Thursday, October 22, 2015

General Communications - Chart of the Day 10/23

General Communications (GNCMA) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The diversified telephone company has  Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 70.70+ and gained 74.89% in the last year.


The Chart of the Day is General Communications (GNCMA).  I found the diversified telephone stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for a Weighted Alpha of at least 50.00+ then again for technical buy signals of 80% or better.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy in 10/15 the stock gained 3.47%.

General Communication, Inc. is a diversified telecommunications provider with a leading position in facilities-based long distance service in the state of Alaska and, as a result of recent acquisitions, has become Alaska's leading cable television service provider. The Company seeks to become the first significant provider in Alaska of an integrated package of telecommunications and cable television services.




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.

Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • 70.70+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 7 new highs and up 9.12% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 70.96%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 18.53
  • Recently traded at 19.49 with a 50 day moving average of 17.42
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap %768.10 million
  • Revenue expected to grow 5.60% this year and another 6.10% next year
  • Earnings estimated to decrease 305.60% this year but increase again by 391.90% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 16.00% for the next 5 years
  • Wall Street analysts issued a hold recommendation for this stock
None of the usual technical trading strategies have been reliable on this stock so I suggest you use the 100 day moving average as a stop loss to protect your gains.

Hawaiian Holding - Chart of the Day 10/22

Hawaiian Holdings (HA) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The regional airline company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 119.60+ and gained 114.50% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Hawaiian Holdings (HA).  I found the regional airline stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for a Weighted Alpha of at least 50.00+, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or better.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 9/11 the stock gained 28.88%.

Hawaiian Holdings is a holding company of Hawaiian Airlines. Hawaiian Airlines is the largest airline headquartered in Hawaii. They are engaged primarily in the scheduled transportation of passengers, cargo and mail. Scheduled passenger service consists of daily service between Hawaii and Las Vegas, Nevada and the four key United States West Coast gateway cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon; daily service among the major islands of Hawaii; and bi-weekly service to Pago Pago, American Samoa, Papeete and Tahiti.



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.

Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • 119.60+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 12 new highs and up 27.68% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 78.39%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 27.96
  • Recently traded at 32.08 with a 50 day moving average of 25.24
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap $1.76 billion
  • P/E 11.57
  • Revenue expected to decline .20% this year but increase again by 4.10% next year
  • Earnings estimated to increase 91.00% this year, an additional 6.80% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 29.30% for the next 5 years
  • Wall Street analysts issued 2 strong buy, 2 buy, 3 hold and 2 under perform recommendations on the stock
The 20-50 Day MACD Oscillator has been a reliable technical trading strategy for this stock


Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Community One Bancorp - Chart of the Day 10/21

Community Bancorp (COB) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The southeastern commercial bank has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 55.60+ and gained 49.33% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Community One Bancorp (COB),  I found the southeastern commercial bank stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for a Weighted Alpha of at least 50.00+, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or better.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 9/24 the stock gained 24.84%.

CommunityOne Bancorp is a bank holding company. It offers personal and commercial banking services which include loans, deposits, cash management, wealth, mortgage and online banking to businesses, professionals and individuals. The company operates primarily in Alamance, Alexander, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Chatham, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Randolph and Richmond, Rowan, Scotland, Watauga and Wilkes counties in North Carolina. CommunityOne Bancorp, formerly known as FNB United Corp., is based in Asheboro, United States.


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.

Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • 55.60+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 14 new highs and up 25.30% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 73.39%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 12.88
  • Recently traded at 13.47 with a 50 day moving average of 10.92
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap $ 325.70 million
  • P/E 24.33
  • Revenue expected to grow 6.70% this year and another 8.60% next year
  • Earnings estimated to decrease 6.80% this year but increase again by 26.80% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 8.00% for the next 5 years
  • Wall Street analysts issued 1 buy and 1 hold recommendation on the stock
  • The 50 Day Parabolic Time/Price indicator has been the most reliable technical trading strategy for this stock.


