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The UnitedHealth share price $UNH (+2.39%) falls by over 8 % as the Department of Justice announces an investigation into possible Medicare fraud.

Funnily enough, this news comes right now and the investigation is likely to date back to last year? Let's see what follows today, whether there are any official reports, $UNH (+2.39%) has issued a statement immediately, how do you react to this?

https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/2025/2025-05-14-response-may-14-wsj-article.html

https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/unh-stock-slides-on-report-of-doj-probe-retail-bullish/chitlRYRbN6

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH) for possible criminal Medicare fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.

The investigation is being led by the healthcare-fraud unit of the Justice Department's criminal division and has been ongoing since last summer.

Though specific allegations are unclear, the probe is focused on UnitedHealth's Medicare Advantage business practices, the report said.

The Journal noted that the investigation adds to other government inquiries into the company, including antitrust concerns and a civil review of its Medicare billing practices at its doctors' offices.

On Tuesday, UnitedHealth Group announced that its Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty stepped down from the position due to personal reasons. Following this, the healthcare company appointed Stephen Hemsley as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. He was the company's Board chair in 2017.

Additionally, the company announced its decision to suspend its 2025 outlook, citing higher than expected medical expenditures. However, the company expects to return to growth in 2026.

Hello everyone,

With today's high, I have cracked my first target of €50,000 for the first time.

The next target is of course €100,000, hopefully by the end of 2026/beginning of 2027.

I would therefore like to present my portfolio to you and hope that you will have any suggestions for improvement and constructive ideas.

Basically, the focus is on buy and hold / growth. But a dividend is also nice.

I started thinking more intensively about the whole topic around the beginning/middle of 2023, at the age of 29. The aim is to possibly reach the millions after all, or in any case to have a more comfortable retirement later on.

Before that, it was more about trying things out or the "safe" investment that you get from your parents. In the meantime, we saved in stories such as DWS funds. I still have one of these "corpses", the DWS Vermögens... $HJUF (-0.02%) .

However, this is also to be restructured in the near future.

I am currently working on increasing my ETF positions to get to a ratio of 50%/50%. I have not been so successful with this recently, as I have increased many individual stocks due to the low.

Actually, the iShares Core S&P 500 $CSPX (-0.56%) and FTSE All-World $VWCE (-0.51%) are in the foreground.

Yes, I am also saving here at the same time $VWRL (+0.1%) for a few more dividends a year. You are welcome to give your opinion on whether this makes sense or whether you should only take one of the two.

My current monthly ETF savings plans at a glance,

Core S&P 500 $CSPX (-0.56%) - 150€

All-World $VWCE (-0.51%) - 70€

All-World $VWRL (+0.1%) - 70€

MSCI World $IWDA (-0.42%) - 40€

S&P 500 Information Tech $IUIT (-2.13%) - 30€

All-World High Divid. $VHYL (+0.62%) - 30€

VanEck Sustainable World Equal $TSWE (+0.23%) - 30€

VanEck Developed $TDIV (+1.29%) - 15€

iShare DJ Global Titan 50 $EXI2 (-0.73%) - 15€

Here, too, a merger would be conceivable and also make sense.

For example, since I hold the DJ Global Titan 50 $EXI2 (-0.73%) and the MSCI World $IWDA (-0.42%) with a small amount for ages, I have not yet been able to part with them.

I still save the following shares weekly at €7 each on the side,

$BRK.B (+0.43%)

$BLK (-2.67%)

$PG (+1.69%)

$PEP (+0.69%)

$KO (+1.01%)

In addition to the above, I buy individual shares, ETFs or top up positions worth a further €500, depending on prices.

On average, my monthly savings rate is therefore around €1,000-1,500.

As already mentioned, I would like to ask the community for their opinion, any suggestions for improvement and constructive ideas.

Thank you very much, best regards and happy trading days.

$CSPX (-0.56%)
$CSNDX (-0.5%)
$EXI2 (-0.73%)
$IWDA (-0.42%)
$EIMI (+0.71%)

A dozen states filed suit against President Donald Trump and his administration on Wednesday, seeking an injunction declaring the new tariffs on foreign imports illegal.

http://cnb.cx/3GobGdW

• The president does not have the power to raise taxes on a whim, but that's exactly what President Trump has been doing with these tariffs," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement on the lawsuit.
• The suit was filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade.
• Since taking office, Trump has issued a series of executive orders imposing a range of tariffs on foreign imports, including a 145% tariff on products made in China.

Would it make sense with a

long-term investment period of 20 - 40 years the Dow Jones Titans 50 Etf $$EXI2 (-0.73%) as the only Etf core in the portfolio via a savings plan?

What is your opinion on this?

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Have you heard about the current risks for the stock market? Despite the ongoing positive trend, many investors seem to be ignoring the looming dangers. Analyst Cam Hui points out that factors such as the DeepSeek crisis and tariff announcements are serious threats.

