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
|
| Avant Corporation |
(AVNT) | Tech. & system software |
27.00 | 18.90 | 19.04 | 18.40 | 18.70 |
| InVision Tech. |
(INVN) | Scientific & Tech. Inst. |
47.76 | 44.41 | 45.68 | 43.71 | 45.50 |
| Multimedia Games |
(MGAM) | Gaming Activities |
34.25 | 32.95 | 33.50 | 32.00 | 33.38 |
| Net.Bank, Inc. |
(NTBK) | Savings & Loans |
16.90 | 14.99 | 16.42 | 14.98 | 16.36 |
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 | 21.00 | 21.35 | 20.73 | 21.15 |
| Avant Corporation |
(AVNT) | Tech. & system software |
27.00 | 18.90 | 19.04 | 18.40 | 18.70 |
| InVision Tech. |
(INVN) | Scientific & Tech. Inst. |
47.76 | 44.41 | 45.68 | 43.71 | 45.50 |
| Multimedia Games |
(MGAM) | Gaming Activities |
34.25 | 32.95 | 33.50 | 32.00 | 33.38 |
| Net.Bank, Inc. |
(NTBK) | Savings & Loans |
16.90 | 14.99 | 16.42 | 14.98 | 16.36 |
3 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher
|
Company
|
Symbol
|
Industry
|
1-Yr-High
|
Open
|
High
|
Low
|
Close
|
| InVision Tech. |
(INVN) | Scientific & Tech. Inst. |
47.76 | 44.41 | 45.68 | 43.71 | 45.50 |
| Maytag | ( MYG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Appliances | 45.58 | 44.75 | 45.10 | 44.38 | 44.80 |
| Net.Bank, Inc. |
(NTBK) | Savings & Loans |
16.90 | 14.99 | 16.42 | 14.98 | 16.36 |
Upcoming IPOs for the Week of March 18
Alcon Inc. (ACL) $31-$35
by Credit Suisse First Boston
Medsource Technologies Inc. (MEDT) $15-$17 by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Travelers Property Casualty Corp. (TAP.A) 16-$19 by
Salomon Smith Barney
Vertical Health Solutions (VETT) $7-$9 by Kashner Davidson Securities
For more information,
please visit our IPO
Calendar.
Splits
| Company | Symbol | Ratio | Payable | Ex Date |
| Ball Corp. |
( BLL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
2:1 | Mar 22 |
Mar 25 |
| Franklin Electric |
( FELE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
2:1 | Mar 22 |
Mar 25 |
Need more splits
information? Click here.
Upcoming Economic Events
Week of March 18
– March 22
| Date | Time (ET) |
Release
|
For
|
Consensus | Prior |
| Mar 19 |
08:30 | Trade Balance |
Jan | -26.9B | -25.3B |
| Mar 19 |
2:15 | FOMC Meeting |
— | — | — |
| Mar 20 |
08:30 | Building Permits |
Feb | 1.650M | 1.706M |
| Mar 20 |
08:30 | Housing Starts |
Feb | 1.630M | 1.678M |
| Mar 20 |
2:00 | Treasury Budget |
Feb | $-61.0B | $-48.2B |
| Mar 21 |
08:30 | Core CPI |
Feb | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Mar 21 |
08:30 | CPI | Feb | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Mar 21 |
08:30 | Initial Claims |
3/16 | NA | 377K |
| Mar 21 |
10:00 | Leading Indicators |
Feb | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Mar 21 |
12:00 | Philadelphia Fed |
Mar | 17.8 | 16.0 |
| Mar 21 |
2:00 | FOMC Minutes |
1/30 | — | — |
Have a great weekend,
Brice