This includes the much - maligned utility stocks that have been thought (incorrectly) to be
market laggards.
[To take a contra - example — recently, BRIC markets have been the emerging
market laggards for investors, resulting from higher valuations & lower growth prospects vs. the rest of the merging & frontier universe].
But there's an increasingly contrarian viewpoint that says, wait a minute, the government should not be in the business of intervening for
market laggards.
That dramatically transforms the typical fund from a market beater to
a market laggard.
Not exact matches
Recently, the degree to which the 2018
market - leading consumer discretionary sector is outperforming the biggest
laggard, consumer staples, has reached extremes, said Larry McDonald, editor of the Bear Traps Report.
They've been
laggards, and haven't really moved with the
market much this year.
«Canada has been a
laggard, and it has surprised people because of our proximity to the largest data
market in the world,» says Bill St. Arnaud, an Ottawa - based IT consultant.
The recent
market sell - off is putting a dent in many large - cap Dow components, which are now sitting in bear
market territory, but here's why two of these
laggards may be worth a buy.
Altcoins are clearly lagging Bitcoin, with Ethereum and Ripple still being the biggest
laggards of the
market, as the second largest coin now retraced all of its gains since the December break - out.
Regardless of Brenner's trumpeting of recent total shareholder returns, AMP has been, and remains, a perennial
laggard, trading at an 8 per cent discount to the
market multiple versus its historical 8 per cent premium.
As leaders convert their tax - bill windfall into buybacks,
laggards may face escalating
market and shareholder pressure to keep pace.
First, due in no small part to recent weakness in heavily - weighted Apple Computer ($ AAPL), the Nasdaq has been a
laggard throughout the multi-month rally in the broad
market.
The flip side of that argument is that, in emerging
markets, value stocks have been
laggards.
He identifies them as: •
Laggards - He estimates 20 % of companies are not using any social media • Late majority - Corcoran describes this persona as «distributed chaos» and recommends that a senior digital
marketing manager step in to be the «shepherd» that coordinates efforts.
Then we move to what is often called the «late majority» — the final 25 % or so of the
market (there are always
laggards with every technology).
Microsoft's Xbox One has been a
laggard in the video games consoles
market.
LG, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker but a
laggard in the booming smartphone
market, introduced the Optimus One smartphone in Korea this week before launching global sales through about 120 carriers with a sales target of 10 million units.
If value funds have been slight
laggards, international
markets have been a huge disappointment.
In contrast, the S&P BSE Low Volatility Index was the
laggard among the factors in the up - trending
market, but it was the best - performing factor when the
market was down.
William J. O'Neil, founder of the Investor's Business Daily, advises to buy
market leaders, not
laggards.
The
markets are clearly «risk - on» now, and I'm looking for
laggard names in
laggard countries to invest.
Yesterday we talked about the importance of choosing
market leaders over
laggards.
Differentiate between the leaders and
laggards of the stock
market.
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Aside from GE, it has been one of the few
laggards in my portfolio during this continuing bull
market run.
India, another massive
market, has been a relative
laggard but is now the recipient of a strong
marketing effort and sales there are expected to grow significantly.
I think the risk adjusted returns of an slight
laggard in equities, beats the return give up required to receive an exact inflation hedge (say real return bonds as the
market for them exists now).
Again, this will vary a lot from year to year: in 2015, emerging
markets were the
laggards that dragged down the ETF portfolios.
The Trading123
Market Cycle indicator moves with the price action and identifies trend reversals and is not a
laggard.
Admitting that the U.S. is the «
laggard» in solar, Eckhart said he believes the country will catch up to the current
market leader, Germany, which had 2000 MW of new solar capacity installed in 2009.
The years - long delay in bringing three former Nortel Networks executives to trial for fraud has reinforced Canada's well - earned reputation as a
laggard in
markets enforcement, particularly when compared with the United States, its critics say.
With all of the innovation going on in e-books beyond the legal publishing world, it would be interesting to see something different being brought to
market by the
laggards serving lawyers.
Samsung, once a
laggard in the smartphone
market, overtook Apple last year to become the world's largest smartphone maker.
NREI: Which sectors of the commercial / multifamily real estate
markets do you think will be the big leaders or
laggards in 2016?
A longtime
laggard in Florida, Tampa Bay has established itself as a late recovery
market where real gross metro product has averaged 2.4 % over the last five years.
Chicago and New York seem to be the
laggards, however, as both of these metropolitan
markets experienced annual price declines.
«Annual rent growth in much of the area now is above the national norm, after these
markets ranked as middle - of - the - pack performers a year ago and significant
laggards two years ago.»
By John Wasik CHICAGO, Jan 13 (Reuters)- If the stock
market rally continues, last year's
laggards may be this year's winners.
Laggards in October included the usual suspect The Gap -LRB--6 %), who announced recently they would close roughly a quarter of their U.S. stores to focus on overseas growth, J.C. Penney -LRB--2.6 %) which continues to lose
market share to Macy's (+2.2 %) and Kohl's (+3.9 %), Wet Seal -LRB--9.7 %) and Bon - Ton -LRB--10.2 %).