3 Hot Nasdaq stocks -- 1/5

When I call your attention to hot stocks I mean positive and consistent price momentum.  Each morning I go the the Barchart list of new high/lows then sort for frequency.  Here are 3 interesting NASDAQ stock you might want to add to your watch lists:

LHCG -- LHC Group -- provides post-acute healthcare services primarily to Medicare beneficiaries in rural markets in the southern United States. They provide home-based services through their home nursing agencies and hospices and facility-based services through their long-term acute care hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation clinics.

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• 20 new highs and up 27.41% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 76.97% and rising
• Trades around 31.52 well above its 50 day moving average of 27.13

PRIM -- Primoris Services -- The industry-leading Policy Tracking System application resides at their state-of-the-art data center. Primoris has a document processing capability to handle the smallest or largest jobs for your business. When dealing with data processing, Internet, networking and insurance, they excel in detailed technical knowledge and real world experience. PRIMORIS is a technology partner with IDMI, developers of the PTS system, who have been providing excellent customer service since 1996. Priority support through PRIMORIS' Technical Excellence Center on all PTS problems will receive their utmost care. Also, consulting on network, provisioning, and data processing requirements are available to Primoris clients.

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• 18 new highs and up 8.52% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.60
• Trades around 9.69 well above its 50 day moving average of 8.73

EBMT - Eagle Bancorp Montana -- operates as a holding company for American Federal Savings Bank that provides retail banking services in the south central portion of Montana. The company offers various deposit and loan products and services. The Bank is a federally chartered savings bank, engaging in typical banking activities: acquiring deposits from local markets and investing in loans and investment securities. Eagle Bancorp also offers real estate construction loans; consumer loans comprising auto loans, RV loans, boat loans, personal loans and credit lines, and deposit account loans; and commercial loans. Headquartered in Helena, Montana, the Company's mission is to efficiently increase value for its customers, shareholders, employees and communities.

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• 18 new highs and up 9.93% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.30% and rising
• Trades around 10.85 well above its 50 day moving average of 10.30

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.