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Consumer goods

Alex — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:27:23 +0000

Retail (XRT), which we recommended a couple of weeks ago, has had excellent gains. For example, our Balanced allocation is up 7.8% in just two weeks.

However, as of now, retail appears to be overbought. Of all the funds that we are tracking, the one with the best potential at this point appears to be a consumer goods fund. We are thus recommending it in our current newsletter.

Retail stocks and corporate bonds

Alex — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:17:24 +0000

Both smallcap and retail stocks, which we recommended last week, have had a great few days. IJR (iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index) is up 5.66%, while our retail stocks recommendation is up 5.14%. At this point, we see smallcap as being overbought, and so we are getting out of them. Retail stocks could be close to being overbought, but we are still holding on. In our Balanced allocation, we are putting some money into corporate bonds, while in our Conservative allocation, we are holding most of the money in cash.

Smallcap and retail

Alex — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:37:22 +0000

We are getting out of midcap stocks and getting into smallcap. Though both have had similar performance, we feel that, at this point, smallcap stocks have greater potential. Though neither has moved this past week, they still look strong nonetheless. In addition, we are also recommending retail stocks. Right now, they are a little riskier than smallcap stocks, but they also have a higher expected return.