6 Best Health Care Funds for a Volatile Market
Let’s face it: The stock market is infuriating. Valuations are high, global growth is slow, and President Donald Trump’s trade war with China has brought elevated volatility to stocks. Meanwhile, bonds, the only sensible alternative, are at near-record high prices and thus offer puny yields.
What’s an investor to do? One partial remedy is to increase your investment in health care stocks.
Health care, which comprises more than 15% of Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, is the only broad market sector that can hold its own in both bull and bear markets. Although, no question, its best performance relative to the overall stock market comes during selloffs. In 2018, for instance, while the S&P 500 retreated by 4.6% on a total-return basis (price plus dividends), the health care sector gained 5.6%.
