Basic Materials Sector Moves Up in Attractiveness Rankings

October 19, 2022 | WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATION | Brian T. Hannon, CFA Significant volatility in our attractiveness rankings has resulted in the basic materials sector moving up to the top 5 group. Improvement in catalytic properties offset modest deterioration in valuation and technical properties to drive this change. In other noteworthy moves, both the construction […]

Earnings Release Preview: October 17th – October 21st, 2022

Earnings Release Preview | October 14, 2022(for Companies Reporting Week of October 17th thru October 21st) In the Earnings Release Preview we provide detailed analytics for each of the companies in the Polaris core universe that are expected to report earnings NEXT week. This report provides portfolio managers and analysts with our proprietary rankings for each stock in […]

Attractiveness Ranking for the Industrial Products Sector Rises

October 5, 2022 | WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATION | Brian T. Hannon, CFA Due primarily to higher catalytic scores, the ranking for the industrial products sector has moved up from the bottom 5 group. While in a retracement of last week’s moves, attractiveness rankings for the conglomerates and basic materials sectors have fallen back. For both […]

Attractiveness Rankings Rise for the Conglomerates and Basic Materials Sectors

September 28, 2022 | WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATION | Brian T. Hannon, CFA Both the conglomerates and basic materials sectors have moved up from the bottom of our attractiveness rankings. The moves were supported by higher valuation, technical and catalytic scores. Moving in the opposite direction, the aerospace/defense sector has fallen to the bottom spot in […]

Attractiveness Ranking for the Aerospace/Defense Sector Drops

August 24, 2022 | WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATION | Brian T. Hannon, CFA Due to deterioration across all our metrics, the attractiveness ranking for the aerospace/defense sector has dropped. While in a reversal from last week’s move, the conglomerates sector ranking has broken out of the bottom 5 group, largely due to improvement in the behavioral […]

Conglomerates Sector Attractiveness Ranking Drops as Market Volatility Persists

September 21, 2022 | WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATION | Brian T. Hannon, CFA Due to lower valuation and catalytic scores, the attractiveness ranking for the conglomerates sector has dropped sharply. High market volatility has translated into volatile model scores and accordingly we note retracement in the rankings for the transportation and business service sectors. Improved technical […]

Earnings Release Preview: August 8th – August 12th, 2022

In the Earnings Release Preview we provide detailed analytics for each of the companies in the Polaris core universe that are expected to report earnings NEXT week. This report provides portfolio managers and analysts with our proprietary rankings for each stock in advance of their upcoming report date.  See the table below for a list of the Top-20 […]

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 […]