The Market Next Week

  • December 27, 2002
  • Vincent Mao

The following
is TradingMarkets.com’s synopsis for
the market next week. Included are our Stock Scanner standouts, upcoming IPOs,
stock splits and upcoming economic events — all of which may impact traders in
the coming week.

Stock Scanner Standouts:

The following stocks are the highest rated combinations of relative strength
and earnings over three different time periods as found in the

TradingMarkets.com Stock Scanner.

These are not recommendations to
buy or sell. Also, please remember to use protective stops on any positions.

12 mo RS of 96 and higher and EPR 96 and higher:

None

6 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher

None

3 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher

None

Upcoming IPOs for the Week of December
30
– January 3.

None

For more information,
please visit our IPO
Calendar.


Scheduled Stock Splits for the Week of December 30
– January 3.


Company
Symbol
Ratio
Payable
Ex Date
Murphy
Oil
(
MUR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)		 2-1 December 30 December 31
Pacfic
Sunwear
(
PSUN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)		 3-2 December 30 December 31
Pegasus
Communications
(
PGTV |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)		 1-10 December 30  December 31
Independent
Bank
(
IBCP |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)		 3-2 December 31 January 02

Need more splits
information? Click
here.


Upcoming Economic Events for the Week of December 30 – January 3.


Date
Time (ET)


Release


For
Consensus
Prior
Jan. 02 12:00 Auto Sales Dec. 5.8M 5.6M
Jan. 02 12:00 Truck Sales Dec. 7.3M 7.0M
Jan. 02 08:30 Initial Claims 12/28 384K 378K
Jan. 02 10:00 ISM Index  Dec. 50.2 49.2
Jan. 03 10:00 Construction Spending Nov. 0.1% 0.3%

Have a great weekend,

Vincent