Sector values.

[manucastle]

In case any of you are interested in what the other half regards as 'value' investing here is Sabrients view of sector valuations :-

http://www.sabrient.com/blog/?p=5976

According to them Technology is still the top sector to own followed by Financials on a forward looking, fundamentals-based, quantitative algorithm.

I have no experience of whether the Sector Detector is value adding but maybe you might find it interesting.

Trev:O)

[Neil Stoloff]

Great link, Trev -- thanks.

I suspect that -- here, anyway -- "the other half" is a tiny minority.

For the record, these are the value sectors -- based on negative fund flows in 2009, 2010, and/or 2011 -- that I would love to trade in 2012 using the robot if only I could:

- Austria (EWO)
- autos (VROM)
- Belgium (EWK)
- Eastern Europe (GUR)
- energy services (XES)
- frontier markets (FRN)
- semiconductors (XSD)
- transports (IYT)
- brokerage (IAI)
- Europe (VGK)
- Israel (EIS)
- natural gas (FCG)
- Taiwan (EWT)
- defense & aerospace (PPA)
- Japan (DXJ, DFJ)
- medical equipment (IHI)
- Nordic (GXF)

As things stand, I'll trade the robot separately and settle for a buy and hold on my favored sectors. Someday they will overlap with the Notorious Nine, and in the meantime I can comfort myself with the knowledge that both strategies offer Value in Time....

Cheers,

Neil