Against a background of increasingly rosy forecasts of coordinated GDP growth around the world, investors have been piling into 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:industrial stocks, hoping to ride the crest of the economic wave. As a result, from a recent low on Nov. 15, the S&P 500 Industrial Select Sector Index (IXI)  surged by 9.5% through Feb. 16, compared to a 6.5% gain for the broader 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:S&P 500 Index (SPX) during the same period, . Big increases in earnings estimates have been driven by rising 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:commodities prices and the falling v🎐alue of the U.S. dollar, .

However, Julian Mitchell, an analyst at Barclays, believes that all the good news that has been propelling industrials is about to shift into reverse, and thus he gives the sector a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:neutral rating, per Barron's. However, he mentioned six industrials on which he has 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:overweight ratings, because they repre𓆉sent "t🌠ruly sustainable market themes," as Barron's puts it.

Barclays' Picks

These are Mitchell's six recommended industrial stocks, with their one-year and year-to-date 2018 price changes, as well as the future gains implied by the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:consensus 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:price targets🅠 on ea𓆏ch, per Barron's. As points of comparison, the one-year gain on the S&P 500 is 16.4%, and the YTD gain is 2.2%.

• Emerson Electric Co. (EMR): +17.9% 1-year, +4.7% YTD, +5.4% to target
• Honeywell International Inc. (HON): +23.7% 1-year, +0.4% YTD, +12.7% to target
• United Technologies Inc. (UTX): +15.3% 1-year, +1.3% YTD, +17.2% to target
• Ingersoll-Rand PLC (IR): +12.4% 1-year, +2.1% YTD, +14.3% to target
• Allegion PLC (ALLE): +12.9% 1-year, +4.0% YTD, +12.2% to target
• Danaher Corp. (DHR): +16.0% 1-year, +5.1% YTD, +9.9% to target

The two lesser-known members of this group are Allegion and Danaher. Allegion manufactures security-related products such as locks. Danaher derived 78% of its 2017 sales from its life scie🧸nces, medical diagnostics and dental segments, , and thus actually is in the S&P 500 health care secto𝓰r, .

Mitchell cites Emerson and Honeywell for their exposure to automation, United Technologies and Ingersoll-Rand for exposure to "buildings end-markets," while noting that Allegion and Danaher have been overlooked by investors recently since they did not get big benefits from tax reduction. Despite his neutral rating for the industrial sector, he expects profit margins to increase even in the face of rising inflation.

Goldman: Time for Cyclicals and Industrials

In fact, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is recommending 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:cyclical stocks, including industrials, as a group that typically benefits when inflation and interest rates are rising. Additionally, they note that, since 1976, industrials and 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:materials have been the two best-performing sectors in the three months following a non-recessionary stock market 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:correction of 10% or more. (For more, see also: 12 Stocks To Buy🎐 For Market's Upturn: Goldman Sachs.)

Also, industrials and 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:financials are Goldman's only overweight sectors right now. They forecast global GDP growth rates of 4.0% in 2018, 3.9% in 2019, and 3.8% in 2020. This is in line with the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:International Monetary Fund (IMF) projection of 3.9% growth in world output for both 2018 and 2019, per their January . Additionally, U.S.-based industrials should get an earnings boost from the falling U.S. dollar, which Goldman expects to decline by 2.0% on a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:trade-weighted basis in 2018, followed by further drops of 1.0% in 2019 and 1.2% in 2020, per their "Where to Invest Now: Year 2" report from late January. (For more, see also: ꦓ澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:10 Stocks That Can Outperform in 2018: Goldman.)

Apparently buoyed by these confidence-building GDP forecasts, Investopedia's millions of readers worldwide are registering low levels of concern about the global economy. However, they indicate extremely high anxiety regarding the securities markets, as measured by the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Investopedia Anxiety Index (IAI).