GERM - Broad healthcare leads all industries in ETF investor flow over the past 3-months

ipopba/iStock via Getty Images The healthcare sector has underperformed as a whole compared to the S&P 500 YTD but may be looking to turn itself around as investors have pumped $3.94B into the broad healthcare ETF industry over the past 3-months. Taking it a step further, that influx of funds over 3-months is more than any of the other 75 industries that make up the 11 S&P 500 sectors. The broad healthcare sector is represented by 24 exchange traded funds, and when pooled together, the space has a net YTD return of +11.75% versus the S&P 500 which is +15.10%. Although the S&P 500 outperforms the industry YTD, when one looks at a 3-month performance, a different narrative is generated. SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (SPY), which tracks S&P 500 over the past 3-months is +4.75%. Over that same period, three broad healthcare ETFs have either doubled or tripled that performance. Dating back to

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Broad healthcare leads all industries in ETF investor flow over the past 3-months