XHS News and Press, SPDR S&P Health Care Services From 06/09/21

Historic efforts to develop COVID-19 vaccines have had two huge effects on the industry. Efforts to waive patents on COVID-19 vaccines to help reduce costs for emerging markets are also stuck. Since healthcare is an industry that has a profound impact on society, there’s a ...

The FDA's FY 2021 budget request of $6.5B is an 8% increase from what it received in the current FY.The agency says its request includes $2.9B in user fees from companies, a 6% increase from FY 2021.Addressing medical device shortages, the budget requests $21.6M for the new Resilient Supply C...

Opportunities and risks in the healthcare sector. The next big areas of innovation in healthcare. Extreme winners and losers in the healthcare sector. For further details see: Building A Healthy Portfolio: Spotlight On Healthcare

In January 2020, only 0.24% of total medical claims in the U.S. were telemedicine-related. One year later, they totaled 7%. It took 15 years for e-commerce penetration to rise from less than 1% to over 7%. The pandemic helped telemedicine do it in one. Population-wide immunity to ...

The Fed continues to expand its balance sheet, the federal government continues to send out Covid relief checks, and the Fed continues to effectively monetize most if not all of this monetary "stimulus." The public has been hoarding money like never before, likely as a response to all...

During the Pandemic, discretionary services such as travel and entertainment have been hard hit, and consumer spending on services in February was still down 5.2% from a year ago. But the services sector is enormous, ranging from healthcare to tech, and demand has been strong in many ...

In our opinion, telehealth will remain the leading segment of the internet healthcare market as the market shifts away from in-person medical visits. According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, “I believe, if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ...

SPDR S&P Healthcare Services ETF (XHS) - $0.0326.30-Day SEC Yield of 0.10% as of Mar 19.Payable Mar 25; for shareholders of record Mar 23; ex-div Mar 22. For further details see: SPDR S&P Healthcare Services ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.0326

After a dramatic year of volatility, the U.S. stock market ended 2020 at record highs. Can this momentum continue this year? ESG investments clearly outperformed in 2020. 2021 should be a year of much better cash flow for companies. For further details see: A Stock Picke...

2020 was a busy year for global healthcare with unprecedented efforts to develop vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics for COVID-19. Deal flow in the sector continued to gain momentum in 2020, with M&A transactions and product licensing deals totalling five-year highs as large-cap...