The Market Next Week

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


Company Name


Symbol


Industry Group


1-Yr-High


Open


High


Low


Close


Hollywood Entertainment



(
HLYW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


Music & Video Stores


20.88


20.41


20.45


19.55


20.04


Multimedia Games Inc.



(
MGAM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


Gaming Activities


37.05


30.10


30.20


29.50


29.95


New Century Financial



(
NCEN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


Mortgage Investment


29.50


26.39


27.07


26.35


26.90

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


Company Name


Symbol


Industry Group


1-Yr-High


Open


High


Low


Close


New Century Financial



(
NCEN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


Mortgage Investment


29.50


26.39


27.07


26.35


26.90

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


Company Name


Symbol


Industry Group


1-Yr-High


Open


High


Low


Close


New Century Financial



(
NCEN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


Mortgage Investment


29.50


26.39


27.07


26.35


26.90

Upcoming IPOs for the Week of May 20th

Computer Prog. & Systems
(
CPSI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
$16 – $18 by Ramond James &
Associates

Hewitt Associates Inc.
(
HEW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
TBA by Goldman Sachs & Co.

Intra Asia Entertainment
(
PAK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
$8 – $10 by WestPark Capital

Liquidmetal Technologies
(
LQMT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
$15 – $17 by Merrill Lynch & Co.

NetFlix, Inc.
(
NFLX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
$13 – $15 by Merrill Lynch & Co.

Overstock.com Inc.
(
OSTK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
$12 – $16 by W.R. Hambrecht & Co.

Altiris Inc.
(
ATRS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
$10 – $12 by Credit Suisse First Boston

Eon Labs
(
ELAB |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
$14 – $16 by Goldman Sachs & Co.

SRA International
(
SRX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
$16 – $18 by Salomon Smith Barney




For more information,
please visit our IPO
Calendar
.

Splits


Company

Symbol

Ratio

Payable

Ex Date


AnnTaylor



(
ANN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


3:2


May 20


May 21


Fulton Fin



(
FULT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


5:4


May 20


May 21


L-3 Comms



(
LLL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


2:1


May 20


May 21


York Water Co.



(
YORW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


2:1


May 20


May 21


NTT DoCoMo



(
DCM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


5:1


May 22


May 22


Suncor Energy



(
SU |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


2:1


May 22


May 23


Zoran Corp.



(
ZRAN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


3:2


May 22


May 23


GTECH



(
GTK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


2:1


May 23


May 24


Bank/Northwest



(
BKNW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)


5:4


May 24


May 28

Need more splits
information? Click
here.

Upcoming Economic Events

Week of May 20
May 24


Date

Time (ET)


Release


For


Consensus

Prior


May 20


10:00


Leading Indicators


Apr


-0.1%


0.1%


May 20


2:00


Treasury Budget


Apr


$72.5B


$189.8B


May 23


8:30


Durable Orders


Apr


0.4%


-0.6%


May 23


8:30


Initial Claims


05/18


NA


NA


May 24


8:30


Chain Deflator (Prel)


Q1


0.8%


0.8%


May 24


8:30


GDP (Prel)


Q1


5.8%


5.8%


May 24


10:00


New Home Sales


Apr


883K


878K

Have a great weekend,


Mike