Stock #2: Quiksilver (ZQK)

Posted May 30th 2009 1:00PM by Jamie Dlugosch
Filed under: Stocks to Buy

Stock #2: Quicksilver (ZQK) If you're going to the beach this summer, chances are you'll bring a swimsuit with you. Last summer, with the recession beginning and the credit crisis just unfolding, consumers held off on updating their wardrobe. This summer, those two-year-old duds will not do.

One of my favorite beachwear names is Quiksilver (NYSE: ZQK). This ultra-hip name will provide beach goers with an instant upgrade. My bet is that sales will increase this summer from previously anemic levels.

ZQK stock is on life support, but a quick change in consumer sentiment will do wonders for shares of this stock.

I would be a buyer of ZQK before summer heats up.

And while I'm confident about the prospects of this consumer stock, here are five consumer stocks to sell now.

Up next: Stock #3.

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