AbbVie, Gilead and 4 Other Defensive Healthcare Stocks With Big Dividend Yields - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
KabuhayanAbbVie, Gilead and 4 Other Defensive Healthcare Stocks With Big Dividend Yields04 / 20 / 2022Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin Laki ng tekston n An AbbVie bio safety hood n Sa kagandahang-loob ng AbbVien n Deep into the second quarter of the year, stocks have yet to recover, and investors are seeking safety in defensive plays. One sector thats benefited from this rush to defense is healthcare, where big firms offer stability and, in some cases, steady dividends. Habang ang n S&P 500 index is down 6.4% so far in 2022, the n Pangkalahatang Pangangalaga sa Sektor ng Pangangalaga sa Kalusugann (ticker: XLV), an exchange-traded fund that tracks healthcare stocks in the S&P 500, has slipped just 1.8%. At habang ang n n n SPDR S&P Biotech ETFn n (XBI), which focuses on smaller biotech stocks, is down 24.4% this year, the n NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical indexn (DRG), which tracks large pharmaceutical firms, is up 3%. Rallies by individual large-cap healthcare stocks have buoyed the performance of the indexes that track them. n n n AbbVien n (ABBV) stock is up 17.7%, and shares of drug distributor n n n Cardinal Kalusugan n (CAH) have surged 22.3%. Investors looking for defensive healthcare plays will look at a number of factors when choosing where in the