GS Scores
Education Services...New Position In Select Industries Portfolio
Establishing a new Select Industries Equity Portfolio holding in Education Services. The group was upgraded to Attractive this month, after seeing upgrades in four of seven categories.
Select Industries Groups: Buying Systems Software And Small / Micro Biotech
New Select Industries Portfolio equity group positions being established in Systems Software and Small/Micro Cap Biotech.
Consumer Discretionary....Time To Buy?? Or Is The Devil In The Retails?
While many consumer groups are seeing significant improvement in the GS Scores, careful selection is important as there are still several Discretionary groups rated Unattractive.
Home Improvement Retail Activated In Equity Portfolio
Building new portfolio holding in Home Improvement Retail. Our Consumer Discretionary holdings now overweight (versus S&P 500) with an 11% position our Select Industries Equity Portfolio.
Automotive Retail...Initiating A New 7% Portfolio Position
Adding a new equity group holding in Automotive Retail. This gives us about a market weight in the Consumer Discretionary sector, our most significant exposure in several years.
Commodity Curtain Call?
Inflation is peaking and the GS Scores did a great job signaling an exit from the Industrial Metals play. Commodities were hit hard in July.
Booster Shot Of Health Care...Activating Pharmaceuticals & Health Care Facilities
Initiating new portfolio positions in Health Care Facilities and Pharmaceuticals. Former Generic Pharma portfolio holdings now being rolled into the broader Pharmaceuticals group.
Financials: Initial Target Satisfied....Now What?
In our equity portfolios we have avoided much of the Financial sector’s collapse, but unfortunately suffered a hit on the Regional Bank stocks over the past two months. The group faded to Neutral in our GS Scores this month and has been deactivated.
Buying Mega-Cap Technology Stocks
Doug Ramsey presents the rationale for our move into the Tech…Big Ten stock group.
Buying REITs In Core And Asset Allocation Portfolios
Returning to REITs as an alternative to fixed income. Adding new 4% holding in both the Core and Asset Allocation Portfolios, with the focus exclusively on Residential and Health Care REITs. Weighted average yield of the new holding is about 5.7%.
Buying Oil & Gas Refiners
Initiating a new portfolio group holding in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing group.
Industrial Metals Fall To "Neutral" After Six Year Run
Deactivating Industrial Metals after holding period of almost six years and a 400%+ gain.
Industrial Metals: Now Over-Mined?
Waiting for the curtain to fall on Industrial Metals, we recap the “three acts” and throw in a time-tested contrarian indicator to boot.
Technology: Applying Positive Thinking To Our 9th-Rated Sector
Is it time to buy Technology? This month's “Of Special Interest” examines the sector's merits and finds that while there are signs of improvement, it is too soon to make a big move here.
Bottom Fishing The Regional Banks
GS Scores in April put Regional Banks in Attractive zone for the first time since October 2006. Valuations show the Regional Banks to be relatively cheap, and Insiders are buying.
Client Question: VLT Buy Signals
“Given the broad declines in the stock market since October 2007, are there any particular industry groups which are beginning to look washed out enough to trigger a buy signal on the VLT work you employ in your Group Selection Scores?”
Initiating Coverage Of Nuclear Power Thematic Group
“Of Special Interest” highlights an upcoming study which will introduce our new Nuclear Power thematic group. The study will present both Domestic and Global alternatives for playing this theme.
New Group Position — Adding Biotechnology
Adding Biotechnology to Select Industries equity portfolio.
Cyclicality Adjustment Made To Leuthol dGS Scores In December
Explanation of Cyclicals Adjustments made to GS Score methodology.
Financials: How Low Could They Go?
Expect more downside for Financials, based on the sector’s percentage of S&P 500 market cap, as well as percentage of earnings. An S&P Financial sector weight of 15% may mark the bottom.
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