Homebuilding, technology and health care did more to hurt portfolios than help this year, but they may well emerge as the sleeper stocks of 2007.
As money managers start identifying their best prospects in equities for next year, these laggards of 2006 are topping many “must-revisit” lists. Fund managers see them offering opportunity for outperformance as conditions in their sectors show some of the best the potential for improvement.
