5 PowerRatings Stocks for the Next 5 Days: PRU, WFMI, LPL, MGIC, MELI
Stocks pulled back on Wednesday, as traders took profits from the strong rally of the previous day.
Essentially, the markets have been trading in a range since mid-month, when the markets sold off in the wake of a push toward the 200-day moving average (in the S&P 500 and Dow industrials) that bought the markets to their most overbought levels in more than a month. While the Nasdaq has climbed above its 200-day, it too has been mostly range-bound.
Nevertheless, Wednesday’s sell-off helped bring a few more stocks into oversold territory above the 200-day, and among these are a number of high PowerRatings stocks that short term traders looking for short term pullbacks should keep an eye on over the next few days.
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All 5 stocks in today’s report have PowerRatings of 8 or 9. Our rating system rates stocks on a scale of 1 to 10, with the highest rated stocks having outperformed the average stock by a margin of more than 14 to 1 after five days. This is based on our testing of thousands of simulated stock trades since 1995, including 2008.
Prudential Financial [PRU] PowerRating of 9. Selling off for three out of the past five days, shares of PRU were down more than 2% on Wednesday. The stock only recently (early May) climbed above its 200-day moving average.
Whole Foods Markets [WFMI] PowerRating of 8. The stock has closed lower for three out of the past four days and has a 2-period RSI of less than 11. WFMI has been trading above its 200-day moving average since mid-March.
LG Display Company [LPL]. PowerRating of 8. Shares of LPL have broken down from a largely sideways consolidation above the 200-day moving average. This move lower has brought the 2-period RSI down to less than 8.
MGIC Investments [MGIC] PowerRating of 8. Also consolidating shortly after rallying above its 200-day moving average were shares of MGIC Investments [MTG], which were down another 5% on Tuesday.
Mercadolibre [MELI] PowerRating of 8. Shares of MELI slid by nearly 9% on Wednesday, helping make the stock the most oversold in today’s report with a 2-period RSI of less than 3.
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