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Second-term winners

Expect sectors that improved during Barack Obama's first term "to keep on rolling" in his second, says Jon Markman at MarketWatch. Health care is No. 1 on that list. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, investors have boosted shares of drugmakers, insurance providers, and hospitals. Health-care mutual funds like SPDR Health Care offer "a good bet going forward, as most of the benefits still lie ahead." To get a piece of a finally resurgent housing market, iShares U.S. Home Construction provides "the purest exposure to the industry," and Nationstar looks promising in the "red-hot mortgage-servicing business." The first year of a president's second term tends to be rough on the stock market, so quick profits probably aren't in the offing. But in the longer term, we're in for a continued "market bromance with Obama."

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