From Kevin Breuninger : KEY POINTS
Category: NYSE:XLV
Health care stocks will be winners if the Fed cuts rates
From Fred Imbert: Many investors believe the Federal Reserve is set to start cutting interest rates, possibly as early as this week. And history shows one group of stocks stands out after the Fed begins cutting.
Are Utility and Health Care ETFs good buys in June?
From Todd Shriber: Following a rough May for U.S. stocks, investors will not be pleased to know June is, historically, an unpleasant month for stocks. Over the past 20 years, the S&P 500 averages a June decline of 0.70 percent, making the sixth month of the year the second-worst, on average, behind only September.
After a rough start in 2019, the health care sector makes a come back
From Keris Lahiff: The Dow Jones Industrial Average hasn’t seen these kinds of losses in eight years.
To sell or not to sell… What to do with your healthcare stocks?
From Martin Fridson: Healthcare stocks took sick after Senator Bernie Sanders introduced his Medicare for All bill on April 10. From the preceding day’s close through April 29, S&P’s Managed Health Care Subindex fell by 3.12%. The S&P 500 rose by 2.25% over that period.
Healthcare stocks: are they good risk/reward investments?
From Keith Speights: This time, it’s different.
Is the health-care sector ready to rebound after falling 4.4% last week?
From Fred Imbert:
Health care sector continues to slide today
From Fred Imbert: Stocks gave up most of their earlier gains on Thursday as losses in the health-care sector continued for a third straight day.
Why did the health care sector trade down 2% in March?
From Lizzy Gurdus: Health care just caught a cold.
The reasons to be bullish on the US health care sector
From Todd Shriber: The Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV 0.39%, the largest exchange traded fund tracking the S&P 500’s second-largest sector weight, is up just 5.84 percent, underscoring the point that after an impressive 2018, health care stocks are lagging this year.
Health-care stocks are a way to ride this market comeback
From Tyler Clifford:
Healthcare stocks fall as judge rules Obamacare unconstitutional
From Reuters: Dec 17 (Reuters) – Shares of U.S. health insurers, hospitals, and healthcare companies fell on Monday after a federal judge ruled that Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law was unconstitutional.
Healthcare sector update, amidst the plunging stock market
From MT Newswires:
Why Are Health Insurance Shares Rallying 33% Year to Date?
From Zacks Equity Research: Health Insurance Innovations, Inc. (HIIQ – Free Report) shares have soared 32.8% year to date against the industry‘s decrease of 23.2% and the Zacks S&P 500 composite’s decline of 1.5%. With a market capitalization of nearly $532 million, average volume of shares traded in the last three months were 0.6 million.
Find out the implied analyst target price for the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (XLV)
From ETF Channel: Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itself.