Trying to look at the overall impact of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is something which may depend solely upon your income or your politics. The reality is that the view…
October 18, 2016: Markets opened higher again Tuesday, and, as on Monday, the lack of any firm economic data led traders to look at corporate earnings for guidance. Netflix reported Monday night…
UnitedHealth Group reported better-than-expected third-quarter 2016 results before markets opened Tuesday morning.
Paul Ausick October 11, 2016: Markets opened lower Tuesday on another light newsday with no significant economic data scheduled for release. The FOMC meeting minutes are set to be released Wednesday, along with the…
October 6, 2016: Markets opened slightly lower Thursday and tracked close to the break-even line for much of the day. Tomorrow’s report on non-farm payrolls for September is the week’s big data…
October 3, 2016: Markets opened lower Monday following a nice gain on Friday. No sector traded in the green this afternoon, with real estate and utilities the laggards. Profit taking or a…
While the polls have the race pretty tight, one thing is for sure: a victory by Hillary Clinton would favor a far different group of stocks than a victory by Donald Trump.
The markets sure took shareholders on a wild ride last week, and one thing that was notably absent was insider selling.
August 25, 2016: Markets opened lower again Thursday but traded higher for most of the day until the before dipping below the break-even line by early afternoon. Healthcare and energy stocks led…
August 24, 2016: Markets opened lower Wednesday and only the Nasdaq Composite made even a brief visit to positive territory during the day’s trading session. Healthcare and materials stocks led the losers…
24/7 Wall St. has identified that it would take the performance of just seven of these 30 Dow stocks to get the index to 20,000.
August 8, 2016: Markets opened higher Monday but turned south shortly after the opening bell and remained in the red for the rest of the day. The dollar gained strength this afternoon…
One key reason UnitedHealth has done well is that it has managed the downward pressure Obamacare has put on may insurance firms.
Douglas A. McIntyre July 19, 2016: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday with the blue chips opening lower before bouncing higher. Unlike the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite, which never traded higher at any…
When UnitedHealth Group reported second-quarter 2016 results before markets opened Tuesday, it also updated its full-year earnings guidance.
Paul Ausick 
