Just as President Obama's Affordable Care Act was seen as a boon to hospital and
other health care stocks, President Trump's desire to roll back his predecessor's health reform law has threatened those same companies» share prices since he won the election.
Lin joined Fidelity in 2003 as a research associate covering biotechnology and
other health care stocks.
He has been in the investments industry since joining Fidelity in 2003 as a research associate responsible for covering biotechnology and
other health care stocks.
Not exact matches
Expectations for their effort to provide their employees with better
health care options are even high enough that
stocks of
other health care companies fell on the news Amazon and friends were entering the fray.
However, the bigger concern is that this is one more threat to your retirement nest egg, on top of low interest rates, a low - growth economic outlook, uncertain
stock markets and potential government cuts to
other programs, such as
health care and nursing - home subsidies.
They do not include
stock - based compensation of any kind, the cash value of retirements benefits, or
other non-cash benefits, such as
health care.
In
other words, when investors doubt the Republicans» ability to repeal and replace Obamacare, hospital
stocks rise; when they believe the GOP
health care plan will pass, hospital
stocks fall.
Not everyone will benefit: now that Republicans have swept the US government for the first time since 1928, it means Obamacare is over - just a matter of time - and Affordable
Care Act - vulnerable
stocks such as Universal
Health Services, AmSurg and Mednax will likely plunge; on the
other hand pure pharma
stocks like MCK and ABC will benefit as rhetoric on drug pricing will diminish significantly, leading to more stable earnings if / when changes in drug pricing become more stable.
Meanwhile, price - to - earnings is not considered the optimal valuation metric for REITs like Ventas and
Health Care REIT, but it is a method that permits comparisons to
other types of
stocks.
They learn
other factors, such as nutrition and
health care for livestock, as well as land stewardship when they control weeds and adjust their
stocking rate during periods of drought.
As we approach the end of the year, many companies are holding their annual benefit «open enrollment» periods where employees must decide on various
health care, dental, FSA,
stock purchase plans, life insurance, education reimbursement, and
other employee benefits for 2012.
XHS, a fund of hospitals, insurers, and
other health care service
stocks, is up 111 %.
One noteworthy element of this ETF is the depth of holdings; with hundreds of individual
stocks, VHT casts a considerably wider net than
other health care ETFs such as XLV.
This includes high - quality corporate and municipal bonds as well as
stocks of utilities, consumer product companies,
health care firms and
others that pay meaningful dividends that are likely to rise.
Those looking for
health care, technology and
other stocks in sectors that are underrepresented here, though, would be better served looking south, says Patel.
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