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Healthcare In a State of Flux

Long thought to be an industry that could be banked on for stability by defensive investors during periods of turmoil, the healthcare industry should now be carefully navigated.

Two sectors within the industry that are worth noting right now are healthcare providers and biotech. These two sectors have experienced drastically different fates so far in 2008, and the trend might be expected to continue. Year-to-date, the iShares Dow Jones Healthcare Provider Fund (IHF) has choked on a loss of 46.4%. This performance is worse than that of the S&P 500 which is down 39.2% so far this year. It is far…

27Oct2008 | Oxbury Research | Comments Off | Continued

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