Equity Strategies Group-Level Analysis Of The Equity Markets
Tech Watch
Fundamentals continue to build for technology, but prices yet to react…..Evidence that tech fundamentals are now improving.
New Quantitative Group Screen…Unregulated Energy Producers
Added coverage of a new group to our Leuthold's Groups publication: Unregulated Energy Producers.
Scanning The Markets
There was essentially no group leadership during June.
Tech Watch
Fundamentals continue to build for technology, but prices still not cheap. Semiconductors continue to show stabilization. Japanese shipments above median for first time in over a year.
New Group Coverage
Added coverage of three new groups to our Leuthold's Groups publication: High ROI Screen, Health Care Cost Containment, and Fountains of Youth.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Adding Diversified Metals & Mining
Ranking in top twenty and making a play on declining dollar and rising inflation.
Tech Watch
Book to Bill ratio continues to improve. Some solid evidence that the prospects for the chipmakers are looking up.
Scanning The Markets
During May, the S&P 500 lost 0.9% and the DJIA lost 0.2%. The performance of the NASDAQ was once again dismal (-4.3%).
New Select Industries Group Holding: Consumer Electronics
Current “top five” scoring strong in Value, Contrarian, and VLT.
Scanning The Markets
It didn’t take much to beat the S&P 500 in April.
Tech Watch
Time to buy Semiconductors? Some early evidence that the prospects for the chipmakers are looking up.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Semiconductors
GS Score improved to Attractive on growth, judgmental and VLT.
Scanning The Markets
For over a year, The Leuthold Group has been recommending investors focus on small/mid cap stocks. The best performing market comparators so far in 2002 have been S&P Small Caps and S&P Mid Caps.
Tech Watch
Tech still down big from all time highs, but still not cheap. Upside driver will have to be new earnings momentum developing.
New Group Coverage
Eliminating six groups and adding four to our Equity Strategies product next month. Components and methodologies explained.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Gusher Of Gains From Oil Drillers?
Upgraded to Attractive with double-digit increase in quantitative GS Score. Scoring strong in Value, Judgmental, and VLT Momentum categories.
Tech Watch
S&P Tech clobbered in February, but median PE ratio still rising for 6th straight month as almost half of our tech index has no earnings.
Fad Groups
Looking at performance swings of Nanotechnology, Internet Software & Services, and Internet Reatil.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Auto Parts & Equipment
Strong scores in Technicals and Relative Strength categories. Group has been in consolidation for years, but poised to test 1999 highs.
New Select Industries Group Holding: Specialty Stores
Group ranking Attractive for two consecutive months. Good marks in Growth, Value, Relative Strength and VLT Momentum. Provides a solid play on improving economy.