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
Name
Symbol Industry
Group
1-Year-High Open High Low Close
AC
Moore

(
ACMR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Specialty
Retail
29.15 27.34 29.15 26.57 28.66
BioReliance
(
BREL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Biotechnology 29.25 28.78 29.25 26.90 26.90
Hollywood
Ent

(
HLYW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Music/Video
Stores
16.91 14.83 15.25 14.45 14.90
MIM
Corp.

(
MIMS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Spec.
Health Services
13.65 12.65 12.70 12.01 12.15
Merit
Medical

(
MMSI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Medical
Supplies
20.55 14.35 14.87 14.35 14.67
Precis
Inc

(
PCIS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Drugs
– generic
12.95 12.20 12.20 11.05 11.44

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

Company
Name
Symbol Industry
Group
1-Year-High Open High Low Close
AC
Moore

(
ACMR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Specialty
Retail
29.15 27.34 29.15 26.57 28.66
BioReliance
(
BREL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Biotechnology 29.25 28.78 29.25 26.90 26.90
Hollywood
Ent

(
HLYW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Music/Video
Stores
16.91 14.83 15.25 14.45 14.90
MIM
Corp.

(
MIMS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Spec.
Health Services
13.65 12.65 12.70 12.01 12.15
Merit
Medical

(
MMSI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Medical
Supplies
20.55 14.35 14.87 14.35 14.67
Precis
Inc

(
PCIS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Drugs
– generic
12.95 12.20 12.20 11.05 11.44

 

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

Company
Name
Symbol Industry
Group
1-Year-High Open High Low Close
AC
Moore

(
ACMR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Specialty
Retail
29.15 27.34 29.15 26.57 28.66
BioReliance
(
BREL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Biotechnology 29.25 28.78 29.25 26.90 26.90
Precis
Inc

(
PCIS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Drugs
– generic
12.95 12.20 12.20 11.05 11.44
QLogic
(
QLGC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Semiconductor 1299.375 49.65 50.59 48.21 49.45

Upcoming IPOs for Week of December 3

Aluminum Corp. of China Limited (ACH) by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
$15-$19

Lawson Software (LWSN) by Lehman Brothers $15-$17

For more information, please visit our IPO
Calendar
.

Splits

Company Symbol Ratio Payable Ex-Date Announced
Astoria
Financial

(
ASFC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 Dec
3
Dec
4
Oct
18
Pennichuk
Corp 

(
PNNW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
4-3 Dec
3
Dec
4
Oct
10
Pepsi
Bottling

(
PBG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 Dec 4 Dec 5 Oct 11
CACI
Intl

(
CACI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 Dec
6
Dec
7
Nov
7
LSI
Industries

(
LYTS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3-2 Dec
6
Dec
7
Nov
15
Investment
Tech

(
ITG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3-2 Dec
6
Dec
7
Nov
13

Need more splits
information? Click here.

Upcoming Economic Events

Week
of December 3-December 7
Date ET Release For Consensus Prior
Dec
3
12:00 Auto
Sales
Nov 6.8M 7.8M
Dec
3
12:00 Truck
Sales
Nov 7.9M 9.8M
Dec
3
08:30 Personal
Income
Oct 0.1% 0.0%
Dec
3
08:30 Personal
Spending
Oct 1.9% -1.8%
Dec
3
10:00 Construction
Spending
Oct -0.5% -0.4%
Dec
3
10:00 NAPM
Index
Nov 41.9 39.8
Dec
5
10:00 NAPM
Services
Nov 42.5 40.6
Dec
6
08:30 Initial
Claims
12/1 NA 488K
Dec
6
08:30 Productivity
– Rev.
Q3 2.6% 2.7%
Dec
6
10:00 Factory
Orders
Oct 1.0% -6.2%
Dec
7
08:30 Average
Workweek
Nov 34.0 34.0
Dec
7
08:30 Hourly
Earnings
Nov 0.2% 0.1%
Dec
7
08:30 Nonfarm
Payrolls
Nov -210K -415K
Dec
7
08:30 Unemployment
Rate
Nov 5.6% 5.4%
Dec
7
 3:00 Consumer
Credit
Oct $1.5B $3.2B

Have a great week
trading,

Brice