BARCHART MORNING CALL 10/21

BARCHART MORNING CALL

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS
December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ15 +0.46%) are up +0.46% at a 2-month high and European stocks are up +0.65% on positive carryover from a rally in Japan's Nikkei Stock Index which climbed to a 6-week high on speculation the BOJ may need to expand QE after Japan exports last month grew at the slowest pace in over a year. Increased M&A activity also gave equities a boost after Lam Research agreed to buy KLA-Tencor Corp. for $10.6 billion. Strength in European stocks was limited as Credit Suisse fell over 5% after it said will sell 6.05 billion francs ($6.3 billion) in stock to boost capital and meet regulatory requirements. Asian stocks settled mixed: Japan +1.91%, Hong Kong closed for holiday, China -3.06%, Taiwan -0.51%, Australia +0.24%, Singapore +0.22%, South Korea +0.29%, India -0.07%. China's Shanghai Composite fell back from a 2-month high and closed down over 3% on speculation the recent rally was overdone.
The dollar index (DXY00 -0.05%) is down -0.09%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.12%. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.13% at a 1-week high as speculation the BOJ may need to expand QE undercut the yen.
Dec T-note prices (ZNZ15 +0.10%) are up +5.5 ticks.
The Japan Sep trade balance was in deficit by -114.5 billion yen, when expectations were for a surplus of +87.0 billion yen. Sep exports rose +0.6% y/y, less than expectations of +3.8 % y/y and the smallest increase in 13 months. Sep imports fell -11.1% y/y, a smaller decline than expectations of -12.0% y/y, but still the biggest drop in 6 months.
U.S. STOCK PREVIEW
Key U.S. news today includes: (1) weekly MBA mortgage applications (previous -27.6% with purchase mortgage sub-index -34.1% and refi sub-index-22.5%), (2) Fed Governor Jerome Powell as moderator for a panel on “Repo Markets, Liquidity, and the U.S. Treasury Market” in an event hosted by the New York Fed.
There are 31 of the S&P 500 companies that report earnings today with notable reports including: GM (consensus $1.19), AMEX (1.31), Abbott Labs (0.53), Boeing (2.20), Coca-Cola (0.50), Northern Trust (0.96), Citrix (0.84), Texas Instruments (0.67), eBay (0.40), Kinder Morgan (0.18), Motorola Solutions (0.73).
U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: Dimension Therapeutics (DMTX), Multi Packaging Solutions (MPSX).
Equity conferences today include: Private Wealth Latin America and The Caribbean Forum on Wed.
OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS
KLA-Tencor Corp. (KLAC +1.39%) surged 19% in pre-market trading after Lam Research agreed to buy the company for $10.6 billion.
Tupperware Brands (TUP +0.33%) reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 79 cents, better than consensus of 71 cents.
Coca-Cola (KO +0.71%) reported Q3 EPS of 51 cents, above consensus of 50 cents.
Twitter (TWTR unch) was downgraded to 'Underweight' from 'Equalweight' at Morgan Stanley.
Terex (TEX +5.13%) fell almost 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 58 cents, below consensus of 62 cents.
FMC Technologies (FTI +0.62%) reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 61 cents, better than consensus of 58 cents, although Q3 revenue of $1.55 billion was below consensus of $1.67 billion.
IRobot (IRBT +1.66%) fell over 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 EPS of 42 cents, well above consensus of 23 cents, but then lowered guidance on fiscal 2015 sales to $610 million-$615 million from a previous forecast of $625 million-$635 million, below consensus of $628.4 million.
Discover Financial Services (DFS -0.49%) climbed nearly 1% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 EPS of $1.38, higher than consensus of $1.33.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG -1.81%) dropped over 8% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 EPS of $4.59, less than consensus of $4.62.
Yahoo! (YHOO -2.00%) slid over 1% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 15 cents, weaker than consensus of 16 cents.
Rush Enterprises (RUSHA -1.21%) reported Q3 EPS of 48 cents, better than consensus of 47 cents.
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG -1.13%) jumped nearly 8% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of $5.24, well above consensus of $4.22.
Pinnacle Financial (PNFP +2.21%) reported Q4 EPS of 66 cents, higher than consensus of 64 cents.
Packaging of America (PKG -1.20%) reported Q3 EPS of $1.26, below consensus of $1.28.
MARKET COMMENTS
Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ15 +0.46%) this morning are up +9.25 points (+0.46%) at a fresh 2-month high. Tuesday's closes: S&P 500 -0.14%, Dow Jones-0.08%, Nasdaq -0.54%. The S&P 500 on Tuesday retreated from a 2-month high and closed lower on the unexpected -5.0% decline in U.S. Sep building permits to a 6-month low of 1.103 million and the reduced chances for an ECB QE expansion after the ECB's Bank Lending Survey said that Q3 credit standards eased for the sixth consecutive quarter. Stocks found support from the +1.14% rally in China's Shanghai Composite to a 1-3/4 month high and the +6.5% increase in U.S. Sep housing starts to 1.206 million, stronger than expectations of +1.4% to 1.142 million.
Dec 10-year T-notes (ZNZ15 +0.10%) this morning are up +5.5 ticks. Tuesday's closes: TYZ5 -13.00, FVZ5 -7.75. Dec T-notes on Tuesday fell to a 1-week low and closed lower on negative carryover from a slide in German bund prices to a 3-week low and on the stronger-than-expected U.S. Sep housing starts report.
The dollar index (DXY00 -0.05%) this morning is down -0.087 (-0.09%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0014 (+0.12%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.15 (+0.13%) at a 1-week high. Tuesday's closes: Dollar Index -0.015 (-0.02%), EUR/USD +0.0019 (+0.17%), USD/JPY +0.34 (+0.28%). The dollar index on Tuesday closed lower on strength in EUR/USD after ECB Governing Council member Noyer said the ECB's current bond buying pace is "well calibrated," which signals he sees no need to expand QE, and after the ECB's Bank Lending Survey reported that Q3 credit standards on loans to companies eased for the sixth consecutive quarter.
