Group Report
New Select Industries Group Holding: Specialty Stores
Group ranking Attractive for two consecutive months. Good marks in Growth, Value, Relative Strength and VLT Momentum. Provides a solid play on improving economy.
Fad Groups
The dramatic performance swings of Security Companies, Energy Technology, and look at a new “fad group,” Nanotechnology.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Restaurants
Scoring well across Value, Growth, and Relative Strength parameters. Momentum in group strong (look at relative strength!) but could be additional “cyclical” up leg as economy strengthens.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Employment Services
Quantitative strengths include VLT Momentum, Relative Strength and Judgmental. Group should benefit in first stages of rebounding economy, as employers might be reluctant to hire new full-time employees.
Fad Groups
Some groups tend to move in and out of favor in a hurry. We review the dramatic performance swings of our recently created Security Companies and BioDefense groups along with Energy Technology.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Air Freight & Couriers
GS Scores improved to Attractive on VLT buy signals in both price and relative strength.
Fad Groups
Some groups tend to move in and out of favor in a hurry. We review the dramatic performance swings of our recently created Security Companies and BioDefense groups along with Energy Technology.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Application Software
GS Score upgrade to Attractive came primarily from VLT buy signals for both price and relative strength, as well as an improving relative strength chart. Buying a diverse package of 13 stocks.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Internet Survivors?
This quant-based group identifies Internet companies with better-than-average long term survival prospects. It was also upgraded to Attractive for many of the same reasons as Application Software.
Groups For Shooters…..Those Who “Play” Very Aggressively
For those who “play” very aggressively, two groups that are experiencing dramatic performance swings: Security Companies and BioDefense.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Now Adding Pharmaceuticals
GS Score improved to Attractive on strength from Growth, Technical, Judgmental, and Insider categories.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Buying Office Electronics
Upgrade to Attractive is result of broad quantitative improvement in almost all measures.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Computer & Electronics Retail
Group had rare double upgrade from Unattractive to Attractive this month.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Erecting New Steel Position
Group showing strength and is likely a beneficiary, along with the construction industry, of much needed expansion of U.S. energy facilities.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Semiconductor Equipment
This highly cyclical group should benefit earlier than the chipmakers in a recovery.
New Select Industries Holding…..Building Portfolio Position In Construction & Engineering
Upgrade to Attractive for April led us to this mid/small cap flavored group. Current GS score bolstered by strengthening Value and Judgmental related factors. Group fundamentals should benefit from U.S. infrastructure spending (including utilities) and eventual economic rebound.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Selling Drugs To Shop Department Stores
Upgrade to Attractive last month put Department Stores on our radar, and February’s move into the GS “top ten” confirms the quantitative strength of this group. Improving technicals, stronger than expected January sales and increasing probability of soft landing indicating a promising outlook for this group.
New Group Holding…..New Minor Position In Environmental Services
Group has been rated Attractive since March 2000, but December GS Score elevated it to the top five.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Small Cap Value
Is “Value” back? Not certain yet, but our thematic Small Cap Value group was upgraded to Attractive this month due to big jump in GS Score.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Life Insurance
Buying Life & Health Insurance giving the Paid To Play Portfolio 12% more exposure to the broad Financial group as Fed tightening may be in its final stages.