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If the news from the WSJ late Sunday night is accurate, Aetna (AET) offers an extremely cheap stock. The company is rumored to have finalized a deal to acquire Coventry Health Care (CVH) in a $5.7B deal. Both companies are leading national managed health care companies. Coventry has a larger focus on government-based health plans that apparently attracted the interests of Aetna. Considering Aetna has only a $12.7B market cap, this is a sizable deal for the company to undertake, though the company could quickly show how beneficial a mostly cash deal can be in this ultra low interest rate environment. Read the full article at Seeking Alpha. Disclosure: No positions mentioned. Please review the disclaimer page for more details. 

This article is a continuation of a series highlighting the top net payout yield stocks that was started in June (see article) and repeated in July (see article). The series is meant to highlight the best stocks for the upcoming month so this report is clearly late. Though with the majority of the month left, it is still worth reviewing last month's results and the updated list as of data from August 10th. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha. Disclosure: Long all positions mentioned. Please review the disclaimer page for more details.