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The Grand Delusion Rally by Randall W. Forsyth (Barron's) on 04/07/08

1 pt	Consumer Discretionary Sector Strong, Consumer Staples and Financials Weak
	Apr 07, 2008 04:37 PM UTC

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4/6 - "...the Consumer Discretionary sector is in an attractive bottoming process while its more defensive counterpart, Consumer Staples, has recently been faltering after outperforming since October. While Consumer Discretionary stocks are showing signs of a bottom, Financials remain in their downtrend."

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