GS Scores
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.
Paid To Play Portfolio Groups...Leuthold’s Opinions
Leuthold’s perspective regarding the nine groups currently employed in the Paid To Play Portfolio.…Sector underweights can be as significant (or more so) than sector overweights.
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.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Undervalued & Unloved
One of Jim Floyd’s quantitative screens seeking under owned, overlooked, and out of favor stocks which have potential to be rediscovered.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
The oil play ain’t over yet. Look for this group to move as exploration heats up in second half of year.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Buying Natural Gas
Activating “Natural Gas Play” thematic group, which was upgraded to attractive this month. Charley Maxwell says it’s not too late.
New Select Industries Group Holding...Adding Pharmaceuticals And Deactivating Biotech
With the improvement of the Pharmaceutical group within our GS Score rankings to attractive, along with Biotech’s fall from grace (all the way to unattractive), we are getting a chance to make a move into the drug stocks.
Future Stock Market Sector Leadership
We believe Energy and Health Care are now moving into leadership positions.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
See margin expansion, insider buying and VLT momentum buy signal.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Aerospace & Defense
We see insider buying, also some actual value here and an increase in defense spending.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Health Care Facilities
Group had really ugly 1999, now rated attractive and there are some real values here.
New Select Industries Group Holding: IT Consulting & Services
Group relative strength recently broke out on the upside.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Shipping Funds To Air Freight & Couriers Group
Group moved from Unattractive to Attractive in one month (someone has to move the goods purchased via the Net).
View From The North Country
Unveiling expanded and improved industry group product this month…Leuthold’s Groups.
Building a New Position: Housing
Buying 10% position in Housing. Moved up to Attractive last month, and currently the fourth highest ranked per our SS Scores. Expect current economic environment to be favorable for Housing.
Crimestoppers: Returning to the Scene
Returning to the scene and buying “Crimestoppers,” which returned to Attractive after serving nine month sentence in Neutral.
Health Care...Major Drugs Returns to Portfolio
“Major Drugs” hit Attractive in June, slipped to High Neutral in July, and moved back to Attractive in August.
Adding Cable Sector to Equity Portfolio
Cable hooks up with VLT Momentum measure to improve to Attractive.
Testing the SS Scoring System
Bottom Ten sectors per SS Scores have been significantly underperforming the S&P 500. Discipline appears to be effective in identifying lagging sectors.