Stocks That Tend To Perform Well In February

Joseph Krueger submits: The recent market volatility has really beaten down some biotech stocks. With the S&P, Dow, NASDAQ, and Russell 2000 down close to 5%, with some wild swings, the selling had been vicious. It seems that biotech stocks have taken a disproportional beating over this same period, shedding their aggressive gains seen in the first few months of this year in a very short time.

In her hospital bed recovering from a hysterectomy, one of the first things a 40-year-old patient told her husband was that an anesthesiologist had forced her to perform oral sex, a Superior Court judge heard Wednesday. Testifying at the sexual assault trial of Toronto anesthesiologist George Doodnaught, the victim’s husband recalled details of their conversation in February 2010, just hours after his wife’s surgery.

James Cordier submits:As I watched stocks collapse to new 2010 lows last week, I was amused to observe all of the TV “analysts” from daytime fund managers to nighttime TV stars talk about which stocks are at good “value” levels now and where you should be buying. Buy low and sell high. It all seems so 1990’s in today’s investment environment. Buy low and sell high only works if asset values are moving up.

By Insider Monkey: Mega-cap companies are those that have market caps over $200 billion. Investors love these stocks because companies that big tend to know how to do business. They also tend to have relatively stable growth and, in spite of their large sizes, tend to have strong upside. We like the technology and energy sectors the most. We think technology stocks are undervalued overall, and we like energy stocks because they are still in a bull market, yet the valuations are still cheap.

By John Nyaradi: By John Nyaradi Bond market flashes warning signal to stocks and only one of these asset classes can be right. As everyone knows, the bond market and the stock market tend to move inversely to each other. As stocks rise, bond prices fall and bond yields rise. As stock market prices fall, bond market prices rise and bond market yields falls.

By Michael Johnston: By Daniela Pylypczak The ETF industry continues to steam ahead with February showing high levels of activity on the product development front. After a busy January, this month also saw the debut of a number of first-to-market products as well as several long-anticipated funds from both large and small issuers, making the total count for new launches in February 37: New ETFs New exchange-traded products that began trading in February include:

ChartProphet submit: Gold prices have set considerable new highs since late 2010, but the gold miners continue to lag behind.