I remember Cheeryble thinking about the idea of buying healthcare stocks as a partial hedge of the increasing costs of healthcare as you get older. Particularly for expats in Thailand who may not have as many options for meeting increasing costs as they get older. Worth thinking about, although as we said at the time it would only be at best a partial solution.

With this in mind I thought it worth highlighting that Bualuang (connected to Bangkok Bank) are introducing Bualuang Global Healthcare fund in Thailand. It feeds into a global healthcare fund run globally by Wellington.

www.bangkokbank.com/BangkokBank/PersonalBanking/BuildYourWealth/MutualFunds/ForeignInvestmentFund/Pages/BCARE.aspx

One things for sure: healthcare costs for the aged including those retiring in Thailand are going to keep going up. So could affect you as a user of the services or an investor if you invest in companies that provide such services