GS Scores
Sustainable Tech Rally?
Sustainable Tech rally or nothing more than playing catch-up?
Riding The Rails - New Select Industries Group Position
Buying new position in Railroad stocks, to replace deactivated Steel and Agricultural Product groups.
Big Pharma Finally Added To Portfolio
As contrarians, we have been looking for an opportunity to establish holdings in this down and out equity group. May GS Scores finally ranked it as Attractive for the first time since July 2003.
Adding Small Dose Of Generic Pharmaceuticals To Portfolio
Injecting small starter position of Generic Pharmaceuticals into the Select Industries Portfolio, bringing exposure to Health Care sector to a modest overweight position.
Just How Good Were the Group Selection Scores in 2004?
A look at how our Group Selection Scores did in 2004.
Adding Tech Back To Select Industries
New portfolio group position being established in Computer Storage & Peripherals, giving us our first tech holding in eight months.
A Look In The Rearview Mirror...The Best And Worst Of Our Research In 2004
This annual exercise is a critical examination of our research effort for the year...presenting both the things we did well and also those things we didn’t do so well.
New Select Industries "Small Group" Holding: Distillers & Vintners
Adding Distillers & Vintners to “Small Group” holdings.
Constructing A New Steel Position
Added a new holding in Steel stocks to the Select Industries portfolio in September.
Weakness In Health Care GS Scores
Health Care was our top-ranked sector from March 2003 to February 2004. Since that time, the sector’s composite score has steadily fallen.
Sector Spotlight: Health Care Watch
We view Health Care as a key theme in 2004. The sector is defensive and sports high growth rates thanks to the large (and growing) demand from elderly Americans.
Sector Spotlight: Health Care Watch
We see Health Care as a key theme in 2004. The sector is defensive, but sports high growth rates– hitting an investment “sweet spot”, which should allow for strong relative performance in any market environment.
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.
Sector Spotlight: Health Care Watch
There was a brief pause last month in our Health Care scores, and we were proceeding with caution. This month, our GS Score work regained some of that lost momentum.
Sector Spotlight: Health Care
Since 2000, the Health Care sector has moved ahead with no help from the big drug stocks.
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.
A Look In The Rearview Mirror
This month’s “Of Special Interest” presents a critical review of what we thought was the best of The Leuthold Group’s work in 2003 and what was the worst.
November Leadership
November correction we anticipated never materialized. December could be frosting on the cake as the last month of a very good stock market year.
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.
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