“The healthcare sector has never seen anything like this and neither has the American public. After months of political wrangling, the Affordable Health Care for America Act was signed into law by Read more…
XLV
“Wall street was glued to the weekend vote on health-care reform and scrambled to figure out which areas, if any, might benefit from its passage. Technically, however, the fortunes of the sector relative Read more…
XLV
“It is our opinion, along with that of many other market professionals, that this current market is overbought. An overbought market often searches for a place, or more to the point, a reason to pull Read more…
IBB, IHF, PPH
“The health-care sector has been all over the map this year, with some investors seeing it as a safe bet during a recession and others shying away from the uncertainty caused by potential Read more…
BBH, FBT, PTJ, VHT
“Shares of the Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV) have come a long way since their March 2009 bear market lows at $21.63 a share. But (XLV) will soon run into a strong headwind Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, XLV
“With a massive government take-over of the healthcare industry looking less likely, shares of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Providers Index ETF Read more…
IHF, PTJ
Investors looking to boost their portfolios with health care exposure while limiting the risks of company-specific occurrences might want to give their portfolios the basket treatment Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
The press is now talking about the swine flu again and it is putting a scare in the public sector. “In a recent report, the World Health Organization predicted that within two years nearly one-third of the world’s population will have contracted swine Read more…
IXJ, PJP, PPH
“The uncertainty over the future of health care has exacted a toll on the industry. ETFs like iShares Dow Jones US Healthcare Provider (IHF), Pharmaceutical HOLDRs (PPH) and iShares Biotechnology (IBB) all will be affected differently by changes in legislation Read more…
DBR, IBB, IHF, IHI, PPH
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