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UnitedHealth Beat Estimates by 55 Cents and Raised Its 2026 Outlook. A $610 Million Reserve Release Did Much of the Work.

UnitedHealth earned $4.69 a share against a $4.14 estimate and lifted its 2026 floor to $20.50. Its release shows $610 million of reserve development.

By Scott Allan · Oct 13 · 2 min read

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Schneider Electric Shed €15 Billion in Market Value Agreeing to Buy PTC for $22.6 Billion

Schneider lost about €15 billion in market value the day it agreed to pay…

By Scott Allan · Oct 6

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Anthropic’s Leaked Prospectus Shows a $42 Billion Loss Behind Its $2 Trillion IPO Ask

Anthropic's leaked S-1 shows a $42 billion 2025 loss. About $34 billion is a…

By Scott Allan · Sep 29

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Oracle’s $638 Billion Backlog Is a Funding Structure, Not a Sales Pipeline

Oracle reports first-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Thursday, and nearly every preview written this…

By Scott Allan · Sep 8

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Amgen Fell 5% on a Trial It Did Not Run. Nobody Yet Knows if the Target Failed or the Dose Did.

Novartis shed close to 4% in Zurich on Monday after pelacarsen, its lipoprotein(a) lowering…

By Scott Allan · Sep 7

AI

Most of Salesforce’s Record Earnings Beat Was an Unrealized Gain on Anthropic

Salesforce closed up 22.6% on Thursday, the second-best trading day in the company’s history…

By Scott Allan · Aug 28

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The 30-Year Treasury Hit a 19-Year High. Korea’s Chip Stocks Paid for It.

The yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond pushed past 5.33% on Tuesday, its…

By Scott Allan · Aug 19

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Berkshire Put $17 Billion into Alphabet, and $10 Billion Never Touched the Market

Berkshire Hathaway added more than $17 billion of Alphabet in the second quarter, and…

By Scott Allan · Aug 17

Analysis

On Holding Posted a Record 65.4% Gross Margin and Had the Worst Day in Its History

On Holding did almost everything the market says it wants. The Swiss running brand…

By Scott Allan · Aug 13

Analysis

Intel Raised $20 Billion at $95 a Share for Factories Most of Its Customers Have Not Signed For

Intel closed a $20 billion common stock offering on Wednesday, and the striking part…

By Scott Allan · Aug 13

Analysis

Cathie Wood Sold $37.5 Million of Deere to Fund Nvidia and Broadcom Buys

ARK Invest’s largest transaction on Monday was not a purchase. Cathie Wood’s firm sold…

By Scott Allan · Aug 11

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Coherent Fell 12% and Lumentum 7% as the AI Optics Policy Trade Unwound Into Earnings

On August 4, a report that the Federal Communications Commission was drafting an import…

By Scott Allan · Aug 11

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Analysis

GameStop Told Its Own Noteholders They May Short the Stock That Prices Their Payout

Buried in the disclosure for GameStop’s $1.4 billion debt-for-equity swap is a sentence that…

By Scott Allan · Aug 10

Analysis

UnitedHealth Beat Estimates by 55 Cents and Raised Its 2026 Outlook. A $610 Million Reserve Release Did Much of the Work.

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Schneider Electric Shed €15 Billion in Market Value Agreeing to Buy PTC for $22.6 Billion

Anthropic’s Leaked Prospectus Shows a $42 Billion Loss Behind Its $2 Trillion IPO Ask

Oracle’s $638 Billion Backlog Is a Funding Structure, Not a Sales Pipeline

Amgen Fell 5% on a Trial It Did Not Run. Nobody Yet Knows if the Target Failed or the Dose Did.

Most of Salesforce’s Record Earnings Beat Was an Unrealized Gain on Anthropic

The 30-Year Treasury Hit a 19-Year High. Korea’s Chip Stocks Paid for It.

Berkshire Put $17 Billion into Alphabet, and $10 Billion Never Touched the Market

On Holding Posted a Record 65.4% Gross Margin and Had the Worst Day in Its History

Intel Raised $20 Billion at $95 a Share for Factories Most of Its Customers Have Not Signed For

Cathie Wood Sold $37.5 Million of Deere to Fund Nvidia and Broadcom Buys

Coherent Fell 12% and Lumentum 7% as the AI Optics Policy Trade Unwound Into Earnings

GameStop Told Its Own Noteholders They May Short the Stock That Prices Their Payout

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