Thursday, December 23, 2010

Belo Corp - BLC -- added

This morning I'm adding Belo Corp (BLC) to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio on purely technical reasons:

  • 96% Barchart technical buy signal
  • 17 new highs in the last month
  • Up 24.48% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 77.09% and rising
  • Trades around 7.22 well above its 50 day moving average of 6.24
Over on Motley Fool CAPS members think the stock will beat the market by a vote of 101 to 29 with the All Stars in agreement 62 to 2.

Jim Van Meerten is an advisor to Marketocracy Capital Management who uses his model portfolios not only to manage their mutual funds but also their clients Separately Managed Accounts. You can read his blogs about those model portfolios and investing here and on Barchart Portfolio Blogs. Please leave a comment below or email JimVanMeerten@gmail.com.

Disclosure: Jim Van Meerten through Marketocracy Capital Management has an interest in the stocks mentioned in this blog.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

AudioVox -- VOXX -- added

This morning I added AudioVox (VOXX) to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio because:

Jim Van Meerten is an advisor to Marketocracy Capital Management who uses his model portfolios not only to manage their mutual funds but also their clients Separately Managed Accounts. You can read his blogs about those model portfolios and investing here and on Barchart Portfolio Blogs. Please leave a comment below or email JimVanMeerten@gmail.com.

Disclosure: Jim Van Meerten through Marketocracy Capital Management has an interest in the stocks mentioned in this blog.

Global Payments -- GPN - added

This morning I added Global Payments (GPN) to the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio.  They are a leading provider of electronic transaction processing services for consumers, merchants, Independent Sales Organizations, financial institutions, government agencies and multi- national corporations located throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. Global Payments offers a comprehensive line of processing solutions for credit and debit cards, business-to-business purchasing cards, gift cards, electronic check conversion and check guarantee, verification and recovery, as well as terminal management. The company also provides consumer money transfer services from the U.S. and Europe to destinations in Latin America, Morocco, and the Philippines.

45% of the operations are outside the US and they are a leader in the Chinese markets.  Just look at the tags saying "Made in China" and you get a feel of what possibilities lie in money transfers to Asia.

GPN is enjoying recent price momentum and has a 96% Barchart technical buy signal.  The stock hit 17 new highs and is up 11.19% in the last month.  The Relative Strength Index is 74.93% and rising.  The stock trades around 45.65 which is well above its 50 day moving average of 41.27.

Wall Street brokerage analysts have noticed this Chinese connection and predict a revenue growth of 8.60% next year with earnings per share increasing 13.30% next year and continuing at a 5 year annual compounded EPS growth rate of 12.54%. I like double digit EPS growth rates.  That has earned the stock 16 buy and 13 hold reports

The general investor over on Motley Fool votes 224 to 24 that the stock will beat the market and the All Stars agree 90 to 3.  Fool notes that columnists articles have been positive 12 to 1.

The stock has what I look for:

  • 96% Barchart technical buy signal
  • 17 new highs and up 11.19% in the last month
  • Wall Street buy recommendations based on 5 year double digit earnings projections
  • Positive investor sentiment
Jim Van Meerten is an advisor to Marketocracy Capital Management who uses his model portfolios not only to manage their mutual funds but also their clients Separately Managed Accounts. You can read his blogs about those model portfolios and investing here and on Barchart Portfolio Blogs. Please leave a comment below or email JimVanMeerten@gmail.com.

Disclosure: Jim Van Meerten through Marketocracy Capital Management has an interest in the stocks mentioned in this blog.

Thai Fund -- TTF -- deleted

This morning I deleted the Thai Fund (TTF) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price momentum:

  • 80% Barchart short term sell signal
  • Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
  • Trading below its 20, 50 and 100 daily moving averages
  • Lost 5.43% in the last week
  • Relative Strength Index 38.02% and dropping
Jim Van Meerten is an advisor to Marketocracy Capital Management who uses his model portfolios not only to manage their mutual funds but also their clients Separately Managed Accounts. You can read his blogs about those model portfolios and investing here and on Barchart Portfolio Blogs. Please leave a comment below or email JimVanMeerten@gmail.com.

Disclosure: Jim Van Meerten through Marketocracy Capital Management has an interest in the stocks mentioned in this blog.

Monday, December 20, 2010

PDL Biopharma -- PDLI -- added

I added PDL Biopharma (PDLI) to the Barchart Van Meerten Specualtive portfolio --Protein Design Labs Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of novel therapies for inflammation and autoimmune diseases, acute cardiac conditions and cancer. PDL markets several biopharmaceutical products in the United States through its hospital sales force and wholly-owned subsidiary, ESP Pharma, Inc. As a leader in the development of humanized antibodies, PDL has licensed its patents to numerous pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, some of which are now paying royalties on net sales of licensed products.

Recent price momentum has given the stock a 100% Barchart technical buy signal -- With 16 new highs and an 11.80% price appreciation in the last 20 sessions the stock looks great.  The Relative Strength Index is 74.94% and rising.  The stock trades around 6.31 which is above its 50 day moving average of 5.66.

Wall Street analysts look for sales to increase by 12.50% next year with earnings per share increasing by 37.40% for the same period.  The 5 year projected  EPS annual growth rate of 26.00% has resulted in 2 buy and 5 hold recommendations for their clients.

The Fools on Motley Fool have the CAPS members voting 807 to 34 that the stock will beat the market with the more experienced All Stars voting 301 to 9.  Fool notes that the last 6 articles in Wall Street periodicals have all been positive.

The stock was added because:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signal
  • 16 new highs and up 11.80% in the last month
  • Wall Street brokerages\project double digit increases in sales and earnings
  • Positive investor sentiment

Jim Van Meerten is an advisor to Marketocracy Capital Management who uses his model portfolios not only to manage their mutual funds but also their clients Separately Managed Accounts. You can read his blogs about those model portfolios and investing here and on Barchart Portfolio Blogs. Please leave a comment below or email JimVanMeerten@gmail.com.

Disclosure: Jim Van Meerten through Marketocracy Capital Management has an interest in the stocks mentioned in this blog.