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
|
| aaii Pharma, Inc. |
( AAII | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Medical Labs & Research |
36.15 | 35.79 | 35.85 | 34.60 | 35.06 |
| Ameristar Casino |
( ASCA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Resorts & Casinos |
31.23 | 25.21 | 25.67 | 25.21 | 25.45 |
| Anglogold | (AU) | Gold | 25.35 | 22.68 | 23.78 | 22.63 | 23.52 |
| Avant Corporation |
(AVNT) | Tech. & system software |
20.91 | 19.25 | 19.95 | 18.40 | 18.70 |
| Immucor, Inc. |
( BLUD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Diagnostic Substances |
14.98 | 14.00 | 14.98 | 13.89 | 14.86 |
| ESS Technology |
( ESST | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Semiconductor-specialized | 25.99 | 20.30 | 20.75 | 19.76 | 19.85 |
| InVision Tech. |
(INVN) | Scientific & Tech. Inst. |
49.76 | 44.61 | 45.66 | 43.25 | 43.88 |
| Multimedia Games |
(MGAM) | Gaming Activities |
37.05 | 35.01 | 35.50 | 34.66 | 34.92 |
| Racing Champions Corp. |
( RACN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Wholesale, other |
20.89 | 20.13 | 20.25 | 19.27 | 19.50 |
6 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher
|
Company
|
Symbol
|
Industry
|
1-Yr-High
|
Open
|
High
|
Low
|
Close
|
| Anglogold | (AU) | Gold | 25.35 | 22.68 | 23.78 | 22.63 | 23.52 |
| Avant Corporation |
(AVNT) | Tech. & system software |
20.91 | 19.25 | 19.95 | 18.40 | 18.70 |
| Immucor, Inc. |
( BLUD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Diagnostic Substances |
14.98 | 14.00 | 14.98 | 13.89 | 14.86 |
| BioReliance | ( BREL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Biotechnology | 39.00 | 22.26 | 22.26 | 21.71 | 21.85 |
| InVision Tech. |
(INVN) | Scientific & Tech. Inst. |
49.76 | 44.61 | 45.66 | 43.25 | 43.88 |
| Isle of Capri |
( ISLE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Resorts & Casinos |
19.85 | 19.06 | 19.16 | 18.30 | 18.35 |
| Multimedia Games |
(MGAM) | Gaming Activities |
34.25 | 32.95 | 33.50 | 32.00 | 33.38 |
| Meridian Medical |
( MTEC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Medical Inst. & Supplies |
32.93 | 31.65 | 31.65 | 30.52 | 30.80 |
| Net.Bank, Inc. |
(NTBK) | Savings & Loans |
16.90 | 16.10 | 16.42 | 15.74 | 16.03 |
3 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher
|
Company
|
Symbol
|
Industry
|
1-Yr-High
|
Open
|
High
|
Low
|
Close
|
| aaii Pharma, Inc. |
( AAII | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Medical Labs & Research |
36.15 | 35.79 | 35.85 | 34.60 | 35.06 |
| Anglogold | (AU) | Gold | 25.35 | 22.68 | 23.78 | 22.63 | 23.52 |
| Immucor, Inc. |
( BLUD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Diagnostic Substances |
14.98 | 14.00 | 14.98 | 13.89 | 14.86 |
| InVision Tech. |
(INVN) | Scientific & Tech. Inst. |
49.76 | 44.61 | 45.66 | 43.25 | 43.88 |
| Meridian Medical |
( MTEC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Medical Inst. & Supplies |
32.93 | 31.65 | 30.52 | 30.52 | 30.80 |
| Net.Bank | ( NTBK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Savings & Loans |
17.25 | 16.10 | 16.42 | 15.74 | 16.03 |
| Racing Champions Corp. |
( RACN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Wholesale, other |
20.89 | 20.13 | 20.25 | 19.27 | 19.50 |
Upcoming IPOs for the Week of March 25
Medsource Technologies Inc. (MEDT) $15-$17 by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
For more information,
please visit our IPO
Calendar.
Splits
| Company | Symbol | Ratio | Payable | Ex Date |
| DeWolfe |
( DWL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3:2 | Mar 28 |
Mar 29 |
| Escalade Inc. |
( ESCA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)) |
3:1 | Mar 28 |
Apr 1 |
| Toll Bros. |
( TOL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
2:1 | Mar 28 |
Apr 1 |
| Young Innovations, Inc |
( YDNT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3:2 | Mar 28 |
Apr 1 |
Need more splits
information? Click here.
Upcoming Economic Events
Week of March 25
– March 29
| Date | Time (ET) |
Release
|
For
|
Consensus | Prior |
| Mar 25 |
10:00 | Existing Home Sales |
Feb | 5.50M | 6.04M |
| Mar 26 |
2:15 | Durable Orders |
Feb | 1.0% | 2.6% |
| Mar 26 |
10:00 | Consumer Confidence |
Mar | 98.0 | 94.1 |
| Mar 27 |
10:00 | New Home Sales |
Feb | 880K | 823K |
| Mar 28 |
08:30 | Chain Deflator-Final |
Q4 | -0.2% | -0.2% |
| Mar 28 |
08:30 | GDP-Final | Q4 | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Mar 28 |
08:30 | Initial Claims |
3/23 | 375K | 371K |
| Mar 28 |
09:45 | Mich Sentiment-Rev. |
Mar | 95.0 | 95.0 |
| Mar 28 |
10:00 | Chicago PMI |
Mar | 54.0 | 53.1 |
| Mar 28 |
10:00 | Help-Wanted Index |
Feb | NA | 47 |
| Mar 29 |
08:30 | Personal Income |
Feb | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Mar 29 |
08:30 | Personal Spending |
Feb | 0.4% | 0.4% |
Have a great weekend,
Brice