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Finally, trends do matter, but only when they're big and lasting. All those shipping companies that did so well in 2007 don't make the cut once the time frame is a decade. But an aging population and increasing demand for health care - that's one shift that's here to stay. Among the top 200 are nearly three dozen companies that sell products and services to the sick and dying, from Gilead Sciences, a biotechnology outfit, to Quest Diagnostics, which administers blood and other laboratory tests, to Ventas, a real estate investment trust that manages hospitals and nursing...
...easy to pick a stock that will earn you a stand-out return in a single year. Well, okay, maybe not "easy," but with just 12 months as a scorecard, there's a lot in the world that can put the wind at a company's back. In 2007, shipping companies had a fantastic year, thanks to a boom in commodities. In 2008, deep-discount retailers saw a major rally, in no small part because consumers were spooked by the financial crisis. (See the top stocks of the decade...
That doesn't mean it's impossible to do well in an industry with oodles of competition - just that if you're going to play that game, you'd better know your customer pretty well. Consider retail. The stores that make the list are all super-focused on what they sell. Chico's is for comfortable women's clothing. Gymboree is to dress your kids. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers is for men's suits and dress shirts. And PetMed Express is to order your dog's prescription online. Department stores, big-box discounters and generalist web sites - retailers that...
...value, such as TJ Maxx, Kohl's Corp., Aeropostale, Children's Place, the Gap and Old Navy, have fared the best this holiday season and will likely resort to shallower discounts in the last two shopping days, says Jaffe. Best Buy, J. Crew and UrbanOutfitters have also performed well and are therefore unlikely to stray beyond planned promotions this week, he says...
...found a very strong correlation between income equality and societal well-being. Why had no one spotted it before? KP: We and other researchers had noticed this trend. But the field was splintered - people looked at only health, or only crime. We've brought it together. Treating the 50 United States as separate countries and then comparing them really strengthened the evidence...