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A.I. could mean a 'decade of health care is upon us.' Here are some stock picks

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[ad_1] Investors hoping to capture more upside from artificial intelligence could turn to a sector that's underperformed this year, and maybe not immediately associated with AI: Health care. A handful of large tech names surged in the first half thanks to a mania for all things tied to artificial intelligence. Apple, for example, last week closed with a $3 trillion market capitalization for the first time. Nvidia is up by nearly 200% in 2023. Going forward, some of those gains might spill over to health care, which has underperformed this year. The sector is the third weakest out of 11 in the S & P 500, down about 3% year to date. "A lot of people talk about AI-powered performance and how that's going to impact the tech sector. And I think that's well understood," said Jamie Cox, managing partner for Harris Financial Group. "But what a lot of people fail to appreciate is that artificial intelligence and quantum computing are actually going to have th