New TheStreet.com Column: Nine Stocks for Playing the Long Side Safely
The Real Money column I mentioned Friday has been moved to the (free) The Street.com side: Nine Stocks for Playing the Long Side Safely
Before you yell "Capitulation!," understand that this was in response to client requests. I continue to have concerns about a laundry list of economic problems: inflation, slowing growth, slow job creation, rising interest rates, the drag from housing.
What led to this research and stock selection was a repeated request from research clients, managed asset accounts, and institutional traders, who have all asked some variation of this question:
"I am afraid this market is overvalued, over-extended, and overdue for a major correction -- but I want to play from the long side (variation: I cannot afford to fall behind my benchmark). How can I participate in a way that is relatively safe, but still allows me upside?"
The response we crafted was to quantitatively screen stocks for these characteristics:
1) Identify strong sectors with good money flow;
2) Screen for stocks with the best technical and fundamental potential;
3) Look for stocks within those sectors with desirable risk/reward characteristics;
4) Find stocks that are near good entry points;
5) Avoid the "runaway momentum" names;
6) Look for stop-loss protection that is a reasonable percentage downside away.
The column identifies nine firms, with entries, targets, and stop losses.
The stocks and sectors I picked, however, are more likely to outperform on a relative (as well as on an absolute) basis, especially if the economy slows further or slips into a recession. Our goal was to identify those stocks that will participate in the upside, but at much lower levels of risk.
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There is a video discussion here:
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Source:
Nine Stocks for Playing the Long Side Safely
RealMoney.com
6/8/2007 4:44 PM EDT
http://www.thestreet.com/_tscrss/markets/activetraderupdate/10361606.html
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I like AOC, IO, SCI, and MOS. I have some reservations about XRX.
SGP and ABT are good defensive stocks
I have no opinion about WCRX.
What do you think about aerospace/defense sector and companies supplying them with carbon composites and titanium?
Posted by: V L | Jun 12, 2007 8:01:09 AM
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