Sectors
Dividends Making A Comeback
Jim Floyd presents three screens looking for high (and healthy) dividend paying stocks. With bond yields so low, we believe there is opportunity in these types of stocks.
The Sector Effect vs. The Country Effect: A Region by Region Look
We examine the relative importance of country effect vs. sector effect within four regions: Europe, Eastern Europe/Middle East/Africa, Asia Pacific ex-Japan ex-China, and Americas ex-U.S.
Four New Equity Group Purchases—Highlights of Quantitative and Qualitative Strengths
Substantial turnover in Select Industries Portfolio created room for several new industry group positions to be established.
The Sector Effect Vs. The Regional Effect
Focus of global investing has shifted from sector and is now centered on the regional effect.
Profit Margins At The Sector Level
This month’s “Of Special Interest” takes a look at Q4 profit margins across the 10 broad economic sectors. Best looking is Information Technology, while Consumer groups have also seen impressive gains by becoming lean and mean.
Decomposing ROE: A Global Perspective
Return On Equity (ROE) has been performing well as a quality factor on a global basis over the last six to twelve months.
Cross-Currents In The Financials Sector
Eric Bjorgen takes an expanded look at some fundamentals surrounding the Financial sector. While bank failures are rising, prior history shows that good performance can still be produced in this environment.
Revenue Revival: The Key To Sustained Earnings Recovery
Jim Floyd examines the revenue growth of the ten broad sectors in this month’s “Of Special Interest”.
Disecting The Capital Indices
Identifying and comparing important characteristics of the broad sectors of the S&P 500.
Sector Ups and Downs During Bear Markets And Recoveries
Info Tech has demonstrated an ability to lead coming out of bear markets, but still not seeing overall GS Score strength in the sector.
Busting Up Bubble Talk
More bubble talk. Crude oil prices are following the same pattern as the tech bubble in the late 1990s. However, Energy stocks have not become nearly as extended as Tech stocks were in the late 1990s. Also, Energy stocks have shown far superior earnings growth compared to Tech.
Trying To Make Sense Of Earnings
Jim Floyd tries to makes sense of earnings in the current recessionary environment.
November Market Action
The venerable Wall Of Worry finally got to the stock market during November, with the major indexes losing their grip virtually right out of the gates.
Sector Level Earnings Outlook – More Pain To Come In Analyst Revisions?
NIPA earnings (National Income and Product Accounts) were revised downward significantly. Also believe that Small Cap earnings estimates are overly optimistic.
July Market Action
The Major Trend Index’s bearish reading put us on the right side of the market during the second half of July.
June Market Action
At a time when the public remains largely sidelined, corporations, private equity, and professional investors continue to take the U.S. stock market averages higher.
Focus On Profit Margins
While the current economic expansion has been below average in terms of growth, the profit expansion over this time frame has been explosive.
A Closer Look At 2007 Projected Earnings Growth
Initial results for Q1 earnings look disturbing. Analyst estimates of 2007 year end earnings for stocks have been declining across all market cap tiers, with biggest declines in the Energy sector.
April Market Action
The bulls remain in command as evidenced by the fact that the broad market averages continue their ascent toward new cyclical highs (or in some cases like the DJIA and Russell 2000—new all-time highs).
March Market Action
The stock market spent much of March trying to climb out of the hole dug back on February 27th. But to date, the primary indexes are still below late-February’s cyclical highs.
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