Thursday, April 7, 2011

3M -- MMM -- Barchart Chart of the Day 4/7

Barchart.com's Chart of the Day - 3M Company (MMM)
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 MMM - 3M Company
Sym Last Chg Pct
MMM 93.45 -0.37 -0.39%
The "Chart of the Day" is 3M Company (MMM), which showed up on Wednesday's list of stocks that had a new "Buy" signal from the Barchart "TrendSpotter" trading system with Wednesday's +0.46% higher close at $93.82. A rally in 3M above last Friday's all-time high of $94.33 would be a particularly bullish technical development. In recent news on the stock, Barron's carried a favorable article on Feb 28 saying that 3M is a buy due to new products and emerging market growth, which should result in a doubling of long-term organic sales growth rate to 7-8% and a boost in earnings by at least 60% over the next five years. BofA/Merrill on Feb 22 raised its rating on 3M to Neutral from Underperform and raised its target to $106 from $93. 3M, with a market cap of $65.9 billion, is a diversified technology company with leading positions in consumer and office; display and graphics; electronics and telecommunications; health care; industrial; safety, security and protection services; transportation and other businesses.

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How we found the Chart of the Day:
We found the "Chart of the Day" by scanning the Barchart "Trading Signals" page. That page provides a summary of changes in the Barchart signals. We then clicked on the TrendSpotter "Buy" category to obtain a list of all the stocks for which the Barchart TrendSpotter trading system has just turned to a buy. We then clicked on the "Today's Opinion" column header in order to sort the list with the strongest stocks on top. Further information is available at Barchart Signals Guide help page and at TrendSpotter help page.
Barchart's Opinion trading systems are mostly a Buy and Barchart's daily TrendSpotter trading system is a "Buy." 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: 100% Buy
  • Long-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
  • Overall Average 96% Buy


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