UnitedHealth Group, with a market capitalization of around $454 billion, is the largest health insurer in the United States, serving nearly 50 million Americans.
It benefits from unparalleled market presence and scale that grants it significant bargaining power, which in turn ensures lower costs and higher margins compared to its competitors.
Over the past decade,
Apple has fallen by almost 15% from nearly $200 per share in recent months. The decline appeared to precede the major market averages more recent correction but does it bode ominously for Apple or has the recent pullback offered new buyers an opportunity to get in on a great company at sale prices?
In the near-term,
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A report just came out that one trader bet a massive $20 million on a single stock rising by 30% on its next earnings report. That stock is, drumroll, artificial intelligence favorite, Nvidia.
The bet was made by purchasing strike 1180 call options on Nvidia for the June expiration, meaning if NVDA share price rise were to rise above that level on expiration day,
Over the past few days we’ve covered stocks that have strong histories of rising at this time of year, and apparently our readers really want to hear more about similar ideas, so here’s another nugget for you.
This time we turn our attention to the healthcare space where a well-known company, Quest Diagnostics,
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As the end of the quarter approaches, how do the markets fare? Zooming out, we can see that the S&P 500 is precariously perched on an uptrending resistance line.
While doomsayers have been lining up to predict the market’s demise for months, it has defied all skeptics and continued its march higher. But now it sits once again at a key threshold level.
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Residential real estate investment trust (REIT) Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) operates in West Coast markets, primarily acquiring, developing, and managing multifamily residential properties. It has a portfolio of more than 60,000 apartment units, primarily located in California and Seattle.
Founded in 1971 and going public in 1994,
Usually investing is about spotting a stock that is underpriced relative to fair value. Trading is about finding a stock that meets some chart criterion. Maybe it’s a breakout, a cup-and-handle, a doji, or some buy signal or other. Whatever the approach, the focus is on a single position.
But sometimes, comparative analysis highlights opportunities that otherwise might fall under the radar.
Sometimes if you can’t beat ’em, you just have to join ’em. That might well be the case when it comes to Nancy Pelosi’s investment portfolio.
In online forums, her extraordinary outperformance has received enormous attention. How did Nancy Pelosi generate so much wealth on a politician’s salary is a common refrain.
Recently,
Some stock market indicators are better than others but have you heard of one being perfect for over a century? If the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio, better known as CAPE, is to be believed, then the markets could be set for a rocky road this year.
Unlike traditional PE ratios, the CAPE figure factors in inflation and smooths the peaks and troughs of unforeseen or surprising events –
When we first spotlighted Verizon, it had a yield that approached 8% but after its recent move higher, it still offers a handsome yield of over 6.4%.
That’s more than enough to turn a $15,000 investment into an annual payout of $1,000+, assuming the dividend stays in place, but will it?
Here’s what you need to know about Verizon and its potential to pay a steady income stream for the foreseeable future.
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