A Baker's Dozen Of Top Value Stocks For 2012

For better or for worse, as investors we are generally suckers for a good stock recommendation. Trouble is, we frequently end up getting suckered by that very same “sure thing.” Well, doing one’s own due diligence is a reasonable antidote for bad counsel. On the other hand, what about those rare cases when the due diligence behind the proffered equities has effectively been done? And taking it all a step further, what if there happens to be a track record to support the recommended stocks?

Well, you just might find yourself with some “portfolio-worthy” stock picks. And, in the case of Sabrient Systems Baker’s Dozen, you’d end up with a basket of stocks that have managed to outperform the benchmark S&P 500 (SPX) to the tune of 36%, 21% and 7.3%, respectively, over the last three years.

Not bad for a baker, a banker, a candlestick maker or just about anyone else, for that matter.

Sabrient, a Santa Barbara-based boutique research firm that is about as far away from Wall Street as you can get while still being within the continental United States, released its 2012 stock picks in a live webcast back on January 5th. The picks, chosen by Sabrient’s founder and Chief Market Strategist David Brown, were gleaned from the firm’s quantitative models, with an assist from Gradient Analytics, the firm’s qualitative division.

So now the question is, can the company extend its streak of profitable prognostications? Well, if the horse out of the gate serves as any...

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