Dec crude oil (CLZ15 -1.27%) this morning is down -58 cents (-1.25%) and Dec gasoline (RBZ15 -0.75%) is down -0.0083 (-0.64%). Tuesday's closes: CLZ5 -0.36 (-0.78%), RBZ5 +0.0132 (+1.04%). Dec crude oil and gasoline on Tuesday settled mixed. Gasoline prices found support from a weaker dollar and expectations that Wednesday's EIA report will show gasoline supplies fell -1.0 million bbl. Crude oil fell on expectations that Wednesday's weekly EIA report will show a +3.5 million bbl increase in crude inventories and a +500,000 bbl increase in Cushing crude oil stockpiles.
GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR10/21/2015
US0700 ETWeekly MBA mortgage applications, previous -27.6% with purchase mortgage sub-index -34.1% and refi sub-index -22.5%.
1030 ETEIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
1330 ETFed Governor Jerome Powell moderates a panel on Repo Markets, Liquidity, and the U.S. Treasury Market in an event hosted by the New York Fed.
JPN0030 ETJapan Aug all-industry activity index expected -0.2% m/m, Jul +0.2% m/m.
UK0430 ETUK Sep public sector net borrowing expected +9.6 billion, Aug+11.3 billion pounds.
U.S. STOCK CALENDAR10/21/2015
CompanyTickerTimeEvent DescriptionPeriodEstimate
Seagate Technology PLCSTX US4:30Annual General MeetingY 2015
Abbott LaboratoriesABT USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.534
Baker Hughes IncBHI USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 2015-0.135
Boeing Co/TheBA USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20152.197
Coca-Cola Co/TheKO USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.502
Interpublic Group of Cos Inc/TheIPG USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.252
Kimberly-Clark CorpKMB USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.493
Thermo Fisher Scientific IncTMO USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.789
Biogen IncBIIB USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20153.766
Northern Trust CorpNTRS USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.958
Amphenol CorpAPH USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.653
General Motors CoGM USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.188
Nielsen Holdings PLCNLSN USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.688
EMC Corp/MAEMC US7:00Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.43
St Jude Medical IncSTJ US7:15Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.97
Illinois Tool Works IncITW US8:00Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.359
St Jude Medical IncSTJ US8:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Navient CorpNAVI US8:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Nielsen Holdings PLCNLSN US8:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
EMC Corp/MAEMC US8:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Interpublic Group of Cos Inc/TheIPG US8:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Thermo Fisher Scientific IncTMO US8:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Biogen IncBIIB US8:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
ACE LtdACE US8:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Abbott LaboratoriesABT US9:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
FMC Technologies IncFTI US9:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Coca-Cola Co/TheKO US9:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Illinois Tool Works IncITW US10:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Kimberly-Clark CorpKMB US10:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
General Motors CoGM US10:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Boeing Co/TheBA US10:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Northern Trust CorpNTRS US12:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Amphenol CorpAPH US13:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Citrix Systems IncCTXS US16:05Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.843
Robert Half International IncRHI US16:15Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.731
Texas Instruments IncTXN US16:30Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.674
Kinder Morgan Inc/DEKMI US16:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Citrix Systems IncCTXS US16:45Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
American Express CoAXP US17:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
CA IncCA US17:00Q2 2016 Earnings CallQ2 2016
Robert Half International IncRHI US17:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Lam Research CorpLRCX US17:00Q1 2016 Earnings CallC3 2016
Tractor Supply CoTSCO US17:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
SanDisk CorpSNDK US17:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
eBay IncEBAY US17:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
American Express CoAXP USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.311
CA IncCA USAft-mktQ2 2016 Earnings ReleaseQ2 20160.558
Equifax IncEFX USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.097
Lam Research CorpLRCX USAft-mktQ1 2016 Earnings ReleaseQ1 20161.719
Tractor Supply CoTSCO USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.627
SanDisk CorpSNDK USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.798
SL Green Realty CorpSLG USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.567
United Rentals IncURI USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20152.355
Crown Castle International CorpCCI USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.046
eBay IncEBAY USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.401
Ameriprise Financial IncAMP USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20152.287
Kinder Morgan Inc/DEKMI USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.182
Texas Instruments IncTXN US17:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Motorola Solutions IncMSI USQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.725

