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The Federal Reserve and its Chair, Jerome Powell, raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday, June 15th, 2022. The raise is the highest of its kind in nearly 30 years. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and The Fed is no exception, as it attempts to…

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

The U.S. equity market has experienced elevated volatility lately amid record-high inflation, increased possibility of the Fed’s drastic interest rate increases to bring price stability, and growing recession fears. As the U.S. economy is slowly sliding into a recession, fundamentally strong consumer discretionary stocks UnitedHealth (UNH), Assurant (AIZ), Pilgrim’s Pride…

While the stock market has entered a bear phase following the release of multi-decade high inflation data, the health insurance industry could survive the downturn because of the near-inelastic demand for health coverage. Therefore, investors looking to dodge a market downturn could bet on fundamentally sound health insurance stocks Anthem…