Monday, September 29, 2008

Stocks for the week of Sep 29

These are the stocks that are passing at least three of my five filters, for the week of September 29.

SymbolTop RankedZacks PEG SuppDem VLIBD Stock checkup
FLIR111 1A+
KSU 11 1A+
PRGO 11 1A+
WAB 11 1A+
AFAM 111 A+
TRLG 111 A+
AMED 11 1A+
URBN 11 1A+
MANT 11 1A+
OSIP 11 1A+
EZPW111  A+
VMI 11 1A
CSX 11 1A
ARO 11 1A
CELG1 1 1A
MEE 11 1A-
AGU 11 1A-
BWLD  111A-


VMI is back on the core list, after a month's hiatus. Urban Outfitters (URBN) sells clothes to young people. We have them in North Carolina as either Urban Outfitters or Anthropologie.

Core list (with n of 10 weeks passing):

SymbolPassing weeks Earnings
ARO10Earn 3-Dec
FLIR10Earn 23-Oct
WAB10 
AXYS9 
EZPW8 
ESV6Earn 23-Oct
HAL6Earn 20-Oct
NOV6Earn 23-Oct
RIMM6Earn 18-Dec
XLNX6Earn 15-Oct
CF6 
ACI6 
CELG6Earn 23-Oct
BUCY5Earn 23-Oct
JOYG5 
MON5Earn 8-Oct
SOHU5 
FSLR5 
VMI5Earn 15-Oct
URBN5Earn 13-Nov

moving down this week
moving up this week
new this week

The Market remains in Red Light mode according to the 1-2-3 model. The Inflation Model has remains at a negative two-and-a-half an inflation stars ("deflation").

Mr. Market seems to have been rising in anticipation of a bailout, but traded down in its largest one-day (point) loss on Monday. Surprisingly, the American public is not going gently into that good night of $700M and the government legislatation of blue skies and sunny days. If you're not already out of stocks, might I suggest lowering your position? And maybe buying a short or two?

I am considering borrowing against my 401(k) and using the proceeds to buy some shorts (other than financial; see my rant from last week). I could go all to money market, but I am down on stocks enough to buy puts or go short, something I cannot do from within the 401(k).

Enjoy your trading this week. We're certainly living in interesting times.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Stocks for the week of Sep 12

Here is the list for the week of September 22. These are the stocks that are passing at least three of my five filters.

SymbolTop RankedZacks PEG SuppDem VLIBD Stock checkup
ARO 1111A+
FLIR111 1A
AGU 11 1A+
AMED 11 1A+
AXYS 11 1A+
CELG1 1 1A+
EDU111  A+
EZPW111  A+
KSU 11 1A+
MANT 11 1A+
PRGO 11 1A+
TRLG 111 A+
URBN 11 1A+
WGOV 11 1A+
CF 11 1A
IBM 11 1A
OSIP 11 1A
VMI 11 1A
WAB 11 1A


MOS is off the core list. CELG and FSLR are new. Celgene Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company that treats cancer and immune-inflammatory related diseases. First Solar manufactures solar panels using a proprietary thin film semiconductor technology.

Core list (with n of 10 weeks passing):

SymbolPassing weeks Earnings
ARO10Earn 3-Dec
AXYS10 
FLIR10 
WAB10 
ESV7Earn 23-Oct
HAL7Earn 20-Oct
NOV7 
RIMM7Earn 25-Sep
XLNX7Earn 15-Oct
CF7 
EZPW7 
ACI6 
BUCY6Earn 23-Oct
JOYG6 
MON6Earn 8-Oct
SOHU5 
CELG5Earn 23-Oct
FSLR5 

moving down this week
moving up this week
new this week

Quite an exciting week or two, with the United States lurching towards socialism. Paulson has already nationalized Fannie and Freddy, guaranteed against losses (but not profits??) of Bear Stearns, and is buying out AIG. Interesting.

Fidelity unceremoniously sold my SKF shares. So much for trying to short financial stocks. It's not clear whether this ETF will be able to short any financials and do its stated job. I certainly do not appreciate the SEC lashing the rudder so that the boat can only steer to the right.

The Market remains in Red Light mode according to the 1-2-3 model. The Inflation Model has remains at a negative two-and-a-half an inflation stars ("deflation").

Enjoy your trading this week, especially if you're long precious metals or oil.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Stocks for the week of Sep 15

Here is the list for the week of September 15. These are the stocks that are passing at least three of my five filters.

SymbolTop RankedZacks PEG SuppDem VLIBD Stock checkup
ARO 1111A+
FLIR111 1A
AGU 11 1A+
AMED 11 1A+
AXYS 11 1A+
CELG1 1 1A+
EZPW111  A+
KSU 11 1A+
MANT 11 1A+
ALTR 11 1A
CF 11 1A
DRC 11 1A
FSLR111  A
IBM 11 1A
OSIP 11 1A
VMI 11 1A
WAB 11 1A


POT is off the core list.

Core list (with n of 10 weeks passing):

SymbolPassing weeks Earnings
AXYS9 
ARO9Earn 3-Dec
FLIR9 
ESV8Earn 23-Oct
HAL8Earn 20-Oct
NOV8 
RIMM8Earn 25-Sep
WAB8 
ACI7 
BUCY7Earn 23-Oct
JOYG7 
MON7Earn 8-Oct
XLNX7Earn 15-Oct
CF6 
MOS5Earn 1-Oct
EZPW5 
SOHU5 

moving down this week
moving up this week
new this week

I am running late on this one because it has taken me several days to convert some of my filtering software to .Net. (Turns out that I needed to compile my .Net program for a 32-bit machine because the database API would not work with this 64-bit machine.)

The Market remains in Red Light mode according to the 1-2-3 model. The Inflation Model has remains at a negative two-and-a-half an inflation stars ("deflation").

Enjoy your trading this week. I should have next week's blog out by Monday, as usual.