If you're feeling sick about the bear market, you could take two Tylenol and hope for a re-covery. Or you could buy shares of Tylenol's manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson. Health-care stocks often outperform during periods of economic stress. Unlike such sectors as gold or food, which prosper mainly in reces-sions, health care also thrives in boom times. Four of the 10 top-performing mutual funds over the past 15 years specialize in health care.
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