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
Name

Symbol

Industry
Group

1-Yr-High

Open

High

Low

Close

ESS
Technology
(ESST) Semiconductor 25.00 20.35 20.80 19.45 20.72
Hollywood
Ent.
(HLYW) Music
& video stores
16.91 11.66 12.25 11.66 12.25
MIM
Corp.
(MIMS) Specialized
health services
21.59 16.04 16.50 15.00 15.51
NBTY,
Inc.
(NBTY) Drugrelated
products
18.00 14.21 14.50 13.50 14.00

6 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher

Company
Name

Symbol

Industry
Group

1-Yr-High

Open

High

Low

Close

Avant
Corporation
(AVNT) Tech.
& system software
23.625 17.22 18.00 16.80 17.85
ESS
Technology

(
ESST |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Semiconductor 25.00 20.35 20.80 19.45 20.72
Net.Bank,
Inc.
(
NTBK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Savings
& Loans
15.10 13.85 14.15 13.30 14.05

3 mo RS of 96 and
higher and EPR 96 and higher

Company
Name

Symbol

Industry
Group

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 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Apparel
Stores
25.50 23.58 23.58 22.44 23.06
NBTY,
Inc.

(
NBTY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Drug-related
products
18.00 14.21 14.50 13.50 14.00
Net.Bank,
Inc.
(
NTBK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Savings
& Loans
15.10 13.85 14.15 13.30 14.05

Upcoming IPOs for the
Week of February
11

Gamestop Corp. (GME) by Salomon Smith Barney
$17-$19

PayPal (PYPL) by Salomon Smith Barney $12-$14

For more information, please visit our IPO
Calendar
.

Splits


Stock Symbol Ratio Payable Ex
Date
Multimedia
Games

(
MGAM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3:2 Feb
1
1
Feb
12
REX
Stores

(
RSC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3:2 Feb
11
Feb
12

Need more splits
information? Click here.

Upcoming Economic Events

Week of February 11
February
15

Date Time
(ET)

Release

For

Consensus Prior
Feb
13
08:30 Retail
Sales
Jan -0.2% -0.1%
Feb
13
08:30 Retail
Sales
ex auto
Jan 0.2% -0.1%
Feb
14
08:30 Business
Inventories
Dec 0.5 1.0%
Feb
14
08:30 Export
Prices ex ag
Jan NA -0.4%
Feb
14
08:30 Import
Prices ex
oil
Jan NA -0.3%
Feb
14
08:30 Initial
Claims
2/9 NA 376K
Feb
15
08:30 Core
PPI
Jan 0.1% 0.1%
Feb
15
08:30 PPI Jan 0.2% -0.7%
Feb
15
9:15 Capacity
Utilization
Jan 74.3% 74.4%
Feb
15
9:15 Industrial
Production
Jan 0.0 -0.1%
Feb
15
9:45 Mich Sentiment-Prel. Feb 94.3 93.0

Have a great weekend,

Brice