On Sunday, I wrote an article in my Trading Places blog at StockCharts, "December Historical Tendencies Tell Us This Could Be A Stock Picker's Month".
It provided a number of historical, or seasonal, tendencies that we should all at least be aware of, so please check it out, if you haven't already. One piece of the article discussed that value stocks tend to perform better than growth stocks throughout Q4, but especially during the month of December.
I didn't mention it in the article, but real estate stocks LOVE December. One of the stocks on our Top 20 December stocks that I provided to EarningsBeats.com members a few days ago is Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (ARE). ARE has risen during 15 of the last 20 Decembers and has averaged outperforming the S&P 500 by 4 percentage points over that same 20-year period. ARE is now trending higher and appears poised technically for a further advance, though we might be able to benefit from any short-term weakness:
Enter Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE):
ARE pays a hefty $4.72 dividend annually (3.09% annual dividend yield), providing additional value to a stock that has broken its downtrend and is a leader among its industrial & office REITs ($DJUSIO). It's been a solid buy recently on 20-day EMA tests, so you might keep an eye on that key moving average.
We just concluded a month where our Top 20 November stocks averaged gaining 11.15%, more than doubling the S&P 500's 5.56% return. It you'd like a copy of our entire December Seasonality Report, including our Top 20 stocks, start your 30-day FREE trial today!
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Happy Trading!Tom BowleyChief Market StrategistEarningsBeats.comBetter Timing. Better Trades. |