5 Healthcare Stocks to Buy in a Beaten-Up Sector

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It has been a shaky time for healthcare stocks, but that only presents a buying opportunity. The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund which owns shares of major U.S. health insurers, medical device makers, and drugmakers, has dropped about 7% since hitting a record high in mid-September. Investors have been selling healthcare stocks, buying up more economically-sensitive ones instead, as the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates and the market accounts for the positive economic consequences from Republicans winning the White House and both chambers of Congress.