Wednesday’s Top Names

The major indices made a
gallant effort on Tuesday,
despite the overall negative down day.
After opening near unchanged, they got slammed with the Consumer Confidence
Index report at 10:00 ET, showing 79.4 in September vs. 93.7 in August. The Dow
fell as low as -170, but the indices showed resilience during the day and made a
strong push in the final hour. This suggests the underlying tone is still pretty
good. The next big report is the employment data on Friday.

Strong Sectors: Gold
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Weak Sectors: Semiconductors
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,
Telecom, Airline
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and Networking

Wednesday’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

Arkansas Best


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ABFS |
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88

30.68

452,200

218,798

Autozone


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91

84.30

1,174,500

1,290,800

Citigroup


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C |
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89 36.50 22,255,200 22,860,500

Coach


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94

30.67

997,400

1,029,200

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

AFC Enterprises


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AFCE |
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19

19.10

295,300

160,673

Amerada Hess


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AHC |
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12

49.68

828,000

1,760,900

Laboratory
Corp


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8 19.60 2,367,500 4,933,700

Proquest Co.


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PQE |
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10

20.37

289,100

402,700

3 Month RS of 80

and higher with volume surge in last hour

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today?s Volume

Alltel

AT

83

49.06

1,178,700

1,344,500

Allied Irish Banks


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AIB |
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99

28.81

3,211,100

281,200

Cox Comm.

COX

91

27.85

2,327,900

4,038,400

Factsheet

FDS

88

28.30

355,100

344,700

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

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today?s Volume

AFC Enterprises


(
AFCE |
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PowerRating)

19

19.10

295,300

218,798

Sunoco


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SUN |
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29

28.89

464,100

428,600

Certegy


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3

20.90

539,400

424,000

Highwoods Properties


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18

19.70

211,800

474,400

Stocks in Slim Jims

High RS at

or near high

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today?s Volume

Allied Irish
Banks


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AIB |
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99

28.81

3,211,100

281,200

Coach


(
COH |
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PowerRating)

94

30.67

997,400

1,029,200

Invision Technologies


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INVN |
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89

35.30

1,069,400

903,951

Low RS at

or near low

Company Name

Symbol

Relative Strength

Price

Average Volume

Today?s Volume

Sunoco


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SUN |
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29

28.89

464,100 428,600

Laboratory Corp


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LH |
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8

19.60

2,367,500

4,933,700

Proquest Co.


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PQE |
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PowerRating)

10

20.37

289,100

402,700