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Aetna is waving goodbye to the ACA marketplace. Executives announced during CVS Health’s Q1 2025 earnings call on May 1 that the insurance giant is withdrawing from the individual marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act, as the company expects to lose as much as $400 million from that part of the business in 2025.
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Stocks sank a bit today while investors remain in wait-and-see mode. All eyes are on Jerome Powell & Co. this Wednesday: The market thinks the Fed will stay put until June, while some pros think the next rate cut will be in July.
Among the major indexes, the Dow Jones industrials fared best, though it was only up 0.1%. McDonald’s and UnitedHealth led blue chips with gains of more than 1%. Apple lagged most, dropping 2.6%. Chevron skidded more than 2%. The NASDAQ composite fell 0.4%. Trade Desk outperformed here, rallying more than 3%, while Charter Communications and Fortinet each rose nearly 3%. Meanwhile, On Semiconductor and Grail lagged, diving more than 8% and 4%, respectively. The S&P 500 dropped 0.4%. The benchmark index’s sectors were mixed, but with a slight downside bias. Energy and consumer discretionary were getting hit the hardest. Industrials and consumer staples made the best gains.
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🟢 What’s up
- Skechers exploded 24.35% after the footwear retailer inked a deal with 3G Capital to go private.
- Electronic Arts climbed 2.41% on the news that it has teamed up with Major League Soccer to offer four matches via its mobile gaming platform this year.
- United Airlines rose 1.07% despite its announcement that it’s cutting some flights out of Newark, New Jersey, where apparently flying is terrible.
- Howard Hughes Holdings gained 2.81% thanks to a $900 million investment in the real estate company from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square.
What’s down
- Sunoco sank 5.64% on the oil & gas company’s plans to acquire Canadian gas station chain Parkland Corporation for $9.1 billion.
- Shell fell 2.28% on reports that the company is considering ways to acquire rival BP.
- ON Semiconductor lost 8.35% despite outpacing analysts’ estimates on both the top and bottom lines, as shareholders focused on warnings of weaker demand.
- Tyson Foods fell 7.75% after the meat giant missed sales estimates and warned revenue will remain flat in the coming year.
- Loews may have beaten analysts’ estimates on revenue, but the luxury hospitality stock still fell 1.77% after missing on profits.
- Wolfspeed, which is a company name we will never get tired of writing, gave up another 8.52% following a wild short squeeze last week.
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Aetna insurance, owned by CVS Health, is ending its health insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act, meaning as many as 1 million Americans will have to find new coverage.
Forbes reports it was a financial decision. Despite strong profits from these policies in the first quarter, financial incentives provided to companies offering coverage through the ACA marketplace will expire next year. The incentives lowered premium costs and led to record enrollment in the federal healthcare system in the last 12 months.
The announcement, made during CVS’s first-quarter earnings call, pointed out that Aetna has been a fairly small player in the ACA marketplace compared to other companies. However, it will continue to offer other health coverage options.
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