The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:DIA) has climbed about 7% year to date and is up almost 22% over the past year, but those returns hide a dramatic shift…
The Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA:XLV) is having a frustrating year. The fund sits at $149, down about 3% year-to-date while the broader market grinds higher. The good news for…
Economist Justin Wolfers dropped a number on the Prof G Markets podcast that should reorganize how you think about the 2026 economy. Since Trump took office, healthcare and social services has added…
Health insurers are running higher in Thursday afternoon trading after a wave of bullish Wall Street analyst notes on the managed-care sector, centered on UnitedHealth, citing softer medical cost and utilization trends…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed after the AI/Datacenter/Storage/Technology rally took a day off on Wednesday. By the close, all of the major indices finished the day down in a big…
The Social Security Administration (SSA) set the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) at 2.8%, lifting the average retired worker’s benefit from $2,015 to $2,071 per month. That extra $56 sounds fine on paper.…
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) is a stock worth owning for decades because the aging of America makes its cash flows close to legislatively guaranteed, and almost nothing in the…
Alex Sirois Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher as we hit the mid-week point, as the technology-led rally continues to spiral higher. While the major indices finished the day mixed, the technology-heavy Nasdaq…
Most investors buy Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD) because the fund's reputation tells them they are buying diversification. SCHD holds roughly 103 stocks, screens hard on dividend quality, and charges 0.06%.…
According to Kiplinger, the Congressional Joint Economic Committee found Medicare Advantage is overpaying insurers by $212 per enrollee. The figure looks small until you scale it. The data, scaled Multiply $212 against…
Mizuho raised its price target on UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) to $440 from $410 and kept an Outperform rating on the managed care leader. The call is part of…
David Moadel Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) sit at the chokepoint of U.S. drug distribution. They negotiate rebates, design formularies, adjudicate claims, and steer patient adherence. Modern artificial intelligence (AI) is designed to compress each…
Shares of Humana (NYSE:HUM | HUM Price Prediction) are trading near $303 at midday Monday, slightly lower on the session after a flat open. The one-month picture, however, tells a very different…
For years, investors treated Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A | BRK-A Price Prediction)(NYSE:BRK-B) as the market’s ultimate “follow-the-smart-money” signal. If Buffett bought, retail investors paid attention. If he sold, Wall Street usually…
Rich Duprey UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) is back in every headline, riding a 31.24% one-month bounce off a 9.38% Q1 EPS beat that had Reddit cheering a “UnitedHealth +7% premarket” rally…
