Date updated:02-08-2007
"Even bullish investors must be starting to wonder how much longer the stock market can maintain its vigor as oil price rallies alternate with corrections and as observers wonder how the Federal Reserve will resolve the tug-of-war between economic sluggishness, especially in the housing arena, and latent inflationary pressures."
The debate is sure to induce many to approach the topic of diversification. You can approach it in a number of ways including systematically (defensive sectors) or statistically (correlation with the indices). This portfolio consists of 15 stocks with low betas, low correlations to benchmarks, are top ranked for performance and experienced an increase in analyst bullishness over last quarter.

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EXAC
Exactech - $17.06
- +2.03%
- $16.64
Orthopedic implant devices, including knee, hip, shoulder and ankle joint replacement systems; bone allograft materials; surgical instrumentation, and bone cement and accessories, primarily used by medical specialists for musculoskeletal surgical procedures.

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MM
Mm - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
A full-service metals recycler with approximately 50 domestic recycling facilities located in 16 states. It collects industrial scrap metal and obsolete scrap metal, processes it into reusable forms and supplies the recycled scrap metals to customers, including electric-arc furnace mills, integrated steel mills, foundries, secondary smelters and metal brokers.

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SRDX
Surmodics - $24.42
- +0.95%
- $24.28
Provider of surface modification and drug delivery technologies to the healthcare industry. The Company’s technologies are utilized by ts medical device customers to either alter the characteristics of the surfaces of devices and biological materials or create new functions for the surfaces of the devices.

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CHK
Chesapeake Energy - $24.22
- -2.42%
- $24.42
Oil and natural gas exploration and production company.

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FDX
Fedex Corp - $77.12
- +2.83%
- $74.45
FedEx Express is an express transportation company, offering time-certain delivery within one to three business days; FedEx Ground provides small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Freight provides of regional next-day and second-day and interregional less-than-truckload (LTL) freight services, and FedEx Kinko’s provides of document solutions and business services.

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MATW
Matthews Internat - $37.31
- +0.11%
- $36.59
Memorialization products consist of bronze memorials and memorialization products, caskets and cremation equipment for the cemetery and funeral home industries. Brand solutions include graphics imaging products and services, merchandising solutions and marking products.

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RESP
Resp - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
Medical devices used primarily for the treatment of patients suffering from sleep and respiratory disorders.

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RAVN
Raven Industries - $25.31
- -0.78%
- $25.27
An industrial manufacturer providing a variety of products through four business segments. Electronic Systems Division, Flow Controls Division, Engineered Films Division, Aerostar.
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compete with CERNER on putting in big
medical records systems into hospitals.
I believe the industry is going to
consolidate as well.
A. The only one I own : SLX,
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03/14/2007 01:10 AM CDT Asked by mock portfolio
great idea...
12/09/2006 06:19 AM CST Asked by Alligator Investor
These stocks may do very well, but most of them actually have high betas. Check the betas given by your source against this one, which I believe is accurate:
http://marketrac.nyse.com/Light/