According to Hui, the latest consumer price index shows that inflation was higher than expected. This dampens hopes of interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve. However, the major indices, such as the Dow Jones $EXI2 (-0.73%) and the S&P 500 $CSPX (-0.56%)have fallen only minimally, while the NASDAQ Composite $FNCMX remained stable.

This ignorance on the part of investors could be problematic in the long term. It is important to keep a close eye on developments, as the stock market can turn quickly. How do you assess the current situation? Are you optimistic or do you also see risks on the horizon? 📈

$EXI2 (-0.73%) is cluster risk in the broadest sense. We have done well with this in recent months / years.

What is the attitude?

Move some of the profits (possibly after the recovery in late fall) into an equally weighted S&P ETF? Or take a dividend ETF? Or do you believe that the AI wave will continue to drive share prices and remain invested?

What do you think of the $EXI2 (-0.73%) vs. $VWRL (+0.1%) ??

I personally think the Global Titans 50 is really good.

Which one would you choose?

Like many others, here I have been a whole time in search of a strategy. I think that I have now found a very good way for me, which must now be followed.

The center will be two ETFs:

One is the $IWDA (-0.42%) and on the other hand the $EXI2 (-0.73%)

The first one is well known and should not be the topic today, only this much about it: I see more risks than opportunities for me with the EM and therefore consciously do without them, therefore no All country or similar.

The second ETF $EXI2 (-0.73%) is for me an excellent alternative to single stocks to put a focus on blue chips in my portfolio.

Since it is not one of the well-known indices/ETFs, I would like to explain it briefly.

Eligibility criteria and index construction of the

Dow Jones Global Titans 50 translated from the Dow Jones Titans Indices Methodology

Index Universe:

The index universe is defined as all stocks in the S&P Global BMI.

Selection Universe:

1. stocks from the index universe defined above that have not traded for more than 10 days in the last quarter are excluded. From the remaining universe, the top 100 companies ranked by market capitalization form the selection universe. Whether a company with multiple share classes is eligible for the index depends on the sum of the market capitalization of the eligible classes of the company.

2. companies must derive at least 30% of their revenues from foreign markets to be eligible for inclusion in the index. Companies currently included in the index are still eligible if they generate at least 20% of their revenues from foreign markets. Selection of companies for the index

1. the companies in the selection universe are ranked according to the following criteria:

- Market capitalization - Sales - Net income

2. a final rank is calculated for each company by weighting the market capitalization rank by 60%, the sales rank by 20% and the net income rank by 20%.

3. 50 companies with the highest final rank are selected and form the index, subject to the following buffers:

- Any company in the top 30 of the final ranking that is not yet included in the Index will replace the lowest ranking company in the Index included to date.

- Any company included in the index that is not in the top 70 in the final ranking is replaced by the highest ranked company not included.

- In the event of a tie in the final ranking, the company with the larger market capitalization is ranked higher.

Weighting

At each rebalancing, the index is weighted by market capitalization, with a cap of 8% for companies. The weighting is reviewed on a quarterly basis.

So much for the composition and functioning of the ETF.

My reasons for making the index the largest item in my portfolio:

• There are always at least 50 blue chip companies in the ETF, sometimes more.
• I would also be willing to put the individual shares of all the companies included in the portfolio.
• Since it is a stock ETF, where 30% of the income is tax-free (keyword partial exemption), any income (capital gains on sale, dividends) must be taxed at 18.4625% (church tax neglected). A big advantage compared to individual shares.
• Quarterly automatic rebalancing, no work for me.
• Every year in September the composition is reviewed and adjusted.
• If a company no longer meets the requirements, it is removed from the index during the quarterly rebalancing and replaced the following September.
• Rebalancing is done by market capitalization, but is capped at 8% per individual security.
• The $EXI2 (-0.73%) performs better over the long term than the $IWDA (-0.42%) at least when looking at a holding period of 10 years or more. The target is a holding period of at least 30 years.

Of course, there are also disadvantages:

• The index is extremely US-heavy
• The index is tech-heavy
• 50 companies is not diversification, so I use the ETF to intentionally overweight the companies for me.
• 0.51% TER is not exactly low for an ETF.
• If one of the really big companies (Apple, for example) crashes over a long period of time, it can drag the index down quite a bit until it gets kicked out.
• A successful past is no guarantee for a successful future.

In the medium term, I will reorganize my portfolio in such a way that I will shift almost all individual stocks to the $IWDA (-0.42%) shift. Individual stocks from which I expect an above-average return may remain and, if necessary, will be expanded or newly included. The prerequisite is that they are not included in the $EXI2 (-0.73%) contained in the portfolio. Maybe one or the other sector ETF will be added.

The goal is to get a more manageable portfolio, where the majority is in the $IWDA (-0.42%) is in the portfolio. The $EXI2 (-0.73%) should provide a bit of outperformance and with one or the other individual stock and some cryptos you can then try to maximize the return, not to say: a little fun must be .

I would be interested in your opinion overall on the new strategy and in particular how you see the $EXI2 (-0.73%) see as an alternative to umpteen individual stocks?

Screenshot: https://de.extraetf.com/etf-comparison?etf=IE00B4L5Y983,DE0006289382