The End Of 2015 Is Near.
What is Your Investment Strategy?
By Larry C. Paxton
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August and September experienced a downward trend for a variety of reasons(see previous editions of this blog). October 2015 saw a significant reverse, and at the end of the month the stock exchanges were back at their mid-August levels, and appearing ready to climb even more in the upcoming months, even though economic indices continue to be somewhat mixed, overall moderate, and feeling fragile. There is a sense that investors are weary of that same economic news over and over again, and they are ready to step out. For example, the concern over when the Federal Reserve will raise its base interest rate from 0%, the stock market showed negative volatility. Now it seems that even though the economics have not changed much the markets have still moved up anticipating the interest rate move up and now feeling it is a positive sign. It will be interesting to see if this thought has some truth to it in the coming months.
In the following tables the stock price is for the close of trading on October 30th, Month % Chg is compared to September 30th, YTD % Chg is compared to December 31, 2014, and the 22 Mos % Chg is compared to December 31, 2013.
Table 1(S11): The PBR1000 Top 5 Month Stock Price % Gainers
Table 1 Summary: The range was +141.07% to -54.55%. 844 out of 1,044 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 80.84% of the companies tracked. The median was a gain of 7.12%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 10/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
22 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Watchers |
975 | WTW | 15.38 | +141.07 | -38.08 | -53.29 |
| Willbros Group |
868 | WG | 2.00 | +58.73 | -68.10 | -78.77 |
| Denbury Resources |
783 | DNR | 3.54 | +45.08 | -56.46 | -78.45 |
| Piedmont Natural Gas |
981 | PNY | 57.31 | +43.02 | +45.42 | +72.83 |
| Tronox |
929 | TROX | 6.21 | +42.11 | -73.99 | -73.08 |
Table 2(S12): The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +122.09% to -99.43%. 427 out of 1,040 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 41.06% of the companies tracked. The median was a loss of 4.22%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 10/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
22 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netflix |
442 | NFLX | 108.38 | +4.96 | +122.09 | +106.05 |
| Amazon.com |
30 | AMZN | 625.90 | +22.27 | +101.68 | +56.95 |
| Activision Blizzard |
533 | ATVI | 34.76 | +12.53 | +72.51 | +94.95 |
| Skechers USA |
793 | SKX | 31.20 | -30.19 | +69.38 | +182.16 |
| Global Payments |
711 | GPN | 136.41 | +18.90 | +68.97 | +109.89 |
Table 3(S13): The PBR1000 Top 5 22 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: Range was +260.33% to -99.86%. 574 out of 1,034 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 55.51% of the companies tracked. The median was a gain of 3.66%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 10/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
22 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Holdings |
805 | HA | 34.70 | +40.60 | +33.21 | +260.33 |
| Electronic Arts |
521 | EA | 72.07 | +6.38 | +62.48 | +214.17 |
| JetBlue |
425 | EA | 24.84 | -3.61 | +56.62 | +190.87 |
| Skechers USA |
793 | SKX | 31.20 | -30.19 | +69.38 | +182.61 |
| Southwest Airlines |
151 | LUV | 46.29 | +21.69 | +9.38 | +145.70 |
Table 4(S15): The PBR1000 Top 5 Market Capitalization
Table 4 Summary: Range was $666.66 billion to $0.00 billion. The average is $20.08 billion, median is $6.33 billion, out of 1,044 companies tracked.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Market Cap($B) 10/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
22 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple |
5 | AAPL | 666.66 | +5.99 | +2.97 | +32.06 |
| Alphabet |
44 | GOOGL | 488.82 | +17.20 | +36.89 | +30.56 |
| Microsoft |
27 | MSFT | 420.48 | +18.78 | +9.81 | +34.64 |
| ExxonMobil |
2 | XOM | 344.98 | +11.28 | -11.88 | -21.97 |
| Berkshire Hathaway |
4 | BRK.B | 337.08 | +4.31 | -6.78 | +15.04 |
| The PBR1000 |
20,964.21 | +7.74 | +0.54 | +9.74 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Index & Selected Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 10/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
22 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 71,852.57 | +6.94 | -1.00 | +9.36 |
| DJIA | 21,504.97 | +7.74 | +0.38 | +10.78 |
| NASDAQ | 5,053.75 | +9.38 | +6.71 | +21.00 |
| S&P500 | 2,079.36 | +8.30 | +0.99 | +12.50 |
| Gold | 1,141.40 | +2.35 | -3.67 | -5.07 |
| Silver | 15.57 | +7.23 | -0.19 | -19.62 |
| Oil | 46.59 | +3.33 | -12.54 | -48.91 |
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