Best Basic Materials Stocks

This Best Basic Materials Stocks forecast is designed for investors and analysts who need daily stock market predictions of the best-performing stocks for the whole Basic Industry (see Basic Industry Stocks Package). It includes 20 stocks with bullish and bearish signals and indicates the best basic industry stocks to buy based on artificial intelligence:

• Top 10 Best Basic Materials Stocks for the long position
• Top 10 Best Basic Materials Stocks for the short position

Package Name: Basic Industry Forecast
Recommended Positions: Long
Forecast Length: 1 Year (9/1/20 – 9/1/21)
I Know First Average: 38.34%

During the 1 Year forecasted period several picks in the Basic Industry Forecast Package saw significant returns. The algorithm had correctly predicted 10 out 10 returns. ASGN was the highest-earning trade with a return of 57.14% in 1 Year. Additional high returns came from BECN and AIMC, at 51.23% and 50.37% respectively. The Basic Industry Forecast package had an overall average return of 38.34%, providing investors with a premium of 9.09% over the S&P 500’s return of 29.25%.

On Assignment, Inc. (ASGN) provides professionals for contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire assignments primarily in the United States, Europe, and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Apex and Oxford. The Apex segment offers technical, scientific, and creative professionals for contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placement positions to Fortune 1000 and mid-market clients; IT operations professionals comprising IT infrastructure, application development, project management, and healthcare IT professionals; and creative, marketing, advertising, and digital professionals. It also provides contract and permanent life science professionals, which includes chemists, clinical research associates, clinical lab assistants, engineers, biologists, biochemists, microbiologists, molecular biologists, biostatisticians, drug safety specialists, SAS programmers, medical writers, food scientists, regulatory affairs specialists, lab assistants, and other skilled scientific professionals. This segment offers staffing and services support for companies from various industries, including technology, financial services, healthcare, business services, telecommunications, government services, consumer, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, personal care, chemical, medical device, automotive, municipal, education, and environmental industries. The Oxford segment recruits and delivers experienced IT, engineering, and regulatory and compliance consultants to clients for temporary assignments; provides permanent placements in engineering, technology, sales, executive, financial, accounting, scientific, legal, and operations positions; and offers locally-based contract and permanent life science professionals to clients in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, personal care, chemical, medical device, automotive, municipal, education and environmental industries. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California.

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Algorithmic Stock Forecast: The table on the left is a stock forecast produced by I Know First’s algorithm. Each day, subscribers receive forecasts for six different time horizons. Note that the top 10 stocks in the 1-month forecast may be different than those in the 1-year forecast. In the included table, only the relevant stocks have been included. The boxes are arranged according to their respective signal and predictability values (see below for detailed definitions). A green box represents a positive forecast, suggesting a long position, while a red represents a negative forecast, suggesting a short position.

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