Consumer Defensive Stocks Based on Genetic Algorithms: Returns up to 2.88% in 7 Days

Consumer Defensive Stocks

This Conservative Stock forecast is part of the Risk-Conscious Package, as one of I Know First’s quantitative investment solutions. We determine our best consumer defensive stocks by screening our database daily for lower volatility stocks that are less risky. The full Risk-Conscious Package includes a daily forecast for a total of 40 stocks divided into four main categories:

  • Top 10 Conservative stocks for the long position
  • Top 10 Conservative stocks for the short position
  • Top 10 Aggressive stocks for the long position
  • Top 10 Aggressive stocks for the short position

Risk Conscious stocks
Package Name: Conservative Stock Forecast
Recommended Positions: Long
Forecast Length: 7 Days (7/21/2020 – 7/28/2020)
I Know First Average: 1.11%
Consumer Defensive Stocks
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I Know First’s State of the Art Algorithm accurately forecasted 9 out of 10 trades in this Conservative Stock Forecast Package for the 7 Days time period. VZ was the top performing prediction with a return of 2.88%. JHS and FXE also performed well for this time horizon with returns of 2.82% and 2.3%, respectively. The package itself saw an overall return of 1.11%, providing investors with a 2.14% premium above the S&P 500’s return of -1.03% for the same time period.

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), through its subsidiaries, provides communications, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental agencies worldwide. Its Wireless segment offers wireless voice and data services; messaging services; wireless Internet access services on notebook computers and tablets; multimedia access services; business-focused services; location-based services; global data services; home phone connect services; high-speed Internet service; and network access and value added services to support wireless connections for the Internet of Things (IoT). This segment also provides IoT services that support devices used in health monitoring, education, manufacturing, utilities, distribution, and consumer products markets, as well as offers wireless devices, including smartphones and basic phones, tablets, and other Internet access devices. As of December 31, 2015, it had 112.1 million retail connections. The company’s Wireline segment provides high-speed Internet, Fios Internet, and Fios video services; voice services, such as local exchange, regional and long distance calling, and voice messaging services, as well as VoIP services; network products and solutions comprising private Internet protocol (IP), public Internet, Ethernet, and optical networking services; IT infrastructure services, including collocation and managed hosting; cloud services, such as computing, storage, backup, recovery, and application platforms; and business communications services. This segment also offers IoT services; data security services; voice and data services; and data, voice, local dial tone, and broadband services primarily to local, long distance, and other carriers. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) was founded in 1983 and is based in New York, New York.

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