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Opinions Hap (Robert) Sneddon FCSI
Health Care Select Sector SPDR FundXLVTOP PICKOct 31, 2014
$67.27
Stock price when the opinion was issued
$149.63
As of Jun 18, 2026. Market Open.
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Bought this to be defensive, however, health care wasn't that defensive this year. Now, HC is past seasonality and he doesn't like it.
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She hopes healthcare picks up in the second half. She feels we're in late cycle where staples and utilities are expensive, but healthcare performs the best among these. HC has underperformed in the first half, but should improve second half or 2024, because XLV holds so many good companies.
Bryn TalkingtonOwned
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Defensive name that provides exposure to health care sector.
Very strong sector as health care demand not going away.
Excellent prospects for healthcare during summer months.
Brooke ThackrayOwned
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Allan Tong’s Discover Picks XLV ETF’s top holdings are Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth Group, Pfizer, Abbott Labs, AbbVie, Thermo Fisher, Merck, Eli Lilly and Danaher. A bullish case can be made for almost all all these names. Another plus: the MER is only 0.1%, though the dividend pays a lowly 1.4%. XLV’s PE is merely 6.62%, volumes average a healthy 14.8 billion a day, and its beta is a very stable 0.73. While you can make better gains holding some of the stocks this ETF holds, XLV is a safe way to play the American healthcare stocks in 2022. Read 3 Promising Healthcare Stocks for our full analysis.
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Allan Tong’s Discover Picks However, if you want to own several in one place or can’t afford to buy one of these stocks individually, XLV is the place to go. It trades on the Nasdaq. It charges an ultra-low MER of 0.12%, trades at merely 4.18x PE and pays a 1.4% dividend. Also, average volumes are a robust 13.9 million and the Beta is a low 0.71. YTD, XLV has lost 7.55%, but Omicron was the major disruptor and restrictions are quickly lifting now. Essentially, you’re buying this ETF for the future. Read 3 Best Cyclical and Value ETFs for our full analysis.
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E.T.F.'s
Healthcare. Chart shows a V bottom this month. As a longer-term investor, he would like to hold this for a while. If it came back to the breakout level in the low $60, he would like to buy some more. Healthcare is a generational thing that we are just embarking on.