Investing in global healthcare stocks has been profitable since 2015, but such trends can move in cycles that investors might do well to recognize. Recognizing the cycle can provide insight into why certain healthcare stocks may over- and underperform the market. While the recent success of noted healthcare hedge fund Glenview Capital might epitomize the rise of the healthcare trade, is now the time to bet against the crowd and selectively pick on the short side? Lakewood Capital Management might think so. In an October 24 letter to investors reviewed by ValueWalk, fund manager Anthony Bozza offered four new stock…
Lakewood Capital Pitches Two Healthcare Shorts Amid Market Run-Up
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.