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Zacks.com featured highlights Inter Parfums, Marathon Petroleum and RLI

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Chicago, IL – May 3, 2023 – Stocks in this week’s article are Inter Parfums, Inc. IPAR, Marathon Petroleum Corp. MPC and RLI Corp. RLI.

3 Momentum Anomaly Picks as Markets Avert Another Financial Crisis

The equity market has witnessed intense volatility over the past couple of days as a relatively healthy earnings performance from hitherto reported companies was partially offset by the government’s seizure of First Republic Bank and its subsequent sale to JPMorgan Chase. The regional bank struggled with deposits falling more than 40% in the first quarter, triggering widespread fears of another lender biting the dust after the collapse of two other mid-sized banks.

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However, the frayed investor nerves were soothed as the U.S. regulators seized the mantle and asked big banks to submit final bids for the takeover. With JPMorgan emerging as the highest bidder for the weekend auction, it acquired all of the troubled lender’s deposits and a “substantial majority of assets” to strengthen its regional footprint.

Data from the March personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, a leading indicator of consumer inflation, revealed a 0.3% rise for the month, in line with broad-based expectations. Investors widely expect the Fed to raise the interest rate by a quarter percentage point one more time before holding it in the near term. The Fed also indicated earlier that there might be just another hike in the current year depending on the macroeconomic factors, as tightening credit conditions could put pressure on the economy.

With uncertainty becoming the norm of the day, investors often seek to employ time-tested winning strategies to fetch sustained profits. One of the most successful game plans to beat the blues is to bet on momentum stocks when value or growth investing fails to generate the desired profits.

This approach primarily tends to follow the adage, “the trend is your friend.” At its core, momentum investing is “buying high and selling higher.” It is based on the idea that once a stock establishes a trend, it is more likely to continue in that direction because of the momentum that is already behind it. But before we delve deep into it, let us try to fathom why does the momentum strategy at all work?

There are several behavioral biases that most investors exhibit in their decision-making. And these emotional responses, or rather mistakes, are the very reason that makes the momentum strategy work.

For example, some investors are anxious about booking losses and hence hold on to losing stocks for too long, hopeful of a rebound in prices. On the other hand, a few investors sell their winners way too early. Momentum investing is one of the best strategies to avoid making such errors in judgment.

Furthermore, investors initially tend to underreact to news, events or data releases. However, once things become clear, they have a habit of going with the flow and overreacting, causing dramatic price reactions. These behavioral problems extend trends, thus opening up huge opportunities for momentum players.

To sum up, momentum investing is a way to profit from the general human tendency to extrapolate current trends into the future. It is based on that gap in time before the mean reversion occurs, i.e., before prices become rational again.

In this context, stocks like Inter Parfums, Inc., Marathon Petroleum Corp. and RLI Corp. are worth betting on.

Momentum strategies have been known to be alpha-generative over a long period and across market stages. So, this strategy is quite tricky to implement, as detecting these trends is no child’s play.

Here, we have created a strategy to help investors get in on these fast movers and rake in handsome gains. Our screen will help you benefit from both long-term price momentum and a short-term pullback in price.

Here are three of the six stocks that made it through this screen:

Headquartered in New York, Inter Parfums is engaged in the manufacturing, distribution and marketing of a wide range of fragrances and related products. The company sells its products mainly through department stores, specialty stores, perfumeries, domestic and international wholesalers and distributors. Inter Parfum’s products are also sold through various Internet platforms. The stock has gained 87.3% in the past year but declined 3.2% in the past week. It has a Momentum Score of A.

Findlay, OH-based Marathon Petroleum is a leading independent refiner, transporter and marketer of petroleum products. The company, in its current form, came into existence following the 2011 spin-off of Houston, TX-based Marathon Oil Corporation’s refining/sales business into a separate, independent and publicly-traded entity. Marathon Petroleum’s stock has appreciated 32.2% in the past year but declined 3.2% in the past week. It has a Momentum Score of A.

Headquartered in Peoria, IL, RLI is a specialty property-casualty underwriter that caters primarily to niche markets through its main operating subsidiary, RLI Insurance Company. The company, founded in 1965, serves 50 states and the District of Columbia. The stock has rallied 23.7% in the past year but declined 2.5% in the past week. RLI has a Momentum Score of A.

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For the rest of this Screen of the Week article please visit Zacks.com at: https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2088047/3-momentum-anomaly-picks-as-markets-avert-another-financial-crisis

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