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 | 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) | Drug–related products |
18.00 | 14.21 | 14.50 | 13.50 | 14.00 |
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 |
| 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
|
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 | 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 11 |
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