3 Reasons Why UnitedHealth Stock Isn’t a Fit for My Favorite High-Reward, Low-Risk Options Strategy

UnitedHealth (UNH) stock has had a rough time lately. And truly, that is a tremendous understatement. From the tragedy surrounding the murder of its CEO to scrutiny over its allegedly questionable practices and sector-wide pressures, the pain for UNH stock has been well-documented. 

UNH is a member of the exclusive Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI), which, as opposed to the more popular S&P 500 Index ($SPX), contains only 30 stocks. And for some time, UNH was the Dow’s largest weighted holding. But the Dow is weighted by stock price. So when UNH’s stock price fell, fell again, then fell some more, it dropped all the way down to number 8!