Loncar Debuts ETF to Play China’s Biotech, Pharma Companies
Loncar Investments has partnered up with Exchange Traded Concepts to launch a new ETF that tracks the growing biopharmaceutical sector in China.…
Health Care
How Doctors and Robots Are Fighting Hard-to-Reach Cancers
Umamaheswar Duvvuri, MD, PhD, discusses how doctors are using robotics technology in order to effectively treat head and neck cancers. To learn…
3 Ways Blockchain Technology Can Change Health Care
A survey by technology giant IBM revealed that 16% of health care executives are planning to incorporate blockchain technology into their facilities…
12 U.S. Sector ETFs to Play in Case of an Escalating Trade War
If the U.S. is stuck in an escalating trade war, stocks and sector-related ETFs with the highest domestic sales exposure in the…
Biotech ETFs Rally as Illumina Tops Q2 Expectations
Biotechnology sector ETFs were among the best performers Tuesday, with Illumina (NasdaqGS: ILMN) shares surging after the genomics firm beat second-quarter expectations…
Jamie Dimon: Health Care Venture is Long-Term Plan
J.P. Morgan Chase’s CEO Jamie Dimon reminded everybody that the old adage of “good things take time” still rings true, especially when…
Robotics in the Disability Care Sector
The high number of individuals employed in the disability care sector and the costs associated with this development could see robotics becoming…
Can the Health Care Sector Embrace AI Technology?
Advances in artificial intelligence technology are gaining as it becomes more widely accepted in various sectors, but what about the health care…
The Best Performing ETF 2018 Year-To-Date Is…
When you take the health care sector-specific S&P 500 Health Care Index with a year-to-date return of 5.23 percent and mix it…
Biotech ETFs Climb on Biogen’s Promising Clinical Trial
Biotech ETFs rallied Friday after Biogen (NasdaqGS: BIIB) announced successful results from its Alzheimer’s drug trial. On Friday, large-cap biotechnology sector ETFs…
Health Care ETFs Respond Positively to Jobs Report
The latest June jobs report published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed an increase of 215,000 jobs–9.2 percent higher than original…
July Could Be a Volatile Month for Pharma ETFs
Changing political winds and the seasonal period for drugmakers to hike their prices could trigger short-term volatility in pharmaceutical sector-related ETFs. The…
Marijuana ETFs Grow on Canadian Parliament’s Ruling
Pot stocks and marijuana ETFs grew Wednesday after Canada’s parliament legalized recreational marijuana. The ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (NYSEArca: MJ) rose 1.5%…
With Nurses in Short Supply, Eldercare Robots are Coming to the Rescue
By Chris Buck, ROBO Global A shortage of nurses is already taxing an already stressed healthcare system, and there’s seemingly no end…