News

Large-cap stocks are known for their staying power and ability to weather market storms better than smaller competitors. However, their sheer size makes it more challenging to maintain high growth rates as they’ve already captured significant portions of their markets.

Skittish investors pushed Elevance shares down, as they focused on worries about its Medicaid business. CEO Gail Boudreaux said the insurer’s Medicaid results were roughly what it expected, but the company is leaving the District of Columbia’s Medicaid market and plans to exit others over the next year to 18 months.

Investing.com -- Elevance Health’s Health Benefits operating profit collapsed in the second quarter of 2026, igniting a broad premarket selloff across the managed-care sector even as the insurer’s headline earnings handily beat estimates and full-year guidance was lifted.

Elevance Health is breaking the Medicare Advantage curse, and the insurer’s earnings could show it on Wednesday. Health insurer stocks have rallied this year after a tough run of rising medical costs that hampered earnings in 2024 and 2025. The results come just a day ahead of the monster of the industry, UnitedHealth Group Wall Street will be watching to see if these two companies can keep the momentum going.

According to a Bloomberg report, a Centene spokesperson confirmed the company is offering voluntary buyouts to most staff as part of a cost-cutting effort.

UNH plans to eliminate nearly two-thirds of pediatric prior authorizations by year-end, aiming to speed care access and reduce provider paperwork.

June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are trending up +0.69% this morning as sentiment improved after Treasury yields retreated from multiyear highs, with attention now turning to an earnings report from chip giant Nvidia.