Morgan Stanley Ignores Einhorn, Remains Positive On Athenahealth, Inc

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Mark Melin
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Nearly seven days after David Einhorn announced his short attack on Athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ:ATHN), a Morgan Stanley report doesn’t mention the incident in its May 12 research note on the stock. Athenahealth: Morgan “overweight,” notes potential for cost savings in sales, R&D The report, which has Athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ:ATHN) as an “overweight” in the portfolio, noted that “Steady state margins reflect the underlying earnings power of a mature company no longer investing in growth, characterized by lower R&D and sales & marketing spend.”  Although the research note “do not expect it to reach maturity any time soon,” it did say that…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.