Some potential studies for this weekend …

Dirty Dozen

I’ve been looking back over some previous “Dirty Dozens” and the anecdotal results we’ve seen over the last several months and it appears to be compelling — at least anecdotally. The recent price bump in Copa Holdings (CPA) is a case in point among many as I was updating the various “cases.”

It probably makes sense to shop among the stocks with the most perception of upside (think rhino sentiment) while continuing to shop among the higher-quality companies.

In that spirit, here is a current Dirty Dozen that is formed by ranking the highest total return expectation based on analyst consensus expectations (ACE, Source:finance.yahoo.com).