Group Watch

Homefurnishing Retail and Department Stores are this week's best groups. Movies & Entertain & Broadcast and Oil & Gas Drilling are this week's worst groups. 

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Big Materials and Precious Metals are this week's best groups. Biotechnology and Leisure Products are this week's worst groups. 

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Automobile Manufacturers and Department Stores are this week's best groups. Integrated Oil & Gas and Education Services are this week's worst groups. 

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Our group coverage spans most of the traditional groups as defined by Standard & Poor’s and Morgan Stanley Capital International. At times, we found ourselves in disagreement with the S&P/MSCI “standardized” group delineation, but this structure was maintained, with minimal modifications. We have, however, added additional component stocks to all groups and adopted our proprietary approach to component weightings. 

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Automobile Manufacturers and Semiconductor Equipment are this week's best performing groups. Interactive Media & Services and Internet Services & Infrastructure are this week's worst performing groups.

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Managed Health Care and Department Stores are this week's best performing groups. Household Products and Drug Retail are this week's worst performing groups.

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Big Materials and Precious Metals are this week's best performing groups. Integrated Telecommunication Services and Cable & Satellite are this week's worst performing groups.

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Big Energy and Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing are this week's best groups. Biotechnology and Health Care Facilities are this week's worst groups.

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Intergrated Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Exploration & Production are this week's best performing groups. Life Sciences Tools & Services and Department Stores are this week's worst performing groups.

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Integrated Oil & Gas and Airlines are this week's best groups. Big Utilities and Steel are this week's 

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Energy theme among the week's "Best Groups," as the top two performers were Oil & Gas Equipment/Services and Oil & Gas Exploration/Production. The two "Worst Groups" were consumer-related: Personal Products and Casinos & Gaming.

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Alternative Carriers and Insurance Brokers were this week's best group performers; Homebuilding and Oil & Gas Equipment & Services were the week's worst group performers.

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Movies & Entertainment & Broadcasting and Alternative Carriers were this week's best groups. Big Financials and Apparel Retail were this week's worst groups.

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For each group included in this publication, an array of fundamental statistical information is provided. Data presented includes: Price/Earnings Ratios, Price/Sales, Estimated Long Term Growth, and Relative Strength rankings. Individual stock performance is shown for the current month and year-to-date.  

Performance stated for Leuthold industry groups is calculated using a proprietary weighting system that is more in line with how we believe a manager might weight companies within a portfolio. This is different from S&P, which uses a straight market capitalization-weighted index for the construction of its groups. We believe our approach is superior, as it removes the hindrance of group performance being dominated by the largest component stocks.  

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Systems Software and Casinos & Gaming are this week's best groups. Household Products and Reinsurance are this week's worst groups.

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Big Health Care and Water Utilities are this week's best groups. Integrated Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Drilling are this week's worst groups. 

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Big Financials and Department Stores are this week's best groups. Managed Health Care and Precious Metals are this week's worst groups. 

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Our group coverage spans most of the traditional groups as defined by Standard & Poor’s and Morgan Stanley Capital International. At times, we found ourselves in disagreement with the S&P/MSCI “standardized” group delineation, but this structure was maintained, with minimal modifications. We have, however, added additional component stocks to all groups and adopted our proprietary approach to component weightings. 

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Semiconductors and Real Estate Management & Development are this week's best groups. Internet Retail and Oil & Gas Drilling are this week's worst groups. 

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Big Materials and Human Resources & Employment Services are this week's best groups. Managed Health Care and Air Freight & Logistics are this week's worst groups. 

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