For almost three years there has been one recurring simple strategy to outperforming the market [3] - find the worst company you can, and buy its stock with both hands and feet... As we have discussed numerous times, the massive outperformance of "weak balance sheet" companies over "strong balance sheet" companie [4]s - the absolute sign of a massive mal-investment boom - has been a straight line to profits with hardly a hiccup since the Fed unleashed QE2. However, the last week or so, as geopolitical risks rise and it appears ever more likely that the Fed's free money pipe will dry up, the dash-for-trash has reversed.
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The last 5 days saw "strong" companies outperform "weak" companies by the most in 3 years - something appears to be changing.
