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A Healthy Portfolio: The Future Looks Bright For Healthcare ETFs (VHT, FXH, PFE, MRK, JNJ, ABT)

David Bettencourt — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:07:11 +0000

John Nyaradi: Health care was hot last week with Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA: XLV) registering a 2.65% gain for the week and iShares Dow Jones Health Care Select Sector Index(...)
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Global Cash Flows Back Into Healthcare In Search Of Havens (XLV, ABT, AMGN, PFE, MRK, UNH)

David Bettencourt — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:13:16 +0000

Richard Rittorno: Today’s twists and turns on Wall Street came about as traders reacted to yet another day of negative headlines surrounding Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis and fled to the safest (...)
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Why Equities Look Cheap, But Healthcare Does Not (IVV, IWV)

David Bettencourt — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:08:20 +0000

Russ Koesterich: Call #1 – Maintain long-term overweight equities: While Friday’s unemployment report was not great, it does suggest that the United States is not on the verge of another recession — and therefore, equities look cheap. Stock valuations are now close to multi-decade lows, and equities look(...)
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Health Care ETFs Are Seizing The Lead (IBB, PPH, IHF, PTH, BIB)

David Bettencourt — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:13:54 +0000

I’m a momentum investor. What does that mean? I just try to identify leading market sectors and then keep my portfolio aligned with them. Sometimes the strength is fairly obvious, and at other(...)
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Before Jumping Into A Single Health Care Stock Consider This ETF

David Bettencourt — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:22:12 +0000

“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(...)
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Investors Flock To Healthcare ETFs On Historic Reform

David Bettencourt — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:13:04 +0000

“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(...)
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How Will Obama-Care Play Into The Markets And ETFs?

David Bettencourt — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:50:42 +0000

“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(...)
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Where Can Investors Find Value In Healthcare ETFs With The Industry All Over The Map

David Bettencourt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:56:39 +0000

“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(...)
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The HealthCare ETF May Soon Run Into A Strong Headwind

David Bettencourt — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:51:01 +0000

“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(...)
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Healthcare ETF’s Have Jumped As Government Takeover Looks Less Likely

David Bettencourt — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:24:13 +0000

“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(...)
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Health-Care ETFs Could Be Just What the Doctor Ordered

David Bettencourt — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:40:47 +0000

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(...)
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Swine Flu: Three Healthcare ETF’s To Keep In Mind (PPH, IXJ, PJP)

David Bettencourt — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:31:48 +0000

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 (...)
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Health Care ETF’s Offer Diversification In The Industry (IHF, PPH, IBB, IHI, DBR)

David Bettencourt — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:50:43 +0000

“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(...)
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