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Zacks Industry Rank Analysis: Archive
Here's a RED HOT Tamale in a Flat Stock Market
by John Blank
The Electronics ??? Measuring Instruments industry is staying RED HOT in a flat market. And the summary metrics Zacks collects show it.
KEYSNegative Net Change INTTPositive Net Change ATEYYPositive Net Change
Here's a Niche with Fat 2018 Returns
by John Blank
This sector's Zacks Industry Rank is currently at #41 out of 265 industries (in the top 16%). That is exceptional.
NTGRPositive Net Change NTCTNegative Net Change
Does "Dow Theory" Confirm a Strong U.S. Economy?
by John Blank
Can we confirm a positive "Dow Theory" effect, where Transportation industries are hot?
ARCBNegative Net Change
Buy Semi Chip Stocks on Weakness?
by John Blank
Semiconductor stocks are being sold! Yikes. What should a trader do? First off, consider these important themes.
STMPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change INTCPositive Net Change
Time for a Software Upgrade? Zacks Industry Rank Analysis
by John Blank
The active Info Tech niche is currently ranked #21 out of 265 industries we rank. That is in the top 8%. The YTD 2017 return is a superb +28%.
WITNegative Net Change SNXPositive Net Change CTSHNegative Net Change
Industry Rank Analysis: Time for a Software Upgrade?
by John Blank
The active Info Tech niche is currently ranked #21 out of 265 industries. That is in the top 8%. The YTD 2017 return is a superb +28%.
WITNegative Net Change SNXPositive Net Change CTSHNegative Net Change
A Rich Small-Cap Ecosystem: Zacks Electronics Components Industry
by John Blank
Electronics-Miscellaneous Components is mostly a small-cap industry. It holds 35 companies. This large number of firms makes the niche a lively, diverse and complex environment.
SRIPositive Net Change KEMPositive Net Change
Outsourcing Picks: Better Digital Ops, and Fast
by John Blank
The 18-company strong Outsourcing industry is hot these days. It is ranked #3 out of 265 Zacks industries.
TNETNegative Net Change BRNegative Net Change BCONegative Net Change
Do Airline Stocks Have More Room to Run?
by John Blank
Zacks Industry Rank System put Airlines at #13 out of 265 industries we rank. That puts this group into the top 5%.
UALNegative Net Change LUVNegative Net Change DALNegative Net Change AFLYYNegative Net Change
Strong World Economy Lifts Chemical Firms
by John Blank
In the last few weeks, we counted 8 positive analyst earnings revisions in the Diversified Chemicals space, versus just 3 negative ones.
HUNNegative Net Change CCPositive Net Change BASFYNegative Net Change
The Little Engine That Could: Zacks Railroad Industry
by John Blank
Across the entire industry landscape of U.S. transportation, we see the story of 'big freight' unfold in a fuller set of bullish Zacks Industry Rankings.
UNPNegative Net Change NSCNegative Net Change CSXNegative Net Change
Revisiting the Trump Trade: Zacks Industry Rank Analysis
by John Blank
'Trump Trade' tangible benefits took two forms. One was a lower corporate tax rate, enhancing profit margins. The second was less Dodd-Frank regulation, cutting costs.
PNCNegative Net Change NTRSNo Net Change CMAPositive Net Change
Act Brave! Buy Semi Niche Stocks
by John Blank
Month-after-month, semiconductor industries rank at the VERY TOP of all 265 Zacks Industries.
TSMNegative Net Change COHRPositive Net Change
Buy the Snow, Sell the Sun: Zacks Regional Bank Outlook
by John Blank
Demographically attractive Sunbelt regional bank shares have been bid up the most. Current higher ranked regional banking areas -- the Northeast and Midwest -- are the Snowy lands.
Landing Bank Values Out West
by John Blank
Listed are three of the top regional Western banks with Zacks Rank Buy ratings, by market capitalization.
ZIONPositive Net Change
I Have a Sleeper Industry to Share: Agricultural Operations
by John Blank
This 6-company Zacks Industry is currently ranked #39 out of 265 (top 15%).
ADMNegative Net Change CVGWNegative Net Change FDPNegative Net Change
Time to Buy or Sell Defense Stocks?
by John Blank
The Aerospace-Defense industry has been bid up in recent trading, thanks to the widely covered Trump rally as well as the ETF industry.
GDNegative Net Change NOCNegative Net Change
Bulls Know You Save Files -- They Buy Storage Shares
by John Blank
Data storage is the fastest growing semiconductor technology. Tape storage, hard disk drives and solid-state storage have doubled about every 12 to 18 months.
SMCINegative Net Change STXNegative Net Change
Providing Breakthroughs to Enable Breakthroughs with Semi Equipment
by John Blank
The 7-company-strong Semiconductor Equipment & Wafer Fabrication industry is red hot. It is currently ranked #45 out of 265 Zacks Industries.
AEISNegative Net Change AMATPositive Net Change
Industry Rank Analysis: What Does a Robot Do, Really?
by John Blank
The Industrial Robotics and Automation industry rank lifted 80 spots in the last week alone.
HOLIPositive Net Change FANUYNegative Net Change
Oil E&P Bounces on Mass Analyst Upgrades
by John Blank
We very rarely see an industry with a clean slate -- nothing but analyst upgrades. Yet that is the case for the U.S. Integrated Oil Industry.
MRONegative Net Change COPNegative Net Change HESPositive Net Change
Don't Make It Complicated, Own Drug Stocks
by John Blank
The basic ingredients for rising drug demand -- the frailties that accompany aging -- are going to be there for the next 2 decades, in the USA and elsewhere.
BMYNegative Net Change PFENegative Net Change
Look Past Silicon Valley to Boston: Industry Rank Analysis
by John Blank
Silicon Valley in Northern California gets too much attention. Greater Boston has a pre-existing and thriving high-tech engineering cluster.
ENTGPositive Net Change MKSINegative Net Change COHUNegative Net Change
Negative Rates Point to Consumer Staples Stocks
by John Blank
What happens to the risk ladder in asset-based investing with negative rates? It lights a fire under stable-growth, dividend-paying defensive stocks!
BUFFPositive Net Change KMBPositive Net Change ENRNegative Net Change
Should You Chase Oil Price Momentum Stocks?
by John Blank
Building & Construction - Materials stock prices have ripped up from their mid-February lows. However, there are meaningful risks to think thru.
ROCKNegative Net Change