The 5 Worst NASDAQ 100 Stocks

Today I used Barchart to sort the NASDAQ 100 Index stocks to find the stocks with the worst technical sell signals.  You might note that just a few months ago most of these were on my list of Best NASDAQ 100 stocks.  Just another reason why buy and hold should be a dead issue before you let the fickled finger of fate tank your portfolio.

The list includes Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR), Kla-Tencor (KLAC), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), Fastenal (FAST) and Microsoft (MSFT):

Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signals
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 26.65% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 34.17%
• Recently traded at 116.45 which is below its 50 day moving average of 131.88

Kla-Tencor (KLAC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 25.52% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 39.41%
• Recently traded at 62.89 which is below its 50 day moving average of 67.67

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signals
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14.41% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 42.46%
• Recently traded at 174.24 which is below its 50 day moving average of 42..46

Fastenal (FAST)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 19.19% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 34.29%
• Recently traded at 42.16 which is below its 50 day moving average of 45.71

Microsoft (MSFT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15.25% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 39.77%
• Recently traded at 42.44 which is below its 50 day moving average