Tuesday’s Top Names

For the past two weeks
the three major indices
have been within limited trading ranges near
their respective recovery highs. Today the market averages moved aggressively
higher out of the starting gate. The trigger for the surge was related to
the Microsoft
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announcement that a federal judge endorsed
the company’s antitrust settlement with the U.S. government and nine states.
Also stronger Factory Orders data and the prospect for reduced interest rates
both here (Wednesday FOMC meeting) and abroad added to the underlying favorable
bias.

Strong Sectors: Networking
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,
Semi
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, Software
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, Telecom, Wireless,
Airline
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, Broker/Dealer
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, Storage,
Computer-Hardware, Lodging and Video Game

Weak: Retail
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, Oil
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, Oil Service
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, Education, Defense, Consumer and Chemical

Tuesday’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

Dell Computer


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87

30.05

23,949,500

47,458,711

Getty Images


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96

29.06

427,900

911,354

Investors
Financial Services


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82 33.41 563,300 782,453

Kronos


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89

39.21

284,900

867,002

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

Rockwell Collins


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30

21.81

665,600

519,500

Crane Co.


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18

19.22

302,600

305,400

Eastman
Chemical


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27 36.67 581,100 442,200

FTI Consulting


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24

41.40

259,000

508,900

3 Month RS of 80

and higher with volume surge in last hour

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Alltel


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83

52.21

1,178,700

1,620,900

Cox Comm.


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91

28.87

2,327,900

2,656,600

Pixar


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80

55.30

489,500

236,433

Univision


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82

27.40

1,823,800

1,958,800

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

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Sonic Automotive


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22

16.24

353,300

313,400

Sunoco


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29

29.60

464,100

292,800

York Intl


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16

23.30

244,300

438,300

Yum Brands


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12

22.70

2,532,100

2,918,700

Stocks in Slim Jims

High RS at

or near high

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Factsheet Research


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88

29.87

355,100

363,100

Symantec Corp


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92

41.99

4,390,800

5,526,294

Taro Pharmaceutical


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80

37.35

406,600

1,054,594

Low RS at

or near low

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today’s Volume

Lockheed
Martin

LMT

26

50.23

2,819,100 11,958,000