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UnitedHealth Got a Boost From Berkshire’s Buying. 2 Reasons to Wait to Follow. UnitedHealth Group, the worst-performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average so far this year, got a major boost last week from billionaire investor Warren Buffett. That doesn’t mean everyone else should buy.

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Shares of UnitedHealth Group are surging before the market open Friday as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it recently purchased shares of the beleaguered insurer.

UnitedHealth Group ( UNH 12.04%) has been a solid dividend growth stock for years. Generally, its yield has been fairly low, due to the stock's rising value. Even as the healthcare insurance giant has grown its dividend, its yield hasn't been particularly high or noteworthy.

The blue-chip Dow Jones ended higher after hitting an intraday record high on Friday, as UnitedHealth's shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway raised its stake, but other Wall Street indexes slipped as mixed data clouded the Federal Reserve's next monetary policy move.

NEW YORK] The Warren Buffett effect is proving true once again, spurring UnitedHealth Group’s reversal this month and giving the Dow Jones Industrial Average a push towards its first closing high since last year.