Ready To Bet On Healthcare by Michael A. Gayed

Summary

  • Don’t fight the trend – wise words many investors have heard, but few listen to. A non-cyclical sector, healthcare, is struggling at the moment.
  • Industries like healthcare are normally non-cyclical. Effectively, that means they tend to outperform during recessions.
  • With aging and growing populations and advances in digital technologies, the global healthcare industry doesn’t show signs of slowing down.
  • This idea was discussed in more depth with members of my private investing community, The Lead-Lag Report. Get started today »

I believe anyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years - it's a right, not a privilege. - Bart Stupak

Don't fight the trend - wise words many investors have heard, but few listen to. A non-cyclical sector, healthcare, is struggling at the moment.

I've pointed out in a recent Lead-Lag Report that the healthcare sector (XLV) is under tremendous pressure. It is failing to act as a defensive sector and is struggling to decide which way it wants to go.

Industries like healthcare are normally non-cyclical. Effectively, that means they tend to outperform during recessions. So far, the current expansion we're in is the weakest with WW2. It may have been that Wall Street benefited from easing conditions, but the real economy lagged.

Recession signs flash everywhere. I'm not saying a recession is upon us, but an objective eye can't ignore the latest developments. Financial media makes sure no one forgets the yield curve and its inversions. The number of times the New York Times mentioned the word recession reached extreme levels.

In the meantime, job openings have started to fall more markedly. Taken together with all other labor market indicators, it builds a gloomy picture.

Despite the unemployment rate being the lowest in fifty years, the employment picture begins to weaken. On top of that, JOLTS job openings declined by 123k in August - a third consecutive monthly decline. Did the measure pick for the cycle?

If all of the above is correct and points to a recession, focusing on a non-cyclical stock for clues might help.

With aging and growing populations and advances in digital technologies, the global healthcare industry doesn't show signs of slowing down. Issues do exist - investing in digital transformation and innovation, maintaining regulatory compliance, adapting to changing customers' needs and expectations, etc.

Global healthcare expenditures continue to escalate. Through 2022, spending is projected to increase by 5.4% annually to over $10 trillion. With a T!

The technical picture on the healthcare sector looks bullish enough. The price forms a continuation pattern. Called an ascending triangle, it is one of the classic continuation patterns in any technical analysis textbook. A break above $94 opens the gates to over $108 with an invalidation point at $85.

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The Health Care sector has been lagging most other sectors because of fear of Democrats winning the election next year and then handcuffing cos. in the sector.

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The biggest problem with healthcare is that it is ruled by the private sector (aka profits). Funding never gets allocated for the good of the many. Here's to hoping this is a problem that blockchain communities can solve. There are a lot of cheap remedies out there that need research but will never get it under the current system.

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