The Leuthold Group was formed in 1981 and is an independent, top-down, quantitative and contrarian institutional research shop based in Minneapolis, MN. We focus on market strategy, economic, and group and sector analysis and are affiliated with Weeden & Co., a Greenwich, CT based equities trading firm.
Led by recognized market analyst Steve Leuthold, our research is conducted by a staff of seven analysts. Our proprietary databases enable us to do studies not found at any other shop on or off of Wall Street. We pride ourselves on providing our clients unique insights and perspectives in a timely manner.
Our primary research publications are Perception for the Professional and Leuthold's Groups, both published at the start of each month. Perception for the Professional provides market commentary and analysis, opinion and special studies along with humorous insights that are a hallmark of The Leuthold Group. Leuthold's Groups provides statistical and graphical analysis of our work on over 130 sectors covering over 2,000 individual stock names.
In addition to our main research products, we produce a number of specialized research pieces on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. Weekly productions include the Supply/Demand Flash Report, tracking fund flows of the equity and fixed income markets, the Major Trend Index Summary, which updates our proprietary multi-factor model, and GroupWatch, a snapshot of current group performance. Mid-month production includes Inflation Watch, REIT Beat, and The Numbers Game, a quantitative screen of topics such as earnings disappointments, cheap valuations and style-specific equities. Benchmarks - produced quarterly - contains historic data in graphical form on a wide variety of topics. Lastly, our In Focus special studies series examines topics of interest on an as needed basis. Recent topics have included deflation, turnover of the "top" U.S. companies and how long it has taken the market to recover from past bear markets.
