Equity Strategies Group-Level Analysis Of The Equity Markets

Leuthold’s perspective regarding the nine groups currently employed in the Paid To Play Portfolio.…Sector underweights can be as significant (or more so) than sector overweights.

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After rebounding in August (16.7%), the Internet Insanity Index fell 11.7% in September. Of the 131 equity groups we track, the Insanity Index trailed 113.

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The market conditions looked stronger at the beginning of September, but warnings of disappointing earnings quickly drove the market down.

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Technology stocks came roaring back in August, with the broad Information Technology sector racking up a 17.4% gain.

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The spurts and dips seen on the chart of our Internet Insanity Index are mouthwatering to both bulls and bears alike.

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After a big bounce in June (+21%), the Internet Insanity Index came back to earth in July with a 7.7% loss.

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Is “Value” back? Not certain yet, but our thematic Small Cap Value group was upgraded to Attractive this month due to big jump in GS Score.

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Buying Life & Health Insurance giving the Paid To Play Portfolio 12% more exposure to the broad Financial group as Fed tightening may be in its final stages.

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The DJIA was the winner among the major stock market indices with its small 0.7% gain. Most of the measures were down in July...the NASDAQ lost 5.0% and the S&P 500 fell 1.6%. Despite the overall market weakness, there were still several groups that did well.

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This group rallied in June along with many of the other Technology related groups. However, for the YTD, this Internet Insanity Index is still down more than 21%.

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One of Jim Floyd’s quantitative screens seeking under owned, overlooked, and out of favor stocks which have potential to be rediscovered. 

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The oil play ain’t over yet. Look for this group to move as exploration heats up in second half of year.

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Technology stocks led the market again in June, after being hit hard in May.

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Despite the painful tech market in May, with the S&P 500 down 2.2% and the NASDAQ down 11.9%, there were several groups performing well.

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The Internet Insanity Index has continued to deflate rapidly with a 17.3% loss recorded in May.

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Activating “Natural Gas Play” thematic group, which was upgraded to attractive this month. Charley Maxwell says it’s not too late.

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The Internet Insanity Index continued its descent back to earth with a big 18.2% decline during April.

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With the improvement of the Pharmaceutical group within our GS Score rankings to attractive, along with Biotech’s fall from grace (all the way to unattractive), we are getting a chance to make a move into the drug stocks.

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Technology stocks were particularly hard hit in April, with nine of the 15 worst performing groups being Tech related.

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We see insider buying, also some actual value here and an increase in defense spending.

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