Investing in High Dividend Healthcare Stocks

Healthcare is a fast-growing industry in the United States. In our previous article, we provided National Health Expenditures (NHE) projections for the next 10 and showed that NHE as a share of Gross Domestic Product is expected to be 19.6% by 2019. As healthcare spending and costs are rising, we believe healthcare stocks will continue to be in hedge funds’ portfolios in the future. Although healthcare stocks are promising, we believe investors should be cautious of the upcoming inflationary environment. Like Jim Rogers and Ray Dalio, we are concerned about the Fed’s inflationary monetary policy, and we think investors should pick defensive stocks with high dividend yields in order to protect themselves against inflation. Defensive investing may not provide the best returns in a bull market; however it may be a better option for the near future. We compiled a list of top 29 US Healthcare Stocks (the sector classifications... Read more