Equity Strategies Group-Level Analysis Of The Equity Markets
Scanning The Markets
The equity market resumed its strong performance in July.
Tech Watch
The broad Tech sector has rallied significantly from lows and is not cheap by traditional measures.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Construction & Engineering
Group upgraded to Attractive this month, the result of strong quantitative improvement.
Scanning The Markets
After two strong months, the markets cooled down some in June.
Tech Watch
This may be one of the few sectors that has the opportunity to provide 20% or more growth in 2003. If investors can get over their fears, they could be rewarded by the Tech sector.
Saving Face...Is Japan Finally A Turnaround Play?
Japan appears to be getting its fiscal house in order. Opportunity may be developing here. We constructed a list of potential Japanese ADRs, and built an index to monitor the situation.
Scanning The Markets
The stock market was very strong in May, following a strong April.
Tech Watch
Technology stocks UP BIG AGAIN in May. The NASDAQ gained 9.0% for the month (9.2% last month), second again only to the Russell 2000.
Scanning The Markets
The stock market was very strong in April across the entire market cap spectrum.
Tech Watch
Technology stocks up BIG in April. The NASDAQ gained 9.2% for the month, secondonly to the Russell 2000 in terms of performance.
Select Industries Sector Focus
Equity Portfolio concentrated in Health Care and Technology. Looking ahead to other potential areas of leadership: Oil Patch, Telecom Survivors, Airlines, and Unregulated Energy Producers.
New Theme Group..... “Rebuilding Iraq”
A new group of companies that we think have a good shot at being involved in the reconstruction of Iraq.
Scanning The Markets
The S&P 500 was up 0.8% in March, but ended Q1 down 3.6%.
Tech Watch
The broad Tech sector is down significantly from all time highs, but is still not cheap by traditional measures.
The Case For Cutting Back On Financials
Expect the S&P 500 financial weighting to fall to 14% or so over the next two years, as they underperform the overall S&P 500 index.
Energy Sector Strategy…..Tactical
Leuthold deactivation of two energy groups last month was a tactical move and does not represent a longer term bearish fundamental view toward the oil patch.
New Group Coverage…Banking On The Community
Initiated coverage of a new banking group subset in our Financial sector that focuses on small cap, community-focused banks.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Biotech Implanted In Portfolio
New Biotech holding increased Health Care commitment in Select Industries to 27%.
Tech Watch
For the second month in a row, the NASDAQ was the best performing major index.
Scanning The Markets
The stock market is off to a poor start in 2003, with the S&P 500 down 4.4%, and the DJIA off 5.4%.