as the threering circus of rising interest rates inflation and bank failures plays out investors may be searching for opportunities that are less exposed to the performance of the overall economy corporate spinoffs and separations are worthy of consideration some recent spins have been notable successes shares of general electric ticker ge and the recently spun off ge healthcare technologies gehc are up about 44 and 38 respectively for the year to date investors who bought ge stock 12 months ago are up about more than 70 on their holdings the sp 500 and dow jones industrial average are down about 9 and 3 over the same span