Despite the concerns over the struggles of politicians to craft a new health care plan for the United States, the health care sector, and many of its subsectors, have had an outstanding first half to 2017. That comes as no surprise to some on Wall Street as the sector faced some bitter political rhetoric during the campaign season last year and was clearly out of favor. Medical technology had a second strong quarter in a row, up a stunning 13.2%, versus 5.5% for the S&P 500.
