Some of Taipan Group's predictions III

Aging Baby Boomers will increase demand for healthcare: This aging generation refuses to behave older as the previous one did. The try to extend their lifestyle through sports, cosmetic surgery, fitness equipments, medicine, hair re-growth and a lot of other methods. Companies that make new drugs, generic drugs with patents expired, anti-obesity and age related drugs can profit in this scenario.

As baby boomers age, the demand for retirement, assisted living and healthcare facilities will also increase in the next 10 years.

[A good company would be ICOS Copr. It manufactures Cialis with Eli Lilly & Co. Cialis is a competitor to Viagra that produces instant erection and no side effects. I still need to find out about a company that dominates about 400 drugs, mostly injectables. There is another company has drugs that cure metabolic disorders, melanoma, asthma and leukemia and has deals with Park-Davis, Proctor & Gamble, Pfizer and Hoffman-LaRoche. Another one has a diabetic drug with growing sales and another company is the number one in over-the-counter sales.

REITs that own retirement communities and their respective dividends: NHP (8.5%), HR (7.9%), NHR (7.9%), HCN (7.6%), HCP (7.4%), NHI (7.4%), UHT (7.3%), VTR (6%), LTC (4.3%), WRS (3.4%), OHI (0%)]