Equity Strategies Group-Level Analysis Of The Equity Markets
Adding To “Undervalued & Unloved” Stocks
This month we added three new stocks from Jim Floyd’s “Undervalued & Unloved” screening work, boosting our current commitment to value stocks to 16% of portfolio assets. We now believe Value's downtrend has reversed and this view seems to be confirmed by the relative strength line.
Scanning the Markets
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by July 1991 performance.
About To Take Gas?
We did it. We took an initial 6% position in our “Clean Energy” (natural gas) sector this month, a move that has been under consideration for some time. The Leuthold Group has yet to be bagged by the natural gas bubble, so here is our chance.
Scanning the Markets
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by June 1991 performance.
Playing the Bounce Update: Finally Lost Momentum!
This has been a vintage “bounce” period, the best ever! Relative strength lagged in June for the first time this year. Per our monitoring procedure, it is time to take profits.
Scanning the Markets
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by May 1991 performance.
Playing the Bounce Update: Wow!
This has been a vintage “bounce” period, the best ever! We know that some of our smarter clients did play this game. Here’s a monitor for those fortunate and gutsy few.
New To Equity Model: “Industrial Technology”
This could prove to be a very rewarding investment sector, assuming the market continues to favor technology and an economic recovery gets underway in late 1991.
Playing the Bounce Update: Wow!
This has been a vintage “bounce” period, perhaps the best ever! We know some of our smarter clients did play this game. The following section is a monitor for those fortunate and gutsy few.
Scanning the Markets
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by April 1991 performance.
Scanning the Markets: The First Quarter
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by March 1991 performance - 62% of our sectors beat the S&P 500.
Playing the Bounce Update
This has been a vintage “bounce” period, perhaps the best ever! We know that some of our smarter clients did play this game. The following section is a monitor for those fortunate and gutsy few.
Scanning the Markets
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by February 1991 performance (75% of our sectors again beat the S&P 500 in February).
Playing the Bounce Update
This has been a vintage “bounce” period! We know that some of our smarter clients did decide to play the game. This section is a monitor for them.
“Defense-High Tech” Sector
This may be a tactical war play, but it could be more. Some of these stocks may once again be recognized as growth stocks, even if we see a speedy resolution of the Mideast conflict.
Scanning the Markets
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by January 1991 performance (80% of our sectors beat the S&P 500 in January).
Scanning The Markets
The table on the next page is a performance ruddown for our equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by 1990 performance (only 33% of our sectors beat the S&P 500 in 1990).
Scanning the Markets
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors and other measures ranked by November performance (75% of our sectors beat the S&P 500).
Scanning the Markets
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors and other measures ranked by October performance (only 31% of our sectors beat the DJIA).
Scanning the Markets
A performance rundown for our equity market sectors and other measures ranked by third quarter performance (only three of our sectors were up).