Time to pick the wallflowers.

Examines value investing and suggests that the ugly ducklings of equities may be poised to turn into beautiful profitable swans. Why `value' stocks (those in the bottom quartile of the market as measured by their price in relation to book value) have not paid off in Canada since the start of the bull market in late 1990; Attention now being paid to cyclical companies; How papers, base metals and steels are now poised to recover; More.