So, this is what it’s come to.
The IBD 50 now includes a stock about 50% off its peak, a few utilities and a couple of real estate investment trusts.
That’s par for the course in a market that — albeit in an uptrend — continues to lack in growth leadership.
Instead, more predictable and safer stocks are cropping up on the IBD 50, displacing the chipmakers, biotechs and trendy retailers that last year characterized the screen.