This performance, and the performance of
cyclical stocks during these months, fits with much of the research which shows that during periods of optimism and high expectations cheaper stocks perform better than growth companies.
Not exact matches
Cyclical stocks — which tend to perform well
during economic expansion — including consumer discretionary and financials, are outperforming the broader market so far this year.
Contrast
cyclical stocks with counter-
cyclical stocks, which tend to move in the opposite direction from the overall economy, and with consumer staples, which people continue to demand even
during a downturn.
During their marriage, whatever money the Rays had was invested either in their house, or in
cyclical penny
stocks that Dan was convinced would one day make them both rich.
Cyclical stocks, on the other hand, are more sensitive to changes in the economy and give investors satisfactory returns in expansion years, while typically providing negative returns
during recession - era years.
The low beta, or relative risk and performance to the market, will show that these
stocks tend to either perform better - or at least not as poorly - as
cyclical stocks in bad times and will usually not be most investors» focal points
during the boom part of the business cycle when investors are busy chasing technology
stocks and high - growth companies.
They tend to outperform
cyclical stocks in hard times, but they usually are not the
stocks of choice
during the upswings in the business cycle.
One can look to
cyclical stocks like restaurants and automakers to see how quickly their businesses fell
during the 2009 recession, and how quickly business rebounded when the economy improved.
Since 1980,
cyclical stocks have outperformed consumer
stocks 70 percent of the time
during the winter months.
Since 1990,
during the months from November to March, Morgan Stanley's index of
cyclical stock has outpaced its consumer
stock index in 13 out of 15 years (and the S&P 500 Index 10 out of 15 years).
During these
cyclical headwinds, the prices can get so depressed that the
stock is traded below the price it would cost to reproduce the business anew: the Tobins Q factor.
During an economic expansion one should invest in
cyclical stocks.