This is really interesting.  As reported in the Financial Times, “J.P. Morgan has put together an Aging Population Index to track a basket of stocks that have meaningful exposure to this group in North America. It has outperformed the S&P 500 Index in six of the past eight years in both absolute and risk-adjusted terms.

The index currently consists of 21 stocks, with a sector breakdown of 48% healthcare, 33% consumer discretionary, 14% financials and 5% materials.”

Do you Own Any “Baby Boomer” stocks?

Here’s their list:

Celgene Corp. (drug therapy)
Humana Inc. (Medicare)
Carnival Corp. (cruise line)
Hcp Inc. (REIT)
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (cruise line)
Coventry Health Care Inc. (pharmacy manager)
Varian Medical Systems Inc. (Cancer treatment)
Omnicare Inc. (pharmacy, services)
Nationwide Health Properties Inc. (housing and care facilities)
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. (hotels and time shares)
Chico’s FAS Inc. (clothing chain)
CBRL Group Inc. (restaurants)
Talbots Inc. (clothing chain)
Conseco Inc. (equipment)
American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. (healthcare products)
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (Gardening)
Kindred Healthcare Inc. (long-term care)
HealthSpring Inc. (health benefits)
Coldwater Creek Inc. (clothing chain)
Universal American Corp. (health benefits)
Sun Healthcare Group Inc. (nursing homes)