Weekly RS Recap

February 14, 2011

The table below shows the performance of a universe of mid and large cap U.S. equities, broken down by relative strength decile and quartile and then compared to the universe return. Those at the top of the ranks are those stocks which have the best intermediate-term relative strength. Relative strength strategies buy securities that have strong intermediate-term relative strength and hold them as long as they remain strong.

Last week’s performance (2/7/11 – 2/11/11) is as follows:

Wow. High relative strength stocks had a spectacular week last week. The top quartile was up 3.30%, outperforming the universe by 1.20% and the top decile was up 4.30%, outperforming the universe by 2.20%.

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Shifting Fortunes: China vs. Japan

February 14, 2011

The WSJ reports that China passed Japan as the second-largest economy after the United States. Japan’s full-year GDP was $5.47 trillion — about 7% smaller than the $5.88 trillion that China reported.

The financial markets reflect a constant state of competition where the winners and losers are sorted out. One of the benefits of relative strength is that typically the relative strength charts reveal these leadership changes long before they hit the headlines.

Source: Dorsey Wright, FXI is used as a proxy for China and EWJ is used as a proxy for Japan.

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