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Small-Cap Smackdown: Russell 2000 Laggards Could Offer Future Opportunity

Smaller stocks have spent Q4 correcting while the rest of the market has seemingly confirmed the primary bull trend (or are we still calling this a bear-market correction?). Since month-end, the Russell 2000 has bounced back a bit from its October ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, Seeking Alpha,  16 Nov 2009

EZCORP: Another Hard Look at This Hybrid Retail/Financial Play

I first wrote about EZCORP (EZPW) (14.28, $704mm market cap) in early 2008 and have followed it closely every since. In fact, it is one of only two names I have held since inception over the past 18 months in my Top 20 Model Portfolio (Catalyst Health ( ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, ETF Investor,  8 Nov 2009

M&A Watch: 8 Medical Consumables Companies That Look Like Buyout Targets

The recent pick-up in mergers and acquisitions has spilled over into MedTech companies too, with Covidien (COV) announcing the purchase of Aspect Medical (ASPM) in late September and Kimberly-Clark (KMB) announcing the purchase of I-Flow Corp (IFLO) ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, Seeking Alpha,  11 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Immucor, Inc.,  Boston Scientific,  Johnson & Johnson,  Merck & Company, Inc.,  Cyberonics, Inc.

15 Stocks That Are Having a Tough Quarter, But Are Still Worth a Look

The S&P 500 moved into the green in May and has never looked back. So far in Q3, it's up a whopping 16.8%, even better than Q2's 15.9% total return. Despite the large advance, 40 of the members are actually down QTD. Thinking that there might be some ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, Seeking Alpha,  20 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Quest Diagnostics,  Becton Dickinson,  Electronic Arts Inc.

Death of a Rally

OK. I said it. The Rally is over. What a rally it was. While it may live on a little longer, I think that its days are numbered. It's easier to call the economy than stocks, and the economy has been experiencing a dead-cat bounce. I have some charts ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, Seeking Alpha,  17 Aug 2009
Related Topics: NASDAQ

Momentum Investing: Do So at Your Own Peril

I am a huge fan of Investors Business Daily and expect that many of you are as well. For those not familiar with the paper run by the legendary William O'Neil (Daily Graphs), it is very technically oriented compared to other business dailies (i.e. the ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, ETF Investor,  15 Jul 2009

Paired Trade: Buy EZCORP, Sell Aaron's Rents

This is the 5th in a series of articles that attempt to identify relative value discrepancies between two closely related securities. So far, the first four have been modestly successful in aggregate, though it's a little early to be drawing ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, ETF Investor,  6 Jun 2009

Sector Review: Energy Moving Toward the Lead

Everyone knows how well Tech is doing this year, but May was the month for Energy to make a run at leadership (click to enlarge): Small-Cap Consumer Discretionary stocks were too cheap at the beginning of the year, but they are overdone to the upside ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, ETF Investor,  31 May 2009

Paired Trade: Columbia Sportswear vs. Under Armour

This is the third in a series of recommendations ( MetPro vs. Nalco (MPR) vs. (NLC), Allergan vs. Johnson & Johnson (AGN) vs. (JNJ)), and I actually addressed these two companies last year. While Under Armour (UA) cratered relative to Columbia ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, ETF Investor,  3 May 2009
Related Topics: Under Armour, Inc.,  Allergan, Inc.,  Johnson & Johnson

Stock Returns by Sector and Market Cap

Energy has been very strong over the past month with the exception of large-caps.Materials have been strong across the board.Industrials had a strong month, but they still lag on the year.Consumer Discretionary has rebounded across all market caps, but ...

From ALAN BROCHSTEIN, ETF Investor,  1 May 2009

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