Fifteen Health Care ETFs Trading Near 52-Week Highs

iShares Dow Jones US Healthcare Provider IHF is up more than 19% year to date. The fund invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index, which measures the performance of the health care providers sector of the U.S. equity market. Top holdings include UnitedHealth Group UNH, WellPoint WLP and Express Scripts ESRX. First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX FXH is up more than 16% year to date. The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the StrataQuant Health Care Index. Top holdings include Regeneron Pharmaceuticals REGN, Endo Pharmaceuticals ENDP and UnitedHealth Group UNH. Biotech HOLDRs BBH is up about 16% year to date. The trust holds shares of common stock issued by specified companies that, when initially selected, were involved in the biotechnology industry. Except in special circumstances, the group of companies does not change. Top holdings include Amgen AMGN, Gilead Sciences GILD and Biogen Idec BIIB. iShares Dow Jones US Pharmaceuticals IHE is up more than 15% year to date. The fund invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index, which measures the performance of the pharmaceuticals sector of the U.S. equity market. Top holdings include Johnson & Johnson JNJ, Pfizer PFE and Merck MRK. iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Health Care Index AXHE is up nearly 15% year to date. The fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of the MSCI All Country World ex USA Health Care index, which measures the performance of the health care sector of developed and emerging markets countries, excluding the United States. PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals PJP is up nearly 15% year to date. The investment seeks to replicate the Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Intellidex index, which includes companies engaged in the research, development, manufacture, sale or distribution of pharmaceuticals and drugs of all types. Top holdings include Eli Lilly LLY, Merck MRK and Amgen AMGN. iShares Dow Jones US Medical Devices IHI is up nearly 15% year to date. The fund invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index, which measures the performance of the medical equipment sector of the U.S. equity market. Top holdings include Medtronic MDT, Covidien COV and Thermo Fisher Scientific TMO. iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology IBB is up more than 14% year to date. The fund normally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of Nasdaq-listed companies that are classified as either biotechnology or pharmaceuticals. Top holdings include Amgen AMGN, Teva Pharmaceutical TEVA and Celgene GELG. iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector Index Fund IXJ is up nearly 14% year to date. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of health care providers, biotechnology companies and manufacturers of medical supplies, advanced medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Top holdings include Johnson & Johnson JNJ, Pfizer PFE and Merck MRK. Vanguard Health Care ETF VHT is up more than 13% since the beginning of the year. The fund invests substantially all of its assets in the stocks that make up the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index. Top holdings include Johnson & Johnson JNJ, Pfizer PFE and Merck MRK. iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare IYH is nearly 13% higher than at the beginning of year. The fund invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of health care equipment and services, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Top holdings include Johnson & Johnson JNJ, Pfizer PFE and Merck MRK. Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV is up more than 12% year to date. The underlying index includes companies from the pharmaceuticals, health care equipment and supplies, health care providers and services, biotechnology, life sciences tools and services, and health care technology industries. Top holdings include Johnson & Johnson JNJ and Pfizer PFE. SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment XHE is up about 12% since the beginning of the year. The investment seeks to replicate the performance of an index derived from the health care equipment and supplies segment of a U.S. total market composite index. Top holdings include Mako Surgical MAKO and NuVasive NUVA. Pharmaceutical HOLDRs PPH is up nearly 12% year to date. The trust holds shares of common stock issued by specified companies that, when initially selected, were involved in the pharmaceutical industry. Except in special circumstances, the group of companies does not change. Top holdings include Johnson & Johnson JNJ, Pfizer PFE and Merck MRK. SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals XPH is up nearly 12% since the beginning of the year. The underlying index represents the pharmaceuticals subindustry portion of the S&P Total Market index. Top holdings include Questcor Pharmaceuticals QCOR, VIVUS VVUS and Valeant Pharmaceutical VRX.