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4. Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VHT)

Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VHT) is a passively managed exchange traded fund that uses a full-replication strategy and tracks the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the healthcare sector. The investments are focused in the biotechnology, healthcare equipment, healthcare services, managed healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and the life sciences industries. 

A major holding of Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VHT) is Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), a healthcare company that develops and manufactures biopharmaceutical products and vaccines worldwide. On March 3, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced that it will provide about 10 million courses of its COVID-19 therapy Paxlovid to low and middle-income nations in 2022.

Elite hedge funds hold an exceedingly bullish stance on Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE). The Q4 database of Insider Monkey reported that 83 hedge funds were bullish on Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), up from 74 funds in the prior quarter. Philippe Laffont’s Coatue Management held 10.3 million shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), worth approximately $609 million. Coatue Management is a leading shareholder of the company. 

Here is what Saturna Capital Amana Funds has to say about Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) in its Q3 2021 investor letter:

“The Fund’s strongest performer during the quarter was pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer. The company submitted trial data to the FDA for use of its COVID-19 vaccine for younger children, and it is widely expected that the FDA will approve it. Health authorities also began recommending booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine for select populations, further increasing demand for vaccinations.”