Reinsurance
Reinsurance Encounters Disaster
Communications Equipment and Publishing were this week's best groups. Mulit-Utilities and Reinsurance were this week's worst groups.
Reinsurance Bounces Back This Week
Regional Banks and Reinsurance are this week's best groups. Cable & Satellite and Research & Consulting Services are this week's worst groups.
Reinsurance Takes A Loss This Week
Homefurnishing Retail and Oil & Gas Drilling were this week's best groups. Regional Banks and Reinsurance were this week's worst groups.
Financials Remain Atop Sector Rankings
Our Financials Sector Ranking has been strengthening since August—well before the Trump Bump. The addition of Regional Banks to our SI Portfolio boosts our Financials exposure to an overweight 26% versus the S&P 500’s 15% weight. Reinsurance and Developed Diversified Banks are also among the Attractively-rated options for diversification within the sector.
Reinsurance Leads This Week
Real Estate Investment Trusts and Reinsurance were this week's best groups. Communication Equipment and Life Sciences Tools & Services were this week's worst groups.
Insurance Theme Intact Among Top GS Scores
Group Selection (GS) Score strength among insurance-related industry groups has been a long-running theme within our quantitative framework.
Highlighted Attractive Groups
A snapshot of Automotive Parts & Equipment, Large Cap Biotechnology, and Reinsurance.
Purchased Reinsurance: GS Score Skyrockets
Reinsurance has rated Attractive for a little over one year, but the latest round of GS Scores sent this group’s score skyrocketing, and it now ranks fourth highest among all 115 industry groups. Select Industries Portfolio overall insurance industry group exposure now 8.1%.
Long Only Portfolios Down For The Month But Beat Benchmarks
Select Industries had no group deactivations, trimmed Consumer Finance and purchased Systems Software, further boosting our Tech holdings. Global Industries had no group deactivations, trimmed our Reinsurance and boosted exposure to Health Care, Industrials, and Info Tech groups.
Broad Themes Found In Auto & Insurance Industries
We like when we can find groups inside of broad themes, and these two industries are amongst the strongest in our work right now.
New Select Industries Group Position: Reinsurance
Many stocks had outperformed in October and were retained in the Select Industries Portfolio, but there were enough sales to build new holding in Reinsurance.
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