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Communication Services

Mar 07 2023

Rankings At The Top Offer Diversified Mix

  • Mar 7, 2023

Energy remains the top-rated sector, but Information Technology, Communication Services, and Financials follow closely behind. These offer a diverse mix of commodity, growth, and cyclical options.

Mar 07 2023

Leuthold Select Industries Portfolio

  • Mar 7, 2023

Select Industries has overweight positions in Energy, Materials, Consumer Discretionary, and Industrials. The portfolio has no exposure to Consumer Staples, Real Estate, or Utilities.

Feb 06 2023

Additional Factors

  • Feb 6, 2023

The S&P 500 had an almost biblical upheaval to start 2023. The “last were first” and the “first were last.” In January, the 100 worst performing stocks of 2022 had an average return of +16.1% while last year’s 100 best performers posted +1.7%.

Jan 08 2020

Bridesmaid Strategy For Equity Managers

  • Jan 8, 2020

Our work on the Bridesmaid momentum effect dates back to 2006, and was originally based on equity sectors rather than asset classes. Again, the hypothetical approach is to ignore macroeconomic trends, sector fundamentals, valuations, and the like, and to base sector selection solely on the prior year’s sector total return rankings.

Aug 06 2019

Sector Rankings; Attractive & Unattractively-Rated Industry Groups

  • Aug 6, 2019

The top-three-rated sectors are Communication Services, Information Technology, and Financials. As recently as March, Financials ranked in 9th place out of 11 sectors; it has now placed among the top four since May. Real Estate dropped out of the top three after a two-month visit and is situated in 5th place this round. For the fifth consecutive month, the three lowest-ranked sectors are Utilities, Materials, and Energy.

Jul 03 2019

Sector Rankings

  • Jul 3, 2019

The top-three-rated sectors are Communication Services, Financials, and Real Estate.

Mar 06 2019

Sector Rankings

  • Mar 6, 2019

The top-three rated sectors are Health Care, Communication Services, and Consumer Discretionary. Scoring lowest in the latest rankings are Energy, Materials, and Financials.

Feb 07 2019

Sector Rankings

  • Feb 7, 2019

The top-three rated sectors are Communication Services, Health Care, and Consumer Discretionary. Scoring lowest with the latest ratings were Materials, Energy, and Industrials.

Jan 08 2019

Sector Rankings

  • Jan 8, 2019

The top-three rated sectors are Health Care, Communication Services, and Consumer Discretionary, with Information Technology dropping from the top-three. Rounding out the bottom end of the rankings, for the second consecutive month, are Materials, Energy, and Consumer Staples.

 

Sep 12 2018

A Prehistory Of The Communication Services Sector

  • Sep 12, 2018

The new GICS Communication Services sector being introduced late-September will include members that add considerable buoyancy to the growth rates and valuation ratios of this traditionally defensive, high yield, slow growth industry. As a newly-invented sector, Communication Services has no financial history, and we felt it was important to fill that void.

Jun 07 2018

Cycles And Taxes And GICS, Oh My!

  • Jun 7, 2018

Analyzing quarterly financial results and developing insights about upcoming periods is always difficult, but the first quarter of 2018 was unusually complicated.