2 Stocks Beating the Bear Market

2 Stocks Beating the Bear Market

The healthcare industry is largely seen as recession proof, but that is painting the sector with too broad a brush. There are certainly stocks in the industry, though, that are thriving, including drug and medical supply giant McKesson (NYSE: MCK) and healthcare insurer UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). McKesson is up more than 37% so far this year while UnitedHealth is up just a little over 1%.