“We do think the market overall is likely undervalued,” Cohen, 57, said on Bloomberg Radio. “The recession is over and has been over for several months. Not every sector recovers at the same pace. We’d be looking in some of those areas focusing on economic improvement.”
Cohen said technology shares and commodities producers are attractive because of the prospects for revenue growth and improved demand. The industries have both gained 77 percent since the S&P 500 dropped to a 12-year low on March 9, 2009.
The top-ranked strategist in Institutional Investor’s surveys in 1998 and 1999, Cohen stayed bullish on computer- related stocks for too long as the S&P 500 suffered a bear market from March 2000 to October 2002. She said in October 2000 that technology stocks would be a good investment in 2001. The S&P 500 Information Technology Index then tumbled 26 percent.
To wit: On a CNBC appearance in March 2008, she predicted S&P 500 at 1550 by end 2008, In an August 10, 2007 appearance on CNBC the Oracle of nothing predicted the S&P 500 would rally to 1,600 by December; In December 2007 A. Joseph predicted the S&P 500 index would reach 1,675 in 2008 (the S&P 500 traded to less than half, or 741.02, in November 2008).
“We do think the market overall is likely undervalued,” Cohen, 57, said on Bloomberg Radio. “The recession is over and has been over for several months. Not every sector recovers at the same pace. ...
ppteam 发表于 2010-2-17 23:23