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.
Stocks Scanner Standouts:
The following stocks are the highest-rated combination 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
|
Symbol
|
Industry
|
1-Year-High
|
Open
|
High
|
Low
|
Close
|
| AC Moore |
( ACMR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Specialty Retail |
34 | 32 | 32.05 | 29.95 | 30.39 |
| BioReliance | ( BREL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Biotechnology | 34.90 | 29.77 | 32.50 | 29 | 31.18 |
| Hollywood Ent |
( HLYW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Music & video stores |
16.91 | 13.78 | 14.63 | 13.75 | 14.24 |
| MIM Corp. |
( MIMS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Specialized Hlth Svc |
14.99 | 14.48 | 14.94 | 14.10 | 14.68 |
| Merit Medical |
( MMSI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Med. inst & supplies |
20.55 | 17.39 | 17.89 | 16.75 | 16.91 |
| Websense | ( WBSN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Internet Software |
29.99 | 28.20 | 28.20 | 26.71 | 27.45 |
| Precis Inc. |
( PCIS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Drugs – generic |
14.99 | 14.01 | 14.25 | 13.30 | 13.60 |
6 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher
|
Company
|
Symbol
|
Industry
|
1-Year-High
|
Open
|
High
|
Low
|
Close
|
| AC Moore |
( ACMR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Specialty Retail |
34 | 32 | 32.05 | 29.95 | 30.39 |
| BioReliance | ( BREL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Biotechnology | 34.90 | 29.77 | 32.50 | 29 | 31.18 |
| AsiaInfo Hldg |
( ASIA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Internet Software |
21.25 | 19.75 | 19.81 | 18.28 | 18.37 |
| MIM Corp. |
( MIMS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Specialized Hlth Svc |
14.99 | 14.48 | 14.94 | 14.10 | 14.68 |
| Merit Medical |
( MMSI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Med. inst & supplies |
20.55 | 17.39 | 17.89 | 16.75 | 16.91 |
| Websense | ( WBSN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Internet Software |
29.99 | 28.20 | 28.20 | 26.71 | 27.45 |
| Precis Inc. |
( PCIS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Drugs – generic |
14.99 | 14.01 | 14.25 | 13.30 | 13.60 |
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3 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher
|
Company
|
Symbol
|
Industry
|
1-Year-High
|
Open
|
High
|
Low
|
Close
|
| AC Moore |
( ACMR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Specialty Retail |
34 | 32 | 32.05 | 29.95 | 30.39 |
| BioReliance | ( BREL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Biotechnology | 34.90 | 29.77 | 32.50 | 29 | 31.18 |
| Precis Inc. |
( PCIS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Drugs – generic |
14.99 | 14.01 | 14.25 | 13.30 | 13.60 |
| QLogic | ( QLGC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Semiconductor | 129.375 | 54.47 | 56.40 | 52.50 | 52.97 |
Upcoming IPOs for Week of December 10
American Pharmaceutical Partners (APPX), by CIBC World Markets  Â
$13-$16
Aramark Worldwide Corp. (RMK), by Goldman Sachs  Â
$20-$23
Bruker AXS, Inc. (BAXS), by UBS Warburg   $8-$10
Centene Corp. (CNTE), by SG Cowen   $13-$15
Converium Holding (CHR), by UBS Warburg   $21.75-$27.19
Nassda Corp. (NSDA), by Robertson Stephens   $8-$10
Netscreen Technologies (NSCN), by Goldman Sachs   $9-$10
Northwest Biotheraputics (NWBT), by C.E. Unterburg, Towbin  Â
$8-$10
Prudential Financial (PRU), by Goldman Sachs   Â
$25-$30
United Defense Industries (UDI), by Lehman Brothers   Â
$18-$20
For more information, please visit our IPO
Calendar.
Splits
| Company | Symbol | Ratio | Payable | Ex-Date | Announced |
| Christopher & Banks |
( CHBS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3-2 | Dec 12 |
Dec 13 |
Nov 14 |
| First Midwest Banc |
( FMBI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
5-4 | Dec 14 |
Dec 17 |
Nov 15 |
| Merchants Bancshares |
( MBVT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3-2 | Dec 14 | Dec 17 | Oct 18 |
| Trendwest Resorts |
( TWRI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3-2 | Dec 14 |
Dec 17 |
Nov 14 |
Need more splits
information? Click here.
Upcoming Economic Events
| Week of December 10-December 14 |
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| Date | ET |
Release
|
For | Consensus | Prior |
| Dec 11 |
10:00 | Wholesale Inventories |
Oct | -0.3% | -0.1% |
| Dec 11 |
 2:15 | FOMC Meeting |
— | — | — |
| Dec 12 |
08:30 | Export Prices -ex ag |
Nov | NA | -0.7% |
| Dec 12 |
08:30 | Import Prices -ex oil |
Nov | NA | -0.4% |
| Dec 12 |
10:00 | Current Account |
Q3 | -$94.2B | -$106.5B |
| Dec 13 |
08:30 | Core PPI |
Nov | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| Dec 13 |
08:30 | Initial Claims |
12/8 | NA | 475K |
| Dec 13 |
08:30 | PPI | Nov | -0.3% | -1.6% |
| Dec 13 |
08:30 | Retail Sales |
Nov | -2.8% | 7.1% |
| Dec 13 |
08:30 | Retail Sales – ex auto |
Nov | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Dec 13 |
 2:00 | FOMC Minutes |
11/6 | — | — |
| Dec 14 |
08:30 | Business Inventories |
Oct | -0.4% | -0.5% |
| Dec 14 |
08:30 | CPI | Nov | -0.1% | -0.3% |
| Dec 14 |
08:30 | Core CPI |
Nov | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Dec 14 |
 9:15 | Capacity Utilization |
Nov | 74.2% | 74.6% |
| Dec 14 |
 9:15 | Industrial Production |
Nov | -0.5% | -1.2% |
Have a great week
trading,
Brice