This week, Zacks Chief Equity Strategist and Economist John Blank, PhD discusses:

• A follow-up to his recent “Portfolio Insights Delivered by Top Consumer Stocks” video. This week, John continues this portfolio management theme using top stocks in the Medical sector, in comparison to stocks in three other market sectors—Consumer Discretionary, and Consumer Staples, and Retail-Wholesale.

• John uses three criteria to find and to analyze top stocks in Medical (and the other sectors): market capitalization; the maximum number of analysts following the stock; and the largest one-month change in F1 estimates. By comparing metrics for stocks using various criteria, and also looking at differing weights for these stocks in a portfolio, he demonstrates how insights can be revealed to optimize performance, reduce risk, and more.

• John offers return analyses of various hypothetical Medical stock portfolios, and how they compare with other sectors. In addition, John provides a two-part Zacks Rank analysis, first using a trend EPS growth variable, followed by a standardized unexpected earnings variable. Don’t miss this interesting and helpful portfolio management webinar.