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December 9, 2019
Blog , The Portfolio Strategist - Terry Gardner
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C.J. Lawrence Weekly – The Crowd May Be Right

As our Sector Shifts table demonstrates, the Technology and Consumer Discretionary (dominated by Amazon.com) stocks gained meaningful market share from 2010 to 2017, and along with the new Communications Services stocks, have driven market performance since being reconstituted in mid-2018. ...

October 28, 2019
Blog , The Portfolio Strategist - Terry Gardner
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C.J. Lawrence Weekly – The Slide in Business Spending Growth May Be Bottoming

Microsoft’s strong quarterly earnings report and related commentary regarding IT spending were well received by the equity markets last week. The company posted quarterly financial results that exceeded analyst expectations. But perhaps what captivated the broader market’s attention ...

March 11, 2019
Blog , The Portfolio Strategist - Terry Gardner
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C.J. Lawrence Weekly – The U.S. Consumer is the Global Economy’s “Atlas”

according to recent confidence and comfort index readings, the U.S. consumer is feeling strong and may be up to the task of playing the role of Atlas, who according to Greek mythology, carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. ...

February 7, 2019
Blog , The Trusted Navigator - Bernhard Koepp
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The Digital Divide – Part 1 | VIDEO

In this video, Bernhard Koepp, CEO of C.J. Lawrence shares his insights and new growth opportunities for the first quarter of 2019. Specific companies mentioned during this video include: Adobe, Alibaba Cloud, ALTA Beauty, Amazon, American Tower, Bank of America, Boston Scientific, Google, J.P, Morg...

February 4, 2019
Blog , The Portfolio Strategist - Terry Gardner
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C.J. Lawrence Weekly – Many Will Survive but Only Few Will Thrive in a Healthy U.S. Consumer Economy

In 2003 the Federal Reserve began releasing its Financial Obligations Ratio (FOR) which captures the share of household after-tax income that is obligated to debt repayment (including mortgages, home equity lines of credit, auto loan payments, and credit card interest), including interest and princi...

January 28, 2019
Blog , The Portfolio Strategist - Terry Gardner
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C.J. Lawrence Weekly – Revenue Growers Stand Out

Double digit revenue growth has become a market rarity and is impressive in any cycle. As companies report results and adjust forecasts, increased attention should be paid to companies with attractive top-line growth profiles, expanding market share, and strong competitive positions. ...

October 29, 2018
Blog , The Portfolio Strategist - Terry Gardner
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C.J. Lawrence Weekly – Innovation on Sale

The recent market downdraft may be creating opportunities for active managers and investors to buy industry leaders and innovators at attractive prices. In April of this year, we authored a note titled Innovation at a Reasonable Price, which highlighted increasing rates of research and development ...

April 23, 2018
Blog , The Portfolio Strategist - Terry Gardner
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C. J. Lawrence Weekly – Innovation at a Reasonable Price…IRP Investing

The largest R&D spenders generate substantial cash flow that helps fund innovation, and several trade at what we view as reasonable valuations. That is a desirable combination. We call it Innovation at a Reasonable Price (IRP) investing. Facebook is leading the charge in artificial intelligence t...

January 2, 2018
Blog , The Portfolio Strategist - Terry Gardner
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C.J. Lawrence Weekly – 2017 Scoreboard Highlights Consistent Technology Leadership

When we wrote the year-end market summary last year, we noted the high level of sector rotation that took place on a quarterly basis throughout 2016. In 2017, leadership was instead remarkably consistent. Of the major S&P 500 sectors, Technology led all others in three out of four quarters and finis...

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