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.
Cyclical stocks
The performance of cyclical stocks is heavily dependent on the economic cycle — they do well when the economy is booming but very badly when it falls off a cliff...
Not exact matches
With regard to recent
performance, which has been positive but modest since the market peak last year, the main factor that has kept our returns relatively restrained despite the collapse
of financials has been the simultaneous collapse
of technology and consumer
stocks, with
cyclicals and commodities providing the greatest support to the major indices.
Each year I put the new chart in a plastic sleeve and when clients came into my office for a portfolio review, I would carefully point out the dramatic differences in
performance between this consumer staples
stock versus many
of the
cyclicals on the list, particularly Big Blue.
As far as I can tell, the difference in
performance comes from IEMG's inclusion
of South Korean
stocks, which adds more exposure to technology and consumer
cyclicals, sectors that have been performing well lately.
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.
Topics
of discussion include the fund's
performance, strategy and current emphasis on
cyclical stocks.
Cyclical stocks are a type
of security strongly affected by the overall
performance of the market.