Friday’s Top Names

The broader
markets moved higher Thursday as stocks resumed their push up during the first week of
the year.
With the market bias
page
showing an upward bias
we saw the markets rally out of the blocks in an impressive move in the session.

Hottest Sectors: Semiconductors
(
$SOX.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
and
Airline Index
(
$XAL.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
.

Weakest Sectors: Biotechs
(
$BTK.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
and Oil
Services
(
$OSX.X |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
.

Friday’s stocks to
watch:


3 Month RS of 80 and higher and close in top
part of
range

Name



Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Atlantic
Coast Airlines

(
ACAI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
89 23.45 534,681 501,200
Elantec
(
ELNT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
83 23.78 561,500 374,500
Freemarkets
(
FMKT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
98 24.50 1,063,363 1,788,400
Internet Security Systems
(
ISSX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
99 34.43 2,438,318 2,534,400

3 Month RS of 20 or lower
and close in bottom part of range


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Amgen
(
AMGN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3 54.34 10,440,454 19,033,800
Henry Schein
(
HSIC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
6 37.31 461,500 1,069,400
LifePoint
Hospitals

(
LPNT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3 32.67 655,136 524,800
Schering Plough
(
SGP |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
6 34.63 5,724,181 12,817,100


3 Month RS of 80
and higher with volume surge in last hour


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Atlantic Coast Airlines [ACAI|ACAI 89 23.45 534,681 501,200
Broadcom
(
BRCM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
92 47.70 15,003,590 20,671,300
Internet Security Solutions
(
ISSX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
99 34.43 2,494,100 2,534,400
Cree Inc.
(
CREE |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
95 32.33 1,642,500 1,599,600

3 Month RS of 20 and lower with volume surge in last hour


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Safeco
(
SAFC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
15 30.71 640,136 513,500
Respironics
(
RESP |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
19 35.31 290,090 241,800
Syncor International
(
SCOR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
8 28.80 316,227 559,300
Mercury Computer
(
MRCY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
8 40.10 403,181 305,400

Stocks in Slim Jims

High RS at
or near high


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Cree
(
CREE |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
95 32.33 1,642,500 1,552,800
ESS Technology
(
ESST |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
94 22.66 796,818 1,324,300
Numerical Technologies
(
NMTC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
95 36.88 539,000 772,600

Low RS at
or near low


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

LifePoint
Hospitals

(
LPNT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3 32.67 655,136 524,800
Novartis AG
(
NVS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
8 35.29 358,818 575,800

Best of luck with your trading Wednesday. Please use
protective stops on trades.