Thursday’s Top Names

Stocks opened mixed as they
rang in the New Year on the first trading day in 2002,
and after a
brief test in negative territory early in the session, ended the day higher.
Going into Thursday’s trading session, we have a new CVR 1 buy signal triggering
on the close. This, along with the CVR 6 sell signal which triggered on Monday,
could make for a relatively neutral bias.

Hottest Sectors: Semiconductors
(
$SOX.X |
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Chart |
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PowerRating)
and
Interactive Internet
(
$IIX.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
.

Weakest Sectors: Biotechs
(
$BTK.X |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
and Oil
Services
(
$OSX.X |
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News |
PowerRating)
.

Thursday’s stocks to
watch:


3 Month RS of 80 and higher and close in top
part of
range

Name



Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Emulex
(
EMLX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
99 42.06 9,219,300 12,183,100
Network Appliance
(
NTAP |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
99 23.78 12,895,300 7,783,600
Mcafee
(
MCAF |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
98 34.31 510,600 1,026,900
McData
(
MCDT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
97 27.71 1,674,400 1,228,900

3 Month RS of 20 or lower
and close in bottom part of range


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Biogen, Inc
(
BGEN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
18 56.29 2,966,500 2,160,700
Human Genome Sciences
(
HGSI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
14 32.79 2,749,200 3,409,100

Adminstaff

(
ASF |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
12 26.01 386,400 621,600
THQ Inc
(
THQI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
12 46.86 1,568,400 1,905,700


3 Month RS of 80
and higher with volume surge in last hour


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

USA Networks
(
USAI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
85 27.82 3,462,900 2,799,600
Symantec
(
SYMC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
92 67.11 2,142,900 1,293,400
Internet Security Solutions
(
ISSX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
99 31.70 2,494,100 1,234,300
Iona Tech
(
IONA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
98 20.03 343,100 459,600

3 Month RS of 20 and lower with volume surge in last hour


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Bellsouth
(
BLS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
5 39.30 3,011,300 2,456,000
Province Healthcare
(
PRHC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
8 30.55 645,300 528,400
Advance PCS [ADVP|ADVP 5 31.63 2,628,700 2,278,200
Alpha Industries
(
AHAA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
14 22.11 2,843,800 1,744,700

Stocks in Slim Jims

High RS at
or near high


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Atlantic
Coast Airlines

(
ACAI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
89 23.05 521,000 181,900
Emulex
(
EMLX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
99 42.06 9,219,300 12,183.100

Low RS at
or near low


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Biogen
(
BGEN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
19 52.29 2,966,500 2,160,700
Cabot Corp
(
CBT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3 35.05 343,800 218,900

Best of luck with your trading Wednesday. Please use
protective stops on trades.