Research suggests fund managers' biggest bets outperform. That’s even true for managers of poorly performing funds, although at the Investors Chronicle, we’re only interested in the best of the best.
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Every week, we publish a list of the “best ideas” of top fund managers from one of seven sectors. This week it is the turn of pharma, biotech and healthcare stocks.
Our fund managers’ best ideas tables constitute the top five holdings of a selection of top performing funds. The data is based on the funds’ most recent portfolio disclosures to Morningstar.
Is the chief executive of healthcare fund favourite AstraZeneca justifying his handsome salary?
| FUND BEST IDEAS: HEALTH | |
| 2/6/2021 | No. Funds |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | 5 (NEW) |
| AstraZeneca PLC | 4 |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 (NEW) |
| Abbott Laboratories | 2 |
| AbbVie Inc | 2 (+1) |
| Boston Scientific Corp | 2 |
| Danaher Corp | 2 |
| Gilead Sciences Inc | 2 (-1) |
| Horizon Therapeutics PLC | 2 (+1) |
| Medtronic PLC | 2 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 2 (-1) |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 (+1) |
| Amgen Inc | 1 |
| argenx SE | 1 |
| Avantor Inc | 1 |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc | 1 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | 1 (NEW) |
| Cigna Corp | 1 |
| Eli Lilly and Co | 1 |
| Exelixis Inc | 1 |
| Illumina Inc | 1 |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| IQVIA Holdings Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Keros Therapeutics Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Merck & Co Inc | 1 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Pfizer Inc | 1 |
| Roche Holding AG | 1 |
| Sanofi SA | 1 (NEW) |
| Seagen Inc Ordinary Shares | 1 |
| Turning Point Therapeutics Inc | 1 |
| Valneva SE | 1 |
Source: Morningstar
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