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 | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Tech. & system software |
23.625 | 18.84 | 19.03 | 17.75 | 18.16 |
| ESS Technology |
( ESST | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Semiconductor | 25 | 20.05 | 22.99 | 20 | 22.89 |
| Hollywood Ent. |
( HLYW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Music & video stores |
16.91 | 13.25 | 13.51 | 13.01 | 13.31 |
| MIM Corp. |
(MIMS) | Specialized health services |
21.59 | 16.64 | 17.95 | 16.14 | 17.75 |
| NBTY, Inc. |
( NBTY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Drug related products |
18 | 15.25 | 15.30 | 14.39 | 14.41 |
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 | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Tech. & system software |
23.625 | 18.84 | 19.03 | 17.75 | 18.16 |
| Vimpel Comm. |
( VIP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Wireless Comm. |
31.25 | 30.90 | 30.98 | 29.75 | 30.84 |
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 | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Tech. & system software |
23.625 | 18.84 | 19.03 | 17.75 | 18.16 |
| Vimpel Comm. |
( VIP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Wireless Comm. |
31.25 | 30.90 | 30.98 | 29.75 | 30.84 |
Upcoming IPOs for Week of February
4
Alliance Medical Corp. (ALMC) by UBS Warburg, $14-$16
Neogenesis
Pharmaceuticals (NGPI) by JP Morgan $12-$14
PayPal (PYPL) by Salomon Smith Barney $12-$14
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD) by ING Barings $18.50-$21.50
For more information, please visit our IPO
Calendar.
Splits
| Stock | Symbol | Ratio | Payable | Ex Date |
| Fred’s | ( FRED | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3:2 | Feb 1 |
Feb 4 |
| Hot Topic |
( HOTT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3:2 | Feb 6 |
Feb 7 |
| Sonic Corp. |
( SONC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
3:2 | Feb 8 |
Feb 11 |
Need more splits
information? Click here.
Upcoming Economic Events
Week of February
4
– February 8
| Date | Time (ET) |
Release
|
For
|
Consensus | Prior |
| Feb 4 |
12:00 | Auto Sales |
Jan | 6.0M | 5.2M |
| Feb 4 |
12:00 | Truck Sales |
Jan | 6.8M | 7.8M |
| Feb 5 |
10:00 | Factory Orders |
Dec | 0.5% | -3.3% |
| Feb 5 |
10:00 | ISM Services |
Jan | 50.5 | 54.2 |
| Feb 6 |
08:30 | Productivity-Prel. | Q4 | 1.9% | 1.1% |
| Feb 7 |
08:30 | Initial Claims |
2/2 | NA | 390K |
| Feb 7 |
3:00 | Consumer Credit |
Dec | $7.7B | $19.9B |
| Feb 8 |
10:00 | Wholesale Inventories |
Dec | NA | -1.1% |
Have a great weekend,
Brice