What Stocks Are Prospering In these Sluggish Times?

03/02/09 Categories: Stock Investing and Investments

Obama & Bernanke Say the Recovery Will Be Slow, yet That is Good for These Stocks!

It’s no secret that credit is tight right now and loans are hard to come by. It’s also no secret that car sales are diving off across the board. In fact, it’s been no respecter of persons. It’s punished Detroit as well as the Japanese auto makers a like.

Not only has this been a credit issue but it’s been a “jobs” issue as well. The unemployment rate has grown so much lately (currently 7.6%), that either you’ve lost your job or you know someone who has. This frightens the employed and hinders the unemployed from new purchases. So both parties hold back in new “big ticket” purchases.

This has been a night mare so horrid for the auto industry that unless the government bailed them out, we probably wouldn’t have an auto industry left. That would be sad since (as Obama put it last night) we invented the automobile. (Did the US really invent the automobile?)

However, there is a bright spot in all of this for the investor to consider. If you and I are holding on to our cars longer and we’re not making any new purchases, then we are more likely to repair the ones we’ve got in order to make them last longer.

Therefore, this has caused the auto parts industry to soar recently, as Americans all over the place repair their vehicles rather than get new ones.

3 Auto Parts Stocks That Are Flying High Right Now!

So with that thought in mind, I’d encourage you to look into a few auto parts stocks like:

O’ Reilly Automotive (ORLY)
AutoZone Inc (AZO)
Advance Auto Parts Inc (AAP)

O’ Reilly and AutoZone have both recently knocked out 52 week highs and Advance Auto Parts has started a recent uptrend since last October. How many companies can boast that? Not many. So that’s why I wanted to point these out.

In fact, check out the chart below. AutoZone is on top. O’Reilly is the middle chart and Advance Auto is the bottom chart.

These Stocks are Thriving in this Recession!

auto stocks, chart, autozone

As we heard from Obama’s speech last night, the recovery will be gradual and slow. It will not happen quickly. Knowing this, there’s a great chance that individuals and corporations alike may be repairing their cars and “fleet” instead of new purchases until we get out of this recessionary slump.

Bernanke told us yesterday that it may take until the end of 2009 or into 2010 until the recession has ended and we’re out of the woods. Therefore, these stocks could still “have legs” for quite some time knowing that things aren’t getting better tomorrow. So since things aren’t getting better in the short run, investors might as well seize the opportunity to help their ailing portfolios by buying companies that are prospering NOW.

There are other industries and companies that are doing well in these tough economic times. We go over things like this in more detail in our online investing course. To get more information about this online course, click here. It's only $25.

Stock investing may be as difficult as ever right now, but there are always opportunities. You just have to work hard to find stocks that are and will be prospering.

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