Financial Tides -- A Stock Market Investing Newsletter by Jim Van Meerten: Reynolds American - RAI

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Reynolds American - RAI - Barchart Chart of the Day

Barchart.coms Chart of the Day - Reynolds American (RAI)

Barchart Research Team - BC - Wed Aug 01, 6:07PM CDT

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RAI - Reynolds American Inc

Sym	Last	Chg	Pct
RAI	46.52	+0.25	+0.54%

The "Chart of the Day" is Reynolds American (RAI), which showed up on Wednesday's Barchart "All-Time High" list. RAI on Wednesday posted a new all-time high of $46.84 and closed up +0.54%. TrendSpotter has been long RAI since June 13 at $41.74. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon on Wednesday denied an FDA motion to dismiss a lawsuit by Lorillard Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. filed last year that alleges financial conflict of interest and bias by several members of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committees. The suit specifically alleges that some committee members have conflicts of interest because they were paid expert witnesses in anti-tobacco lawsuits and have financial ties to pharmaceutical companies that make smoking-cessation products. Last Tuesday, RAI reported Q2 adjusted earnings of 79 cents per share, beating expectations of 76 cents as the company focuses on cigarette alternatives such as snuff and chewing tobacco for future sales growth as tax hikes, smoking bans, health concerns and social stigma make the cigarette business tougher. Reynolds American with a market cap of $26.6 billion, is the parent company of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., Lane Limited and R.J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the second- largest U.S. tobacco company, manufactures about one of every three cigarettes sold in the United States, including five of the nation's 10 best-selling brands.

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How we found the Chart of the Day:
We found the "Chart of the Day" by scanning the Barchart "All Time High" list. In order to get to that list, we first clicked on the Stocks menu item on the Barchart home page, then on the "All Time Highs" menu item on the left menu bar. We then sorted the list by percentage gainers by clicking on the "Percent" column title. A stock that has posted a new All-Time high is typically showing strong upside momentum.
The status of Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

TrendSpotter: Buy
Short-Term Indicators: 80% Buy
Medium-Term Indicators: 75% Buy
Long-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
Overall Average 88% Buy