Wednesday’s Top Names

For nearly the past
month
, this market has been tenacious and today was no different. In
the face of a number of analyst downgrades attributed to valuation concerns and
a weak semiconductor sector, the market enjoyed another winning session that saw
the indices close near their best levels of the day.

Strong Sectors: aerospace, tobacco,
biotech, apparel, oil, auto, drug, chemicals, cons. goods

Weak Sectors: managed care, rubber, health care facilities, footwear,
wireless service, homebuilding, comp. hardware, electronics retailers, chip,
chip equip., steel

Wednesday’s Stocks To Watch:

3 Month RS of 80 and higher and close in top

part of

range

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

American Pharmaceutical Partners


(
APPX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

91

20.95

404,700

853,158

Black Box


(
BBOX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

91

46.61

423,800

445,204

Itron


(
ITRI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

91 23.40
335,100

328,480

QLogic


(
QLGC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

95

40.81

16,512,200

28,365,927

3 Month RS of 30 or lower

and close in bottom part of range

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

The Chubb Corp.

[CB|CB}

23

56.13

1,790,900

1,117,800

City Natl Corp.


(
CYN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

18

44.77

350,500

287,600

First
health Group


(
FHCC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

23 25.20
635,800

670,080

Henry Shein


(
HSIC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

26

46.43

491,200

2,161,936

3 Month RS of 80

and higher with volume surge in last hour

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Comcast Corp


(
CMCSK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

90

26.24

11,193,400

12,850,553

Fossil


(
FOSL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

86

21.65

336,700

260,008

National Instruments


(
NATI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

89

32.16

420,000

509,528

Tech Data


(
TECD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

81

37.11

788,200

1,441,814

3 Month RS of 30 and lower with volume surge in last hour

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Investment Tec


(
ITG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

22

29.39

399,300

1,011,000

U.S. Freightways


(
USFC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

28

29.60

300,500

161,115

Stocks in Slim Jims

High RS at

or near high

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Boston Scientific


(
BSX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

96

40.12

2,774,800

3,064,100

Kronos


(
KRON |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

90

39.70

294,300

447,856

PEC Solutions


(
PECS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

92

35.25

349,700

560,652

Low RS at

or near low

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume


Investment TEC


(
ITG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

22

29.39


399,300

1,011,000
Valassis Comm.


(
VCI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

5

25.69

488,200 556,200