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Market Strategy: Archive
Sector and Industry Ranks & Valuation
by John Blank
I see a useful mixture of S&P500 sectors to play this month. The top sectors remained Industrials, Utilities and Info Tech. Consumer Staples got back to Attractive.
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Buy-Side & Sell-Side Macro Consensus
by John Blank
The "Equity Risk Premium" (ERP) is an excess return the overall stock market provides above a risk-free fixed income rate. This excess return compensates investors for taking on the relatively higher risk of equities.
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International Macro Update
by John Blank
The S&P 500 is widely considered to be one of the best single gauges for the U.S. equity market. Composed of 500 companies that are domiciled in the U.S., the index captures approximately 82% of the total U.S. equity market value.
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Zacks Forecast for Asset Class Returns
by John Blank
Returns are based on market-implied earnings growth rates looking out 3 to 5 years. In comparison, Wall Street consensus returns for large caps in the S&P 500 typically show a +10% blended return.
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Sell-Side and Buy-Side Consensus at a Glance
by John Blank
As long as low long-term risk-free U.S. Treasury rates stay relatively compressed, some arbitrage incentive is still there is to buy stocks.
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Zacks Rank S&P500 Sector Picks
by John Blank
Info Tech is overpriced, at very rich valuations. Factor out mega-caps, perhaps.
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Zacks September View on Equity Markets
by John Blank
Stay out of the herd. Want to find and invest a "New Age" Bio-Tech Stock? Then study data in their market capitalization charts.
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Update on Global Regions
by John Blank
Internationally, the largest individual countries by total revenue percentage to the S&P 500 included China (4.3%), Japan (2.6%) and the U.K. (2.5%).
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Buy-Side Consensus at a Glance
by John Blank
Private asset bubbles and debts piling up into enormous U.S. deficits are concerns. Inflation is high. The Fed will stay restrictive in 2023.
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September Asset Allocation Report
by John Blank
Returns are based on market-implied earnings growth rates looking out 3 to 5 years. In comparison, Wall Street consensus returns for large caps in the S&P 500 typically show a +10 blended return.
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