Rss Top Picks FeedRss Daily Feed| Click Here to receive daily reports of the TOP PICKS OR your personal stock choices | STOCKCHASEWhat the experts are saying! |
| There are 11 registered members and 64 guests viewing the site. | Follow us on Twitter | Rss Top Picks Feed | Rss Daily Feed |
|
| TOP PICK | 26.920 | Brooke Thackray | Consumer Staples ETF. Long on this and Short on Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY-N). Good sector to be in, in the summertime. People will not change their buying habits based on what is going on in the economy. | 2010-05-06 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 27.120 | Brooke Thackray | (A Top Pick May 5/09. Up 24%.) Consumer staples tend to do best in the summer when investors tend to go to defensive stocks. | 2009-11-23 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 25.240 | Keith Richards | (A Top Pick May 11/09. Up 13%.) Seasonally, staples tend to become less favourable around October 15. As the recession ends, people are more likely to move into discretionary areas spending. Doesn't think the run is over but he sees more upside other areas. | 2009-09-24 | |
| TOP PICK | 22.650 | Keith Richards | There is a seasonality trend for consumer staples to move up between June and October. This is a safe place to be. Last year, when the market was selling off heavily, this was rising. Sell late October or early November or anywhere near $24, whichever comes first. | 2009-05-11 | |
| TOP PICK | 22.240 | Brooke Thackray | A rotation strategy where he goes from discretionary to staples and back again. Makes 2 trades a year. Runs discretionary sector from the end of October to May and then do staples in the summertime. From 1990 this trade has produced a return of 3 X the S&P 500. Get out on October 27. | 2009-05-05 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 24.330 | Brooke Thackray | (A Top Pick May 9/08. Down 4%.) This was a defensive pick. The time to keep staples is from May to the end of October. | 2008-11-10 | |
| TOP PICK | 27.840 | Brooke Thackray | From a currency perspective, he wants to be in something safe in the US. On a seasonal basis, consumer staples tend to do well at this point. From a technical perspective, the chart shows a solid trend line in place. Get out of this on October 28. | 2008-05-09 |
