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By now we've all seen the "Trump Tweet Effect" in full effect these past weeks, as the president-elect's unfiltered social media messages hit some of Wall Street's favorite stocks, like Boeing, for better… or worse.
Lockheed Martin, for instance, one of our best defense plays, lost $4 billion in value in the aftermath of Trump's tweeted remarks about the F-35 Lightning program.
Frankly, the losses on Lockheed and Boeing, and for that matter the gains on SoftBank, say more about Wall Street traders than about Donald Trump – or the stocks he's talking about.
But the truth is, it's likely we can look forward to this kind of "volatility" from here on out.
Unless… you go with the recommendation I'm going to show you now. It's offering explosive growth in a blue-chip package – 37% year to date, and I can't imagine any mere 140 characters are going to ding it…
Everything Is Going Right for This Company
The fact that this company has packed on double-digit gains – 20% since October alone – this year would be nice enough, but this mammoth is worth $153 billion.
It's one of the healthcare sector's biggest players, and it's done well enough in the Obama Era, but it's caught up in a megatrend that will only increase with Republicans in control of Washington.
I'm talking about UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH), the largest healthcare provider in the United States.
There are so many massive profit catalysts lining up under this stock it's hard to cover them all, so I'll look at the three most powerful…
Catalyst No. 1: (Super) Size Matters
In the health insurance game, which also includes many complementary businesses like Prescription Benefit Management (PBM) and automated record systems, the bigger you are, the better you can manage costs.
You may recall in 2015 there was a great deal of talk about the big healthcare insurers merging. UnitedHealth was looking to acquire Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET), while Cigna Corp. (NYSE: CI) was trying to merge with Anthem Inc. (Nasdaq: ANTM).
But then Aetna decided that instead of being acquired, it would do some acquiring on its own; the insurer announced it was planning on merging with Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), all but scuttling UnitedHealth's merger plans.
But now, the two mergers between Humana and Aetna, and Cigna and Anthem, are tied up as the U.S. Department of Justice looks into whether the mergers are anticompetitive.
Bottom line: UnitedHealth actually dodged a bullet by not getting involved in the smaller companies' M&A soiree. It doesn't have the legal fees and time suck involved in a major action like a government investigation, and it's still growing at a rapid clip.
Catalyst No. 2: The ACA Is on Life Support
About the Author
Michael A. Robinson is a 35-year Silicon Valley veteran and one of the top technology financial analysts working today. He regularly delivers winning trade recommendations to the Members of his monthly tech investing newsletter, Nova-X Report, and small-cap tech service, Radical Technology Profits. In the past two years alone, his subscribers have seen over 100 double- and triple-digit gains from his recommendations.
As a consultant, senior adviser, and board member for Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Michael enjoys privileged access to pioneering CEOs and high-profile industry insiders. In fact, he was one of five people involved in early meetings for the $160 billion "cloud" computing phenomenon. And he was there as Lee Iacocca and Roger Smith, the CEOs of Chrysler and GM, led the robotics revolution that saved the U.S. automotive industry.
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So do you have a specific play on the UnitedHealth situation? Or is that to come?
I have some United Health should I buy more? How high do you think it will go? How will the dismantling of the ACA affect the stock?
Thank you for naming the stock about whom you are targeting. Most letter producers build up a stock, but never tell you what one it is, unless you pay big bucks to join their golden egg.