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
|
Symbol
|
Industry
|
1-Yr-High
|
Open
|
High
|
Low
|
Close
|
Hollywood Ent. |
(HLYW) | Music & video stores |
16.91 | 14.80 | 14.80 | 13.61 | 14.06 |
InVision Tech. |
( INVN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Scientific & Tech. Inst. |
47.09 | 36.17 | 39.50 | 36.00 | 39.40 |
Multimedia Games |
(MGAM) | Gaming Activities |
30.81 | 28.16 | 28.35 | 27.06 | 27.28 |
MIM Corp. |
(MIMS) | Specialized health services |
21.59 | 16.00 | 16.21 | 15.78 | 16.17 |
NBTY, Inc. |
(NBTY) | Drug-related products |
18.00 | 14.81 | 15.12 | 14.63 | 15.10 |
Net.Bank | (NTBK} | Savings and Loans |
15.22 | 14.29 | 14.24 | 13.86 | 14.00 |
6 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher
Company
|
Symbol
|
Industry
|
1-Yr-High
|
Open
|
High
|
Low
|
Close
|
Avant Corporation |
(AVNT) | Tech. & system software |
23.625 | 16.50 | 17.00 | 16.22 | 16.88 |
InVision Tech. |
( INVN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Scientific & Tech. Inst. |
47.09 | 36.17 | 39.50 | 36.00 | 39.40 |
Multimedia Games |
(MGAM) | Gaming Activities |
30.81 | 28.16 | 28.35 | 27.06 | 27.28 |
Net.Bank | (NTBK) | Savings and Loans |
15.22 | 14.29 | 14.24 | 13.86 | 14.00 |
3 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher
Company
|
Symbol
|
Industry
|
1-Yr-High
|
Open
|
High
|
Low
|
Close
|
Avant Corporation |
(AVNT) | Tech. & system software |
23.625 | 16.50 | 17.00 | 16.22 | 16.88 |
InVision Tech. |
( INVN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Scientific & Tech. Inst. |
47.09 | 36.17 | 39.50 | 36.00 | 39.40 |
Multimedia Games |
(MGAM) | Gaming Activities |
30.81 | 28.16 | 28.35 | 27.06 | 27.28 |
NBTY, Inc. |
(NBTY) | Drug-related products |
18.00 | 14.81 | 15.12 | 14.63 | 15.10 |
Net.Bank, Inc. |
(NTBK) | Savings & Loans |
15.22 | 14.29 | 14.24 | 13.86 | 14.00 |
Upcoming IPOs
for the Week of February 22
Corcept Theraputics
(CORT) $14-$16 by US Bancorp Piper Jaffray
Integrated Defense Technologies (IDE) $18-$21 by Credit Suisse
First Boston
For
more information, please visit our IPO
Calendar.
Splits
Stock | Symbol | Ratio | Payable | Ex Date |
Affiliated Computer |
(ACS) | 2:1 | Feb 22 |
Feb 25 |
Ball Corp |
(BLL) | 2:1 | Feb 22 |
Feb 25 |
Bisys | (BSYS) | 2:! | Feb 22 |
Feb 25 |
Need more splits
information? Click here.
Upcoming Economic Events
Week of February 25
– March 1
Date | Time (ET) |
Release
|
For
|
Consensus | Prior |
Feb 25 |
10:00 | Existing Home Sales |
Jan | NA | 5.19M |
Feb 26 |
10:00 | Consumer Confidence |
Feb | NA | 97.3 |
Feb 27 |
08:30 | Durable Orders |
Jan | NA | 1.7% |
Feb 27 |
10:00 | New Home Sales |
Jan | NA | 946K |
Feb 28 |
08:30 | Chain Deflator-prel. |
Q4 | NA | -0.3% |
Feb 28 |
08:30 | GDP-prel. | Q4 | NA | 0.2% |
Feb 28 |
08:30 | Initial Claims |
2/23 | NA | NA |
Feb 28 |
10:00 | Chicago PMI |
Feb | NA | 45.1 |
Feb 28 |
10:00 | Help Wanted Index |
Jan | NA | 46 |
Mar 1 |
10:00 | Auto Sales |
Feb | NA | 5.3M |
Mar 1 |
12:00 | Truck Sales |
Feb |
NA | 7.1M |
Mar 1 |
12:00 | Personal Income |
Feb |
NA | 0.4% |
Mar 1 |
08:30 | Personal Spending |
Jan |
NA | -0.2% |
Mar 1 |
08:30 | Michigan Sentiment-Rev. |
Feb | NA | NA |
Mar 1 |
09:45 | Construction Spending |
Jan | NA | 0.2% |
Mar 1 |
10:00 | ISM Index |
Feb | NA | 49.9 |
Have a great weekend,
Brice