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The FDI portfolio of 28 stocks gained 0.51% this week. Two of our top performers are both in the chemicals business: LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB +5.96%) and Kronos Worldwide (KRO +4.51%). Insurance adjuster Crawford & Co. (CRD.B +5.03%) was also up more than 5% on the week.

The late afternoon weakness may have been traders simply closing positions ahead of the long weekend, yet the persistent selling into rallies approaching critical resistance points cannot be ignored.

Following the significant rally that saw the S&P 500 surge 11% between March 14 and March 29, the equity market has reversed course once again with the weakness that materialized in the final days of the month continuing so far in April. As a result, all of the major market averages are in the [...]

Last week’s upside breakout has proven to be false, but this week the bears couldn’t sustain a break-down either. We are still awaiting a strong breakout move, probably to the downside.

AVD was a good recommendation, gaining about 28% in its 10 months on the Master Buy List. And it looks even better when compared to the performance of the S&P 500, which is up less than 4% over the same span. We recommended AVD last June because we believed the stock’s more than 20% drop over [...]

If we earn the dividend, and if CAG closes above $36 at expiration on May 20, we will earn $1.1625 per share on $35.15 at risk, or 3.3%. Over 36 days, the annualized return would be 33.5%.