According to Marketwatch an Apple a day keeps the value-stock buyers away. The popularity of Apple Inc. is propelling growth-stock portfolios and grating bargain-seeking investors who can’t take a bite of the stock. But that doesn’t rile John Buckingham, editor of the Prudent Speculator investment newsletter and manager of the Al Frank Fund VALUX -0.95% .
”History often shows that laggards become leaders,” Buckingham said. “I’d rather be focusing on things that haven’t performed well.” In searching for investments, Buckingham is focusing on five areas where he says the market offers good value:
1. Dive into dividends: Dividends are in demand — for good reason, Buckingham said. “Higher dividend-paying stocks have outperformed over the long term, and with lower volatility,” he noted. Large-cap stocks in particular are attractive, Buckingham added, and while that’s not a new idea or a contrarian one, he said it’s the right call at this time.
2. Go against the grain: European markets have rebounded sharply from the euro-zone debt crisis, but Buckingham said many stocks in the region are undervalued. Specifically, he’s bullish about banking company Credit Suisse Group AG CS -1.72% , oil major Total S.A. TOT -1.62% and Portugal Telecom PT -0.56% …….
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