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Sabre Corp - Chart of the Day

Sabre Corp (SABR) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The Internet software company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 74.20+ and gained 87.45% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Sabre Corp (SABR).  I found the Internet software stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for a Weighted Alpha of higher than 50.00+ then again for technical buy signals above 80%.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 10/7 the stock gained 4.72%.

Sabre Corporation engages in providing technology solutions to the global travel and tourism industry. The company operates four brands/businesses: Sabre Airline Solutions (R), Sabre Hospitality Solutions (R), Sabre Travel Network (R) and Travelocity (R). Its software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used by airlines hotel properties to manage critical operations, such as passenger and guest reservations, revenue management, and flight, network and crew management. Sabre Corporation is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.



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.

Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • 74.20+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 9 new highs and up 6.16% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 67.63%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 29.05
  • Recently traded at 30.2 with a 50 day moving average of 28.19
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap $8.20 billion
  • P/E 31.14
  • Dividend yield 1.22%
  • Revenue expected to grow 14..40% this year and another 12.70% next year
  • Earnings estimated to increase 1.40% this year, an additional 7.60% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 3.95% for the next 5 years
  • Wall Street analysts issued 3 strong buy, 4 buy and 7 hold recommendations on the stock
The 20-100 Day MACD Oscillator has been a reliable technical trading strategy for this stock.

Some Penny Stocks

This week I added some penny stocks that came up on my screeners to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio.  Added were Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMFN), Telkonet (TKOI), Just Energy Group (JE) , First Reliance Bank of SC (FSRL) and Online Vacation Center (ONVC).

