ISHARES DOW JONES US MEDICAL DEV.(ETF)IHICOMMENTDec 04, 2013Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 09, 2026. Market Open.
Healthcare is not a value trap. It's the worst performing sector this year--and could get worse--but the knife has fallen. If you're looking for something to buy in a market with high valuations and possible headlines from inflation prints, look at healthcare. Healthcare is insulated from interest rate volatility. If you're worried about Trump's attitude to phama, then look at healthcare equipment and services and buy IHI.
Not overly bullish on healthcare as a whole, as its growth may be less attractive. Likes medical devices, with a built-in backlog due to Covid. He owns SYK. There should be a significant pickup in procedures over the next 2 years. SYK has strong earnings growth, near a 1-year high. Also look at IHI, the medical devices ETF, packed with companies leading the healthcare sector.
(A Top Pick Aug 15/18, Up 20%) A good way to play pharma without the litigation problems. For a Canadian one, it would be ZUH. Medical devices have done very well, and wish he had more.
Do medical stocks have seasonality? There are a couple of specialty healthcare ETFs that are just coming into their seasonal strength. One is iShares US Healthcare Providers (IHF-N) which has seasonal strength from now, right through until the end of January. The other is iShares US Medical Devices (IHI-N) with seasonal strength from the end of November until the middle of February. Both of these have very, very strong seasonality during that time.