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Investing: Follow The Boomers And Buy Health Care Stocks
Hi Ted, Another fine reminder about this well run TR Price fund. We have had monies with Fidelity's Health Care fund in the past, but this is an area of which we have little exposure at this time. One may wonder, however; if any ramifications will come forth with the U.S. Supreme court case this coming March, or a change with who is in the White House in 2013? Take care, Catch
Regardless of what the Supreme Court decides or who is in the White House, the demand for healthcare in all its forms will continue to grow. Individual companies may be positively or negatively impacted by court rulings or politics, but a good fund manager will adjust his/her holdings accordingly. While I don't own a health care fund at the moment, I wouldn't hold off waiting to see what the SCOTUS or POTUS will do.
From rough memory, over past 10 (20?) years, 98% of *new* jobs created in U.S. were in health care or government, and government is tapped out. Health care is an enormous engine for economy, and I don't see that faltering in the future. The investing question, I think, besides the entry point, is which part of health care universe to invest in: technology, delivery, materials, systems, big pharma, little pharma (remember Genentech fever?), or a broad-based fund.
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http://seekingalpha.com/articles?filters=reit-healthcare-facilities
http://etfdb.com/etfdb-category/health-biotech-equities/returns/
http://news.morningstar.com/fund-category-returns/health/$FOCA$SH.aspx
Another fine reminder about this well run TR Price fund. We have had monies with Fidelity's Health Care fund in the past, but this is an area of which we have little exposure at this time. One may wonder, however; if any ramifications will come forth with the U.S. Supreme court case this coming March, or a change with who is in the White House in 2013?
Take care,
Catch
The investing question, I think, besides the entry point, is which part of health care universe to invest in: technology, delivery, materials, systems, big pharma, little pharma (remember Genentech fever?), or a broad-based fund.