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) | Specialty Retail |
34 | 29.70 | 30.90 | 29 | 20.25 |
| BioReliance | (BREL) | Biotechnology | 36.88 | 33.17 | 36.88 | 33.13 | 36.41 |
| Hollywood Ent |
(HLYW) | Music & video stores |
16.91 | 13.31 | 13.73 | 12.22 | 12.40 |
| MIM Corp. |
(MIMS) | Specialized Hlth Svc |
15.92 | 15.04 | 15.10 | 14.66 | 15.04 |
| Merit Medical |
(MMSI) | Med. inst & supplies |
20.55 | 15.44 | 16.14 | 15.15 | 15.95 |
| Websense | (WBSN) | Internet Software |
30.55 | 28.25 | 28.54 | 27.65 | 28.39 |
| Precis Inc. |
(PCIS) | Drugs – generic |
14.99 | 9.85 | 11.25 | 9.80 | 11.25 |
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) | Specialty Retail |
34 | 29.70 | 30.90 | 29 | 20.25 |
| BioReliance | (BREL) | Biotechnology | 36.88 | 33.17 | 36.88 | 33.13 | 36.41 |
| MIM Corp. |
(MIMS) | Specialized Hlth Svc |
15.92 | 15.04 | 15.10 | 14.66 | 15.04 |
| Merit Medical |
(MMSI) | Med. inst & supplies |
20.55 | 15.44 | 16.14 | 15.15 | 15.95 |
| Precis Inc. |
(PCIS) | Drugs – generic |
14.99 | 9.85 | 11.25 | 9.80 | 11.25 |
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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) | Specialty Retail |
34 | 29.70 | 30.90 | 29 | 20.25 |
| BioReliance | (BREL) | Biotechnology | 36.88 | 33.17 | 36.88 | 33.13 | 36.41 |
| MIM Corp. |
(MIMS) | Specialized Hlth Svc |
15.92 | 15.04 | 15.10 | 14.66 | 15.04 |
| Precis Inc. |
(PCIS) | Drugs – generic |
14.99 | 9.85 | 11.25 | 9.80 | 11.25 |
| QLogic | (QLGC) | Semiconductor | 129.375 | 52.59 | 53.25 | 50.19 | 51.53 |
| Websense | (WBSN) | Internet Software |
30.55 | 28.25 | 28.54 | 27.65 | 28.39 |
Upcoming IPOs for Week of December 17
None
For more information, please visit our IPO
Calendar.
Splits
| Company |
Symbol |
Ratio |
Payable |
Ex-Date |
Announced |
| Tetra Tech |
(TTEK) | 5-4 | Dec 17 |
Dec 18 |
Nov 14 |
| Commerce Banc |
(CBH) | 2-1 | Dec 18 |
Dec 19 |
Nov 21 |
| Sandy Spring Banc |
(SASR) | 3-2 | Dec 20 |
Dec 21 |
Nov 28 |
| Kimco Realty |
(KIM) | 3-2 | Dec 21 |
Dec 24 |
Oct 24 |
Need more
splits information? Click here.
Upcoming Economic Events
| Week of December 17 – December 21 |
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| Date | ET |
Release |
For | Consensus | Prior |
| Dec 18 |
08:30 | Building Permits |
Nov | 1.470M | 1.473M |
| Dec 18 |
08:30 | Housing Starts |
Nov | 1.525M | 1.552M |
| Dec 19 |
08:30 | Trade Balance |
Oct | -27.5B | -18.7B |
| Dec 19 |
10:00 | Leading Indicators |
Nov | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Dec 20 |
08:30 | Initial Claims |
12/15 | na | 394K |
| Dec 20 |
12:00 | Philadelphia Fed |
Dec | -17.5 | -20.2 |
| Dec 20 |
2:00 | Treasury Budget |
Nov | -$47.5B | -$23.7B |
| Dec 21 |
08:29 | Personal Spending |
Nov | -0.5% | 2.9% |
| Dec 21 |
08:30 | Chain Deflator-Final |
Q3 | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| Dec 21 |
08:30 | GDP-final | Q3 | -1.1% | -1.1% |
| Dec 21 |
08:30 | Personal Income |
Nov | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Dec 21 |
08:30 | Mich Sentiment-Rev. |
Dec | 85.7 | 85.8 |
Have a great
week trading,
Brice