I am considering adding a health or health science fund in my IRA

prinx

I am considering adding a health or health science fund in my IRA. I do have T Rowe Price in a taxable account.
What are some of the health funds other than above that you prefer. The 2 that are appealing to me are

Symbol Fund Name 1 Wk 13 Wk YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr (Annualized) 5 Yr 10 Yr (Annualized)
FSPHX Fidelity Sel Health 1.09% 13.30% 35.40% 47.20% 27.98% 16.14% 11.37%
JAGLX Janus Glbl Life Sci;T 1.75% 14.04% 36.25% 48.04% 27.10% 12.82% 11.80%

prinx

scott

I like HQL/HQH, which are somewhat aggressive/volatile and offer exposure to private equity.

kevindow

Hi prinx,

Here is a recent MFO thread which might help:

http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discussions-3/#/discussion/comment/25971

Kevin

Ted

Dear prinx: Once again, look at these two health ETF's HQL &HQH.
Regards,
Ted
YTD Chart: http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=HQH+Interactive#symbol=hqh;range=ytd;compare=hql;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;
Funds Website: http://www.hqcm.com/funds.html

slick

Prinx,

I wanted to throw another ETF at you, one I own: PJP, great returns, lower cost than a CEF

BobC

PRHSX is our mutual fund of choice, and ISTIX is also worth a look (although it has a hefty chunk of tech stocks, too). We would also suggest looking at IBB and IYH.

Charles

Here are risk/performance numbers of some of those mentioned above, along with some of better performers in the Health category (although ISTIX / WSTCX actually resides in the Tech category):



I know VGHCX has had a manager change, but hard not to be attracted to this fund.

slick

Reply to @BobC:

I recently added ISTIX as my tech exposure, it is replacing IYW which seemed to vastly underperform the mananged funds. I like how it has not only tech stocks, but other companies that utilize tech to a high degree.