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMFN)


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 72% Barchart technical buy signals
  • 40.03+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 7 new highs and up 6.48% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 54.57%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 8.9876
  • Recently traded at 9.2000 with a 50 day moving average of 8.7216
Telkonet (TKOI)


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 40% Barchart technical buy signals
  • 54.41+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 10 new highs and up 12.21% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 56.82%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at .2379
  • Recently traded at .2637 with a 50 day moving average of .2360


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 96% Barchart technical buy signals
  • 63.00+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 13 new highs and up 23.52% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 69.88%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 7.00
  • Recently traded at 7.32 with a 50 day moving average of 6.13


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 96% Barchart technical buy signals
  • 71.90+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 6 new highs and up 7.29% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 68.75%
  • Barchart computes a technical support leve at 5.1500
  • Recently traded at 5.1500 with a 50 day moving average of 4.6512


Barchart technical indicators:
  • 56% Barhart technical buy signals
  • 69.71+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 5 new highs and up 34.41% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 56.97%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at .9433
  • Recently traded at 1.2500 with a 50 day moving average of 1.1003











BARCHART MORNING CALL 10/20

BARCHART MORNING CALL

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS
December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ15 -0.21%) are down -0.31% and European stocks are down -0.85% on reduced chances of additional easing from the ECB after the ECB's lending survey showed that credit standards on loans to companies eased for the sixth consecutive quarter. Also, weakness is IBM, which is down -4.5% in pre-market trading, is undercutting stocks after it lowered its full-year profit forecast after Q3 revenue missed estimates. Mining companies and raw-material stocks are lower as well after the price of copper (HGZ15 -0.30%) fell to a 1-week low. Asian stocks settled mixed: Japan +0.42%, Hong Kong -0.37%, China +1.14%, Taiwan +0.26%, Australia -0.65%, Singapore -0.18%, South Korea +0.43%, India -0.21%. China's Shanghai Composite rose to a 1-3/4 month high as a rally in small-cap stocks led the overall market higher on speculation the government will boost stimulus in the technology industry to offset the faltering industrial sector.
The dollar index (DXY00 -0.31%) is down -0.31%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.45%. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.11%.
Dec T-note prices (ZNZ15 -0.15%) are down -6 ticks on negative carryover from a slide in German bund prices after strength in the ECB's Bank Lending Survey curbed speculation the ECB will expand QE.
The ECB said Q3 credit standards on loans to companies eased for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to the ECB's Bank Lending Survey. The survey showed 40% of banks said they used the extra liquidity from the ECB's QE program to lend to companies, while 14% increased mortgages and 36% expanded consumer credit and other loans to households.
U.S. STOCK PREVIEW
Key U.S. news today includes: (1) Sep housing starts (expected +1.4% to 1.142 million, Aug -3.0% to 1.126 million), (2) introductory remarks by Fed Governor Jerome Powell and New York Fed President William Dudley at a conference on bond market liquidity, and (3) Fed Chair Janet Yellen's welcoming remarks at a Labor Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony.
There are 22 of the S&P 500 companies that report earnings today with notable reports including: Yahoo (consensus $0.16), Bank of New York Mellon (0.71), Fifth Third Bancorp (0.40), Verizon (1.02), Chipotle (4.62), Discover Financial Services (1.33), Navient (0.48).
U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: Ferrari (RACE).
Equity conferences today include: Private Wealth Latin America and The Caribbean Forum on Wed.
OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS
International Business Machines (IBM -0.78%) fell nearly 5% in pre-market trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of $3.34, above consensus of $3.30, but then lowered guidance for fiscal 2015 EPS to $15.25, plus or minus 50 cents, below consensus of $15.68.
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB +0.11%) reported Q3 EPS of 39 cents, below consensus of 40 cents.
Harley Davidson (HOG +1.16%) reported Q3 EPS of 69 cents, weaker than consensus of 78 cents.
The Travelers Cos. (TRV +0.40%) reported Q3 EPS of $2.93, higher than consensus of $2.26.
Omnicom Group (OMC +0.07%) reported Q3 EPS of 97 cents, better than consensus of 95 cents.
Wolverine World Wide (WWW -0.25%) reported Q3 EPS of 48 cents, right on consensus, but then lowered guidance on fiscal 2015 EPS to $144-$1.47 from a February estimate of $1.53-$1.60, below consensus of $1.47.
The Fresh Market (TFM +3.51%) was raised to 'Neutral' from 'Underperform' at Credit Suisse.
Hexcel (HXL +0.07%) fell over 4% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 EPS of 55 cents, weaker than consensus of 59 cents, and then lowered guidance on fiscal 2015 EPS to $2.28-$2.34, below consensus of $2.43.
SanDisk (SNDK +2.90%) jumped over 8% in after-hours trading after people with knowledge of the matter said SanDisk is in advanced talks to sell itself to Western Digital Corp.
Ctrip.com (CTRIP) climbed nearly 2% in after-hours trading after Priceline Group raised its stake in the company to 12.63%.
Rambus (RMBS +0.87%) sank nearly 15% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 EPS of 14 cents, right on consensus, but then lowered guidance on Q4 revenue to $71 million -$77 million, below consensus of $83.4 million.
Sonic Corp. (SONC +1.99%) rose 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 EPS of 43 cents, better than consensus of 42 cents, and raised guidance for fiscal year 2016 EPS growth to 16% to 20% per share, higher than a previous outlook of 14% to 18% growth.
Flexatronic International (FLEX -0.80%) rose 6% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 EPS of 27 cents, higher than consensus of 25 cents.
