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2010’s Projected Earnings…. Seriously?
Don’t look now, but the market’s overvalued. That’s probably not earth-shattering to anyone - what else would an investor expect here in the shadow of the worst recession in decades? On the other hand, one would expect those investors to learn some important lessons about valuations.
Perhaps it’s simply a lack of information that’s allowing euphoria [...]
Airline Stocks: Big is Bad, Small is Good
There’s no better arbiter than actual results, which is why you may want to steer clear of large cap airline stocks and wade into the smaller ones.
Bottom line - the ‘majors’ like Delta (DAL), Southwest (LUV), American (AMR) and the rest of the big carriers were unprofitable for their last reported quarter; most were unprofitable [...]
Q1-2009 Small Cap Industry Outlook - Paper and Packaging
This look at the small cap paper/packaging group is another piece of our overall small cap forecast for the first quarter of 2009. If you’d like to review our entire small cap forecast, be sure to see the links below.
After a wave of consolidations, and pain created by sky-rocketing materials costs, paper and packaging stocks [...]
Q1-2009 Small Cap Industry Outlook - Telecom
Though not quote as exciting as our chemical stock picks, the telecom stocks from the small cap segment also look interesting right now. (Read below for access to the other three, plus our thoughts on some small cap groups to avoid). As for small cap telecom…
The large cap brethren in this group have actually led [...]
Q1-2009 Small Cap Industry Outlook - Chemicals
There are only four small cap groups we’re particularly excited about as we enter into the first quarter of 2009, and chemicals is one of them. (Read below for access to the other three, plus our thoughts on some small cal groups to avoid). As for small cap chemicals…
The primary concern regarding the recent strength [...]
Large Caps Now Dominating, Small and Mid Caps a Distant Second
Perhaps we should take it at face value when we see large caps well up for the last two weeks, while small and mid caps are well in the red. A little disparity is bound to happen, but this is more than a little. Large cap growth is up 1.2% for the last two weeks, [...]
