This insurance stock is breaking out, but remains cheap. How to get long with options

Elevance Health is emerging from a 2025 reset with improved positioning to restore margins and grow its earnings base. Management has demonstrated discipline by lowering guidance to reflect elevated costs rather than delaying recognition, clearing the decks for the future. At the same time, the Carelon platform continues to deliver robust growth, diversifying revenue streams […]

As the market pulls back, Jim Cramer explains how to handle sell-offs

CNBC’s Jim Cramer unpacked Tuesday’s market action and suggested that it can be worthwhile to stick with good stocks as they weather losses, telling investors to buy, not sell, into weakness. “When you get hit with a sell-off…that’s when you should buy more of your favorite growth stocks…the ones you’ve done the homework on and […]

Investors aren’t quite sure how to react to the Fed’s quarter-point cut

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell takes questions from reporters during a news conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on Sept. 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday stateside cut interest rates by a quarter point, bringing the […]

How to trade an improving outlook for bank stocks going forward

(This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange” exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. ET each day.) Traders are keeping an eye on financials as the sector’s backdrop improves. Investors are also awaiting key revisions to U.S. labor data due out later in the day. […]

Applovin is soaring. How to tell if the breakout is for real

AppLovin (APP) surged to new all-time highs Monday, gaining 12% and adding roughly $14 billion to its market capitalization, as it officially joined the S & P 500 Index. The breakout through final resistance is a bullish technical development, acting as a positive catalyst and clearing the chart of overhead supply. Breakouts are most reliable […]