MARKET COMMENTS
Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ15 -0.21%) this morning are down -6.25 points (-0.31%). Monday's closes: S&P 500 +0.03%, Dow Jones +0.08%, Nasdaq +0.53%. The S&P 500 on Monday closed slightly higher on reduced Chinese economic concerns after the China Q3 GDP report of +6.9% y/y was slightly stronger than expectations of +6.8% y/y. In addition, the U.S. Oct NAHB housing market index showed a larger than-expected gain to a new 10-year high of 64. Meanwhile, bank stocks were undercut by disappointing earnings from Morgan Stanley and by weakness in energy producers after crude oil fell by over-3%.
Dec 10-year T-notes (ZNZ15 -0.15%) this morning are down -6 ticks. Monday's closes: TYZ5 -2.00, FVZ5 +1.00. Dec T-notes on Monday closed slightly lower on increased worries about a Fed tightening after the stronger-than-expected Chinese Q3 GDP of +6.9% and the larger-than-expected increase in the Oct NAHB housing market index to a 10-year high.
The dollar index (DXY00 -0.31%) this morning is down -0.293 (-0.31%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0051 (+0.45%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.13 (+0.11%). Monday's closes: Dollar Index +0.388 (+0.41%), EUR/USD -0.0021 (-0.19%), USD/JPY +0.06 (+0.05%). The dollar index on Monday rose to a 1-week high and closed higher on the slightly increased chances for a Fed rate hike after the stronger-than-expected U.S. Oct NAHB housing market index report to a 10-year high. In addition, EUR/USD fell to a 1-week low on speculation that ECB President Draghi will consider expanding QE when the ECB meets on Thursday.
Dec crude oil (CLZ15 +0.19%) this morning is down -1 cent (-0.02%) and Dec gasoline (RBZ15 +0.31%) is down -0.0006 (-0.05%). Monday's closes: CLZ5-1.44 (-3.02%), RBZ5 -0.0538 (-4.03%). Dec crude oil and gasoline prices on Monday closed lower with Dec gasoline at a 1-1/2 month low. Crude oil and gasoline prices were undercut by the rally in the dollar index to a 1-week high and the decline in Q3 China GDP to a 6-1/2 year low of +6.9% y/y. In addition, the market is expecting Wednesday's weekly EIA report to show a +500,000 bbl increase in Cushing crude oil inventories.
GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR10/20/2015
US0830 ETSep housing starts expected +1.4% to 1.142 million, Aug -3.0% to 1.126 million. Sep building permits expected unch at 1.170 million, Aug +3.5% to 1.170 million.
0900 ETFed Governor Jerome Powell and New York Fed President William Dudley give introductory remarks at a conference on bond market liquidity.
1100 ETFed Chair Janet Yellen delivers welcoming remarks at a Labor Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony.
GER0200 ETGerman Sep PPI expected -0.2% m/m and -1.8% y/y, Aug -0.5% m/m and -1.7% y/y.
JPN0130 ETJapan Sep nationwide department store sales, Aug +2.7% y/y.
0200 ETRevised Japan Sep machine tool orders, previous -19.1% y/y.
1950 ETJapan Sep trade balance expected +87.0 billion yen, Aug -569.4 billion yen. Sep exports expected +3.8% y/y, Aug +3.1% y/y. Sep imports expected -11.9% y/y, Aug -3.1% y/y.
EUR0400 ETEurozone Aug current account, Jul +33.8 billion euros (nsa).
U.S. STOCK CALENDAR10/20/2015
CompanyTickerTimeEvent DescriptionPeriodEstimate
TEGNA IncTGNA USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.356
Harley-Davidson IncHOG USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.783
United Technologies CorpUTX USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.544
Pentair PLCPNR USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.958
Lockheed Martin CorpLMT USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20152.717
Prologis IncPLD USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.578
Regions Financial CorpRF USBef-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.196
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/TheBK US6:30Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.712
Fifth Third BancorpFITB US6:30Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.4
Travelers Cos Inc/TheTRV US6:57Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20152.262
Dover CorpDOV US7:00Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.066
Omnicom Group IncOMC US7:00Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.951
Verizon Communications IncVZ US7:30Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.022
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/TheBK US8:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Verizon Communications IncVZ US8:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Omnicom Group IncOMC US8:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
United Technologies CorpUTX US8:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Harley-Davidson IncHOG US9:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Travelers Cos Inc/TheTRV US9:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Fifth Third BancorpFITB US9:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Pentair PLCPNR US9:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Dover CorpDOV US10:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
TEGNA IncTGNA US10:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
JM Smucker Co/TheSJM US10:00Investor DayY 2015
Lockheed Martin CorpLMT US11:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Regions Financial CorpRF US11:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Prologis IncPLD US12:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Chipotle Mexican Grill IncCMG US16:00Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20154.624
Yahoo! IncYHOO US16:05Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.159
Intuitive Surgical IncISRG US16:05Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20154.221
Discover Financial ServicesDFS US16:05Q3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.325
Intuitive Surgical IncISRG US16:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Chipotle Mexican Grill IncCMG US16:30Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Yahoo! IncYHOO US17:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Discover Financial ServicesDFS US17:00Q3 2015 Earnings CallQ3 2015
Chubb Corp/TheCB USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20152.014
ACE LtdACE USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20152.368
FMC Technologies IncFTI USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.579
Navient CorpNAVI USAft-mktQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20150.476
Sigma-Aldrich CorpSIAL USQ3 2015 Earnings ReleaseQ3 20151.055

