Thursday’s Top Names

There were decent gains for the S&P 500
Index

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and the Dow
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today but they did not
put on a performance like the Nasdaq Composite
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did.

Gains in the tech arena were strong across most
sectors but the networking group topped the list
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with semiconductor
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coming in second as a strong performer. Other sectors that
helped move the markets to the upside were: oil/oil service, wireless, telecom,
storage, biotech, utility, video game, and schools. The weak sectors were in:
retail, paper, gaming, restaurant, lodging

Thursday’s Stocks To Watch:

3 Month RS of 80 and higher and close in top

part of

range

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Alltel


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83

50.32

1,178,700

1,339,300

Black Box


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92

42.73

401,800

303,571

Centurytel


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84 29.25 915,200 946,200

Expedia


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97

68.90

2,122,200

2,323,525

3 Month RS of 30 or lower

and close in bottom part of range

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Albany Molecular Research


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19

15.76

307,500

246,700

Bowater


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28

32.60

631,500

3,533,900

Georgia
Gulf


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28 20.96 279,900 482,300

General Motors


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20

32.55

6,374,600

8,544,500

3 Month RS of 80

and higher with volume surge in last hour

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Affiliated Managers Group


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84

52.01

303,700

358,900

Harman Intl.


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86

54.50

310,800

519,000

Kronos


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89

36.28

284,900

846,475

Nabors Industries


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80

35.40

1,930,900

2,206,800

3 Month RS of 30 and lower with volume surge in last hour

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

CSX Corp

CSX

25

27.93

1,477,000

1,722,300

Lear Corp


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28

36.15

678,800

1,022,000

Reckson


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27

20.15

317,700

166,200

Tupperware


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29

16.13

319,800

357,300

Stocks in Slim Jims

High RS at

or near high

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Forest Laboratories


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85

99.00

1,975,900

1,652,800

Investors Financial Services


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82

30.39

563,300

399,432

Lexmark


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90

59.70

1,588,000

1,841,300

Novellus Systems


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95

32.33

9,682,000

14,425,592

Low RS at

or near low

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Pentair


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17

32.66

266,800 349,600