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Small Cap Gains: 2 IPOs the Entire Market Should Be Watching

by Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist
Senior Analyst, The Oxford Club

Write this date (Feb. 11)… and these new IPO tickers down (OGAR and MJN).

Last week, we got the most bullish indicator for a small-cap rally yet. However, most investors didn’t catch it. And it received scant attention in the financial press, too.

But ignoring it could be a big mistake, as it could usher in the first round of sizeable small cap gains (50% or more). And I certainly don’t want you to miss out, so let me bring you up to speed… Read more…

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Small Caps: It’s Time to Think Small

by Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist
Associate Investment Director, The Oxford Club
Wednesday, November 19, 2008: Issue #888

Over one million jobs vanished this year. Retail sales cratered for the eleventh consecutive month. Auto sales, and for that matter automakers, are headed for the junkyard. And there’s no sign of consumer confidence anywhere.

It’s not official yet. Apparently the committee of “esteemed” economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) doesn’t get paid for timeliness. But the statistics don’t lie… we’re in a recession.

And that’s got me giddier than an Obama supporter scoring an inauguration ticket. That’s right. I’m actually glad the economic data stinks. Because when a recession is here, a small-cap rally isn’t far behind.

Accordingly, I’m loading up on small caps in my own portfolio. I suggest you do the same, instead of joining the lemmings piling into Treasuries.

If you’re reluctant and afraid small caps are too risky, chew on this:

In the year following the six major bear markets of the last century, small cap stocks soared an average of 82%, according to Ibbotson Associates.

If the prospect of an 82% gain doesn’t excite you in these trying markets, check your pulse. If it does, read on…

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