Group Report
Nibbling At The Financials - First Group Exposure Since 2001
Making first Financial sector purchase since 2001, buying Life & Health Insurance. On a selected basis, there are pockets of attractive Financial groups, but we still advise being underweight this sector.
Industrial Metal Stocks: Rally Continues With Bounce Off April’s Oversold Conditions
Industrial Metals group had nice rally after big decline in April. Early May increase in this portfolio group holding was very timely.
Fad Groups Revistied – Checking In On Nanotechnology
This month, we thought it may be interesting to revisit the Nanotechnology group, which has continued to attract a high level of interest from investors and speculators alike.
Developing An Affinity For “Undervalued & Unloved” - New Select Industries Holding
This value-oriented quantitative group has been rated Attractive for three consecutive months. Value, Technical, Judgmental and Insiders categories all contributing to current GS Score strength.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Oil & Gas Exploration
Upgraded to Attractive this month after three consecutive months of rising Group Selection scores.
Tech Watch
GS Scores for Tech groups have been fading in recent months, with only one Tech group now viewed as Attractive. The quantitative deterioration prompted us to reduce portfolio Tech exposure.
Tech Watch
The broad Tech sector has rallied significantly from lows and is not cheap by traditional valuation measures. Upside driver is earnings momentum, which continues to be strong.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Consumer Electronics
Group upgraded to Attractive in October, scoring at very top of rankings for two months.
New Select Industries Group Holding: IT Consulting & Other Services
Performance has been hot lately, group beginning to be recognized as prime beneficiary of corporate outsourcing.
Japanese ADRs...Rising Suns
A brief recap of our reasons for a bullish outlook on Japan’s stock market.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Unregulated Energy Producers
Group rated Attractive since January, but continues to demonstrate quantitative strength and has now climbed to near the top of rankings.
Plugging Into Unregulated Power Producers
In early August, the Unconventional Portfolio is establishing a new equity holding in the Unregulated Power Producers.
Japanese ADRs...Update
A brief recap of our reasons for a bullish outlook on Japan’s stock market.
Saving Face...Is Japan Finally A Turnaround Play?
Japan appears to be getting its fiscal house in order. Opportunity may be developing here. We constructed a list of potential Japanese ADRs, and built an index to monitor the situation.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Construction & Engineering
Group upgraded to Attractive this month, the result of strong quantitative improvement.
New Theme Group..... “Rebuilding Iraq”
A new group of companies that we think have a good shot at being involved in the reconstruction of Iraq.
Tech Watch
The broad Tech sector is down significantly from all time highs, but is still not cheap by traditional measures.
New Group Coverage…Banking On The Community
Initiated coverage of a new banking group subset in our Financial sector that focuses on small cap, community-focused banks.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Biotech Implanted In Portfolio
New Biotech holding increased Health Care commitment in Select Industries to 27%.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Telecom Survivors?
See strong opportunities after a two year shakeout has left the strongest players standing...now with improved balance sheets. The industry is not going away.
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