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From Los Angeles Times

Our investment teams are excited about the consumer discretionary sector versus consumer staples because of that.

From Barron's

“If you look at the multiples people are paying for a broad index such as the S&P 500 versus the equal-weight indexes, it tells you there is a better risk/reward ratio for some of the companies that people haven’t paid as much attention to,” she says.

From Barron's

We see earnings per share growing significantly faster than Wall Street estimates, at 13% versus the 9% consensus.

From Barron's

That’s 30% below the S&P 500’s just over 22 times, a steeper discount versus the 16.3% average over the past decade, according to our calculations of FactSet data.

From Barron's