sector Monday, as even insurers show an ability to ride the broader market's bullish momentum to gains.

A tough (and Tufts) end to trading after a stand pat Fed saw shares stand still equities giving up earlier increases to end mixed as markets discovered a House is not a home. Our elected Representatives passed credit card-curbing legislation to touch off a predictably poor reaction from financials and override good gains in Pulte Homes (PHM) (+3.47%) and its ilk on signs of real estate stabilization. See also Five Things: Banks Go For Broke. Navigation provider Garmin (GRMN) (-14.55%) lost its sense of direction like the market overall. Bellying up to the Bar provided no relief for Molson Coors (TAP) (-8.54%) -- ...

Boston Scientific Corp. says that it swung to a third-quarter profit, due in part to a slew of charges taken by the company in the same period last year.

This week marks the start of the third-quarter-earnings season as Alcoa (AA) reports earnings on October 7.The Street is expecting corporate earnings to decline 24.8% which would mark the first time the S&P 500 has recorded nine straight quarters of negative growth since Thomson Reuters began tracking the data in 1998. However that 24.8% drop is still slightly better than the 27.3% fall in the second quarter. In fact analysts say earnings should show signs of improvement over for the short term due to cost control inventory restocking and easy comparisons against a terrible 2008 -- particularly among the financials. “Things ...

Asian stocks were down overnight but just a bit. The Hang Seng and the Nikkei were off 0.49% and 0.79% respectively. European stocks were in the red earlier this morning too. And here in the US we're currently trading higher.Here’s what I’m seeing this morning:Staples (SPLS): Excluding items the retailer earned $0.16 in the second quarter. That was in line with expectations. However I think a lot of people right or wrong may hone in on the statement within the release that explains it's not offering up earnings or sales guidance.Some thoughts:1. I’m a glass-half-full guy when it comes ...

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