You can find plenty of solid stock bargains in this year’s worst-performing sector, analysts say (via philipvandoorn)
Stocks in that sector are down, in part, because of concerns about proposals by Bernie Sanders and other presidential candidates for radical changes to the U.S. health-care system. But no matter what might be proposed, we are a long way off from actual legislation that could pass both houses of Congress to redesign 18% of the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, the aging U.S. population and continual innovation underline an excellent long-term thesis for the health-care sector.
It is interesting that health care was last year’s best-performing sector. But there is no question it has lagged behind over the past three years. Bucking the trend: best health-care performers Ten S&P 500 health-care stocks are up at least 20% this year through April 22, including reinvested dividends:Several of the winners have been rebounding from large declines in 2018.
Worst health-care performers of 2019 Here are the worst performers in the S&P 500 health-care sector this year through April 22: Best health-care sales growers Here are the 10 S&P 500 health-care companies with the greatest increases in sales for their most recently reported quarters:
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