Monday, October 19, 2015

Concert Pharmaceuticals - Chart of the Day

Concert Pharmaceuticals (CNCE) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.   The biopharmaceutical company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 96.70+ and gained 78.89% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Concert Pharmaceutical (CNCE).  I found the biopharmaceutical stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for a Weighted Alpha above 50.00+ then again for technical buy signals of 80% or better.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 9/9 the stock gained 33.80%.

Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. It is focused on applying its DCE Platform (R) to create novel small molecule drugs. The Company manufactures drugs in various therapeutic areas such as hot flashes, HIV, renal hepatic, neuropathic pain, MRSA infection, and schizophrenia, multiple tumors, and hyperparathyroidism. Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc. is based in United States.



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Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • 96.70+ Weighted Alpha
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 4 new highs and up 20.00% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 65.63
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 21.61
  • Recently traded at 24.13 with a 50 day moving average of 18.40
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap $524.10 million
  • Revenue expected to increase 716.00% this year but decrease by 73.30% next year
  • Earnings estimated to increase 152.50% this year but decrease by 237.10% next year
  • In spite of these erratic projections Wall Street analysts have 4 strong buy recommendations in place
  • The individual investors on Motley Fool voted 15 to 0 that the stock will beat the market
The 50-100 Day MACD Oscillator has been the most effective technical trading strategy for this stock