FHLC News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index From 01/25/23

Summary Even in its battered condition, the therapeutics sub-sector still accounts for 9.1% of the Russell 2000 Growth index. M&A activity continues to heat up as big players—currently flush with cash—look to drive growth by filling their development pipelines. In ...

Summary Last year’s market volatility was driven primarily by uncertainty over inflation and interest rates. In last year’s downturn, technology stocks were at the epicenter of market volatility. After years of steady gains, investors now acknowledge that technology stocks...

Summary The health care sector - as measured by the Fidelity Health Care ETF - outperformed the S&P 500 by ~12.2% over the past year. That's because health care is considered to be a relatively defensive sector due to the fact that healthcare - in general - cannot be delayed, no mat...

Summary Healthcare stocks have remained in vogue through volatile markets, driven by increased interest in the sector during COVID-19. During a painful year for equity investors in 2022, healthcare stocks offered a pocket of relative stability. Global healthcare stocks ended the yea...

Summary How a recession could impact health care stocks in 2023. As Covid continues, what it could mean for the health care sector. How staff shortages in the health care sector may also impact investors. Health care managed to outperform the S&P 500 last yea...

Summary A comparison of funds results in inconsistent outcomes. Investment sectors impacted fund comparisons. Do not lose sight of a fund manager's declared mission. From science and mathematics, I learned that a hypothesis is often posed as a question. What follows is res...

Summary As most of you know, a high inflation and rising interest rate environment favors defensive sectors that typically outperform in recessionary periods. Healthcare is one such sector. This year, the iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF has outperformed the S&P 500 by 14%. The IYH E...

Summary The top two mega themes in terms of global net inflows in 2022 were Climate Change-related themes and Big Data. The largest net outflows came from tech-heavy themes, led by Robotics & Automation. 2023 may bring a return to more normal markets driven by economics rather t...

Summary Global business conditions worsened in the penultimate month of the year according to the JPMorgan Global Composite PMI, compiled by S&P Global. New order expansions were seen in merely three of the 21 sectors tracked by the global PMI - software & services, pharmaceutic...

Summary Expectations surrounding central bank policy, China’s gradual reopening and a lower US dollar are key to investor sentiment in the final stretch of 2022. Central banks have increased interest rates at the fastest rate on record, and there are signs that higher yields are ...