by Wellvest | Feb 2, 2022 | Blog, News
January 31, 2022 WELLNESS MOMENTUM FADES At the start of 2021, the COVID driven momentum in health and wellness pushed the WVC H&W Index to its calendar year peak gain of 17% in early February, besting the S&P500 by about 12% at the time. This outperformance...
by Wellvest | Nov 9, 2021 | Blog, News
November 9, 2021 PAST IS PROLOGUE The health and wellness movement traces its roots back to the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, it emerged from the counter-culture revolution of the period. The “hippies” were getting back to nature and seeking food and other goods that...
by Wellvest | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog
August 3 , 2021 AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES At the start of the natural foods movement in the 1970’s the options for health-conscious consumers was very limited. The products that were available in the “natural” category in many cases did not taste all that great when...
by Wellvest | Jul 13, 2021 | Blog
July 13, 2021 THE “FREE BOGO” WILL END SOON “Buy-One-Get-One”, the venerable BOGO is the hammer of the marketer’s toolkit; always at the ready and suitable for almost any job. But, like a hammer, it’s a blunt tool that usually comes with a high price tag. For most...
by Wellvest | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog
December 1, 2020 With a COVID-19 vaccine nearly here, it is time to reassess what the Health and Wellness (H&W) sector landscape will look like once the dust settles.COVID-19 has created a fault line in time, the world will never return to what it was. Fortunately...
by Wellvest | May 19, 2020 | Blog
May 19, 2020 During this period of upheaval, the value of financial partners and external advisors cannot be underestimated or over utilized. The Health and Wellness (H&W) sector has generally held up well during the COVID-19 crisis. Although this is welcome news...