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
|
| ESS Technology |
(ESST) | Semiconductor | 25.00 | 21.40 | 21.56 | 17.95 | 19.06 |
| Hollywood Ent. |
(HLYW) | Music & video stores |
16.91 | 13.15 | 13.77 | 12.95 | 13.50 |
| Multimedia Games |
( MGAM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Gaming Activities |
30.81 | 27.00 | 28.55 | 26.56 | 27.42 |
| MIM Corp. |
(MIMS) | Specialized health services |
21.59 | 15.90 | 16.30 | 15.31 | 15.97 |
| NBTY, Inc. |
(NBTY) | Drug-related products |
18.00 | 14.20 | 14.89 | 14.12 | 14.50 |
| Net.Bank | [NTBK|NTBK} | Savings and Loans |
15.22 | 14.99 | 15.22 | 14.66 | 14.90 |
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 | 17.22 | 18.00 | 16.80 | 17.85 |
| Multimedia Games |
( MGAM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Gaming Activities |
30.81 | 27.00 | 28.55 | 26.56 | 27.42 |
| Net.Bank | [NTBK|NTBK} | Savings and Loans |
15.22 | 14.99 | 15.22 | 14.66 | 14.90 |
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 | 17.22 | 18.00 | 16.80 | 17.85 |
| Nordstrom | (JWN) | Apparel Stores |
26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 24.78 | 24.91 |
| NBTY, Inc. |
(NBTY) | Drug-related products |
18.00 | 14.20 | 14.89 | 14.12 | 14.50 |
| Net.Bank, Inc. |
(NTBK) | Savings & Loans |
15.22 | 14.99 | 15.22 | 14.66 | 14.90 |
Upcoming IPOs
for the Week of February 18
Petco
(
PETC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) by Merrill Lynch $18-$20
For more information, please visit our IPO
Calendar.
Splits
| Stock | Symbol | Ratio | Payable | Ex Date |
| Heartland Express |
( HTLD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3:2 | Feb 19 |
Feb 20 |
| Hibbett Sporting |
( HIBB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3:2 | Feb 19 |
Feb 20 |
| Affiliated Computer |
( ACS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
2:1 | Feb 22 |
Feb 25 |
| Ball Corp |
( BLL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
2:1 | Feb 22 |
Feb 25 |
| Bisys | ( BSYS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
2:! | Feb 22 |
Feb 25 |
Need more splits
information? Click here.
Upcoming Economic Events
Week of February 18 –
February 22
| Date | Time (ET) |
Release
|
For
|
Consensus | Prior |
| Feb 19 |
08:30 | Building Permits |
Jan | 1.600M | 1.654M |
| Feb 19 |
08:30 | Housing Starts |
Jan | 1.595M | 1.570M |
| Feb 20 |
08:30 | CPI | Jan | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| Feb 20 |
08:30 | Core CPI |
Jan | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Feb 21 |
08:30 | Initial Claims |
2/16 | NA | NA |
| Feb 21 |
08:30 | Trade Balance |
Dec | -$28.5B | -$27.9B |
| Feb 21 |
10:00 | Leading Indicators |
Jan | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Feb 21 |
12:00 | Philadelphia Fed |
Feb | 10.0 | 14.7 |
| Feb 21 |
2:00 | Treasury Budget |
Jan | $52.0B | $76.4B |
Have a great weekend,
Brice