Health-Care Stocks Lead This Leg of Rally, After Tech Giants’ Stumbles

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bradloncar If there is a blue wave, should be interesting how health care bellwethers like $PFE and $UNH perform in November.

Quite interesting! What do they know that the rest of us don't yet? Will the preexisting condition coverage drop after the elections?

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