We’re bullish on industrial and energy stocks
The increased production of natural gas liquids such as ethane, propane and butane has lowered the input costs for the chemical industry.
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All is not gloom and doom in the US economy
Fear has trumped fundamentals. There are still value stocks in this market.
Fear has now trumped fundamentals
With our long term horizon, we’re staying overweight industrials in our Growth Portfolio.
We’re staying defensive until earnings season brings clarity
We had hoped that Asia might have enough economic strength to support itself and avoid recession. No more.
Stock picks that look beyond current market turmoil
Oversold markets are like a tight rubber band. As fear subsides, the market will snap back.
Here are the positives in this slowing U.S. economy
High gas prices and economic instability in Europe will crimp U.S. economic growth in the months ahead.
As China fears lift our material stocks will benefit
The biggest impact to the model has been the fear over global growth and especially China
America’s oil and gas boom is a big plus for manufacturing
Major technological advances in the oil & gas industry have caused the U. S. to have an increase in oil production for the first time in over twenty years.
Apple, Liz Claiborne and Radware Are Delivering for This Portfolio
The Opportunistic Arbitrage model gained a solid 21.4% in February versus 4.1% for the benchmark S&P 500.
Industrial, Energy and Commodity Stocks Still Rule in This Market
After the huge amount of volatility for most of 2011, January and February have been much calmer. Volatility has been down substantially.
Silver could gain significantly in coming months
Underlying investor mood is not overly bullish yet, which points to potentially higher prices ahead.
Overweighting industrials, energy, and commodity stocks
The economy should slog ahead in 2012, slow but gaining slightly.