Ranking Stock Market Sectors by Their Potential for
Investment Return

Global Insight's Stock Sector Rotation Strategy utilizes Global Insight's expert macroeconomic and industry analysis and forecasts to provide fundamental forward-looking metrics for security valuation – such as sector profits, dividends, and free cash flow – to calculate and rank the sectors that have the highest potential for total return in the United States and EMU, as well as worldwide.

Our Sector Rotation Strategy is produced as part of Global Insight's World Industry Service's Stock Sector Benchmarks and is designed to assist asset managers in identifying the most profitable sectors for investment in the U.S. and international stock markets. Quarterly updates to the forecasts and recommended strategy are provided to our clients as part of our World Industry Service Stock Sector Benchmarks.

U.S. Stock Market Sectors with the strongest potential over the next 12 months: Healthcare and Consumer Staples
Currently, the healthcare, consumer staples, and select sectors of industrials hold the most promise for U.S. stock market investors over the next 12 months. The sectors with the worst investment potential are predicted to be energy, materials, telecommunication services and financials, particularly real estate and banking.

Related Material:
Press Release - 30 April 2008

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