Attractiveness Rankings for Basic Materials and Consumer Discretionary Stocks Retrace

September 14, 2022WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATIONBrian T. Hannon, CFA Attractiveness Rankings for Basic Materials and Consumer Discretionary Stocks Retrace Technical score volatility has resulted in retracement of the attractiveness ranking for basic materials stocks, as the sector ranking has fallen back into the bottom 5 group. Likewise, the consumer discretionary sector ranking has also fallen and […]

Attractiveness Ranking for Basic Materials Sector Rises Sharply

September 8, 2022WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATIONBrian T. Hannon, CFA Attractiveness Ranking for Basic Materials Sector Rises Sharply The attractiveness ranking for the basic materials sector has risen sharply, due to higher scores for both the fundamental and technical outlook, resulting in the sector moving from the bottom 5 to the top 5 group. Conversely, the industrial […]

Rankings for Conglomerates and Aerospace/Defense Sectors Retrace

August 31, 2022WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATIONBrian T. Hannon, CFA Rankings for Conglomerates and Aerospace/Defense Sectors RetraceUnder the influence of heightened market volatility, the conglomerates and aerospace/defenseattractiveness rankings have retraced last week’s moves.Lower scores across all metrics haveresulted in the conglomerates sector falling to the bottom ranking, while the aerospace/defensesector has broken out of the bottom 5 […]

Technology Sector Attractiveness Ranking Moves Up

August 18, 2022WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATIONBrian T. Hannon, CFA Technology Sector Attractiveness Ranking Moves UpHigher catalytic scores, providing an indication of an improving fundamental outlook, resulted in the technology sector moving up and breaking out of the bottom 5 group of our sector attrac-tiveness rankings. The conglomerates sector has slipped into the bottom 5 group due […]

Attractiveness Rankings for the Utilities and Basic Materials Rise

August 11, 23022WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATIONBrian T. Hannon, CFA Attractiveness Rankings for the Utilities and Basic Materials RiseHigher catalytics scores providing an indication of an improved fundamental outlook helped theutilities and business services sectors to move up in our attractiveness rankings. While lowerscores across all metrics resulted in a fall in the ranking for the basic […]

Conglomerates Sector Attractiveness Ranking Drops Sharply

August 5, 2022Brian T. Hannon, CFA The attractiveness ranking for the conglomerates sector has dropped to the very bottom position due to lower scores for all our core metrics which include valuation, technical and catalytic properties. Rankings for the business services and utilities sectors also dropped due to lower scores on all the core metrics. […]

Improved Fundamental Outlook for Aerospace/Defense and Technology Sectors

Brian T. Hannon, CFAFounder, Director of Quantitative Equity ResearchQubit Research, LLCBrian Hannon began his career in the chemicals industry at the Dupont Company where he held various positions in research & development, project management, and corporate finance. While in R&D, he was awarded a patent for his role in the development of a reverse osmosis […]

Attractiveness Rankings Fall for Autos, Aerospace and Transportation Sectors

Weekly Sector RotationJuly 13, 2022Attractiveness Rankings Fall for Autos, Aerospace and Transportation Sectors Attractiveness rankings for the autos, aerospace, and transportation sectors have fallen due to lower scores across all the core Polaris metrics (valuation, technical and catalytic properties). While higher catalytic scores helped the utilities sector to break into the top 5 groups. We also note that improvement in valuation, technical […]