UNH: Adding Unitedhealth Group to Investing Ideas (Short Side)

04/05/19 03:59PM EDT

Below is a note written by CEO Keith McCullough on why we're adding Unitedhealth Group (UNH) to the short side of Investing Ideas today:

Inasmuch as you should have been looking to add to your favorite LONGS 7-8 trading days ago (when SPY was signaling #oversold), now you should be looking to lay out your favorite shorts.

I know that's not how the consensus monkeys on Old Wall TV talk about it (they chase high and sell lower). That consensus is precisely why, over time, this risk management #process works.

One of our Independent Research Team's best new ideas on the short side is Unitedhealth Group (UNH). It’s up on #decelerating volume today.

Here's an excerpt from a deep dive Black Book presentation (Institutional Research) that Tom Tobin and Emily Evans produced recently:

"Our thesis rests on a few simple and well-supported assumptions which produce a mid-single-digit grower at the operating margin line through 2022; materially lower than consensus expectations of low double digits."

Sell the bounce,

KM 

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