A Strange, Delayed Reaction

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I simply want to express befuddlement about how United Healthcare reacted when one of its CEOs was shot to death. I’ve tinted the area after the news came out. The stock went up! Why? Because they wouldn’t have to pay snaggle-tooth another $10 million? Because of the publicity? It makes ZERO sense. What’s even weirder is that UNH lost $100,000,000,000 in shareholder value in the following days, once it dawned on investing dummies that United’s reputation was even worse than ever, and any employer who was carrying them as their health care “provider” would be shamed into switching to someone else.