Has This Medical Leader Hit Health Care's Biggest Jackpot?
Medtronic is the world's largest pure medical-device maker, but this stable stock has also impressed investors with amazing growth in 2013. Shares of the company are up more than 34% in 2013. Medtronic's a powerful player in the cardiology market and more, but this company's not just thinking in American sales -- it's thinking globally.
How big are we talking? Medtronic this week agreed to an investment with India's Apollo Hospitals Enterprise to develop a portable kidney dialysis device. It's the company's first venture into kidney dialysis, a market traditionally dominated by powers such as Fresenius Medical and others. But the real key for Medtronic and its investors is India, an emerging market rivaled by few other developing economies that could provide a new booming market in health care for decades to come.
Yet is Medtronic's investment in India a sign of more good things to come for investors? In the video below, Motley Fool contributor Dan Carroll tells you everything you need to know about Medtronic's latest big move -- and how breaking into India could be the growth catalyst to keep this medical device leader on top for the long run.
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