Numerous 52-Weeks Highs, But Still Lots of Laggards

Illumina (ILMN), Level 3 Communications (LVLT), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KT0S) and Facebook (FB) all hit new 52-week highs yesterday (02013.09.11). Bruker (BRKR) missed making a new 52-week high by four cents. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) hit a new 52-week high during yesterday's yesterday (02013.09.10). Google (GOOG), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Yahoo! (YHOO) are all less than 5% away from their 52-week highs. Despite all this good news, the GDT::Portfolio isn't taking off because the second and third tier stocks such as Nanosphere (NSPH), Spire (SPIR), NeuroMetrix (NURO), StemCells (STEM), Aastrom Biosciences (ASTM), Altair Nanotechnologies (ALTI) and Mace Security Intl. (MACE), are still well below their 52-week highs.