DAILY UPDATE: Gun Violence, Health & Public Companies as Technology Stocks Rebound

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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The U.S. surgeon general just declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, came as the U.S. grappled with another summer weekend marked by mass shootings that left dozens of people dead or wounded.

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Here’s where the major benchmarks ended:

  • The S&P 500 index rose 21.43 points (0.39%) to 5,469.30; the Dow Jones Industrial Average® ($DJI) fell 299.05 points (0.76%) to 39,112.6; the NASDAQ Composite® ($COMP) gained 220.84 points (1.26%) to 17,717.65.
  • The 10-year Treasury note yield (TNX) fell slightly to 4.24%.
  • The CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX) dropped to 12.84. 

What’s up

  • Nvidia rose 6.76% as investors realized they could buy shares of the world’s biggest semiconductor company at a discounted price.
  • Trump Media & Technology Group rose another 8.50% today on the hopes of a cash infusion, as well as hype ahead of Thursday’s presidential debate.
  • Carnival popped 8.85% after it beat analyst expectations for the second quarter, and raised its profit forecast for the rest of the year.
  • Novo Nordisk rose 3.25% after its weight-loss drug Wegovy was approved in China.
  • Enovix soared 35.05% on the news that it signed a major deal to provide VR headset batteries for an as-yet-unnamed California company.

What’s down

  • Pool Corp., maker of…pools, fell 8.04% today after cutting guidance for the year ahead.
  • SolarEdge Technologies dropped 20.60% through no fault of its own—instead, a key customer declared bankruptcy, and will be unable to pay the solar power company the $11.4 million it is owed.
  • Airbus fell 9.41% after the company announced it is cutting financial guidance for the remainder of 2024 thanks to supply chain snarls and higher costs.
  • Auto dealer stocks continue to suffer the effects of a massive cyberattack on CDK, a key supplier of dealership management software. The company says its systems will remain down until June 30, but in the meantime shares of Autonation fell 2.04%, Sonic Automotive dropped 2.56%, and Group 1 Automotive slid 2.49%.

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Digital health company Sharecare has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Altaris for $1.43 in cash per share, or about $518 million.

Nearly three months after Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health acquired Geisinger Health, the group has now agreed to terms with Cone Health in North Carolina.

And ... UnitedHealthcare says its Surest unit improves spending and utilization across all age groups and for people with various conditions.

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PHYSICIANS BEWARE: Financial “Advice”

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

BEWARE THE “DOCTOR EFFECT”

Bread for the advisor – Crumbs for the client

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™

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Several years ago a group of highly trusted and deeply experienced financial services professionals and estate planners noted that far too many of their physician clients, using traditional stock brokers, management consultants and financial advisors, seemed to be less successful than those who went it alone. These Do-it-Yourselfers [DIYs] had setbacks and made mistakes, for sure. But, the ME Inc. doctors seemed to learn from their mistakes and did not incur the high management and service fees demanded from general or retail one-size-fits-all “advisors.“

”In fact, an informal inverse relationship was noted, and dubbed the “Doctor Effect.” In others words, the more consultants an individual doctor retained; the less well they did in all disciplines of the financial planning and medical practice management, continuum.

Of course, the reason for this discrepancy eluded many of them as Wall Street brokerages and wire-houses flooded the media with messages, infomercials, print, radio, TV, texts, tweets, and internet ads to the contrary. Rather than self-learn the basics, the prevailing sentiment seemed to purse the holy grail of finding the “perfect financial advisor.” This realization was a confirmation of the industry culture which seemed to be: Bread for the advisor – Crumbs for the client!

And so, at D.E. Marcinko & Associates, our informed cadre’ of technology focused and highly educated doctors, nurses, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, psychologists and educational visionaries decided there must be a better way for their healthcare colleagues to receive financial planning advice and related management services within a culture of fiduciary responsibility.

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