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Argus has published its latest Portfolio Selector, which features its popular Focus List. Each month, Director of Research Jim Kelleher, CFA, surveys the team of Argus Research industry analysts for their timeliest recommendations out of the company's fundamental universe of approximately 500 stocks. The Focus List typically includes 30 stocks: turnover is high, as Jim typically adds three or four new stocks per month. Below are the latest additions, all of which are rated BUY at Argus.

Well that was quite a four-day stretch in the stock market. Yet the rally started Tuesday, a day before we knew the election results. Of interest, an anonymous bettor was originally projected to have made $48 million (but blockchain data from Chainalysis says the profit was closer to $84 million) on an election bet placed on the crypto-based trading platform Polymarket. For the four days, the S&P 500 (SPX) and S&P 100 popped 5%, the Nasdaq and the S&P 400 rocketed 6%, and the QQQs added 5.8%. The big winners were the small caps, with the S&P 600 (SML) and Russell 2000 (IWM) each up more than 8%. The SML (1508) made an all-time high (ATH), exceeding its previous ATH from November 2021 and completing a large and complex cup-with-handle formation. Based on the depth and length of the bullish pattern, SML could see initial measured moves to 1,765-1,900, and possibly much more. Using a monthly logarithmic chart, a trendline formed off the peaks in 1998, 2006, and touched in 2007, 2018, and 2021, is estimated to come in at over 2,000. The four-day SPX sector performance was broad, led by Consumer Discretionary (+8%); Financial, Industrials, Information Technology (+6%); Energy (+5%); and Communication Services (+4%). For the near term, and with the big round psychological number of 6,000 in sight for SPX (exceeded intraday Friday) and 20,000 for the Nasdaq and NYSE, a pause/pullback may come soon. Or maybe the bull just continues to run over the bears. A blow-off move to the upside is not out of the question. (Mark Arbeter, CMT)

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