US Concrete - All Time High

US Concrete (USCR) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The concrete products company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 120.60+ and gained 108.43% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to US Concrete (USCR).  I found the concrete products stock by using  Barchart to sort today's All Time High list for the stocks with the highest Weighted Alpha then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 7/13 the stock gained 32.38%.

U.S. Concrete Inc. operates as a provider of ready-mixed concrete and concrete-related products and services to the construction industry in the United States. The Company operates in two segments: ready-mixed concrete and concrete-related products; and precast concrete. The Company's ready-mixed concrete and concrete-related products segment produces and sells ready-mixed concrete, aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel), concrete masonry and building materials. Its precast concrete products segment produces and sells precast concrete products. Markets served by the Company include west Texas, northern California, New Jersey, New York, Washington, D.C., Oklahoma and the mid-Atlantic region. U.S. Concrete Inc. is based in Houston, Texas, USA.

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
• 120.60+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10  new highs and up 42.15% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 83.92%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 44.32
• Recenlty traded at 83.92 with a 50 day moving average of 53.19

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $757.96 million
• P/E 20.92
• Revenue expected to grow 30.90% this year and another 16.30% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 26.20% this year and compound at an annual rate of 15.00% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 2 strong buy and 2 buy recommendations

The 50- 100 Day MACD Oscillator has been an extremely good technical trading strategy for this stock.

BARCHART MORNING CALL 8/7

BARCHART MORNING CALL

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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU15 -0.17%) are down -0.10% and European stocks are down -0.38% ahead of monthly U.S. payroll data for July that may give clues to the pace and timing of a Fed interest rate increase. European stocks also fell after German Jun industrial production unexpectedly declined at the fastest pace in 10 months. Miners and basic-resource companies also fell after the price of copper (HGU15 -0.21%) slid to a fresh 6-year low. Asian stocks closed mixed: Japan +0.29%, Hong Kong +0.73%, China +2.26%, Taiwan -0.09%, Australia -2.41%, South Korea -0.10%, India -0.22%. Japanese stocks closed higher after the BOJ maintained its overly easy monetary policies following today's 2-day meeting, while China's Shanghai Composite closed up over 2% on speculation the Chinese government will take more measures to stabilize the equity market.
The dollar index (DXY00 -0.06%) is down -0.02%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.03%. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.02%.

Sep T-note prices (ZNU15 +0.06%) are up +1.5 ticks.
According to people with knowledge of the matter, the China Securities Finance Corp., the government agency mandated to buy equities to support the market, is seeking to increase its funding by an additional 2 trillion yuan ($322 billion). The extra funding would add to the 3 trillion yuan already made available by the government.
German Jun industrial production unexpectedly fell -1.4% m/m, weaker than expectations of +0.3% m/m and the largest decline in 10 months. Onan annual basis, Jun industrial production rose +0.6% y/y, weaker than expectations of +2.2% y/y.

U.S. STOCK PREVIEW

Key U.S. news today includes: (1) July non-farm payrolls (expected +225,000, Jun +223,000) and Jul unemployment rate (expected unchanged at 5.3%, Jun -0.2 to 5.3%), and (2) Jun consumer credit (expected +$17.0 billion, May +$16.086 billion).
There are 4 of the S&P 500 companies that report earnings today: Hershey (consensus $0.74), Cablevision (0.25), Harris Corp (1.23), Berkshire Hathaway (3038).
U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today include: Pixelworks (PXLW).
Equity conferences during the remainder of this week include: none.

OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS

Intel (INTC -0.38%) was downgraded to 'Hold' from 'Buy' at Drexel Hamilton.
Coach (COH -0.54%) was upgraded to 'Buy' from 'Neutral' at UBS.
Hershey (HSY -0.50%) reported Q2 EPS of 78 cents, better than consensus of 74 cents.
Genesis Healthcare (GEN +1.52%) reported Q2 EPS of 14 cents, higher than consensus of 9 cents.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reported an 8.18% stake in Cheniere (LNG -0.26%) .
Bio-Rad (BIO -2.98%) reported Q2 EPS of 97 cents, well above consensus of 78 cents.
Nu Skin (NUS -3.62%) reported Q2 EPS of 75 cents, better than consensus of 72 cents.
Sprouts Farmers Markets (SFM -2.21%) fell over 4% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 22 cents, right on consensus, but then lowered guidance on fiscal 2015 adjusted EPS to 80 cents-82 cents, below consensus of 85 cents.
TESARO (TSRO -5.95%) reported a Q2 EPS loss of -$1.51, a wider loss than consensus of -$1.14.
NVIDIA (NVDA -0.63%) jumped over 8% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 EPS of 34 cents, over three times consensus of 10 cents.
Monster Beverage (MNST -5.93%) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 79 cents, weaker than consensus of 91 cents.
EOG Resources (EOG +2.09%) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 28 cents, well above consensus of 10 cents.
Mohawk (MHK -2.53%) reported Q2 EPS of $2.69, better than consensus of $2.62.
Century Aluminum (CENX -1.08%) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 25 cents, below consensus of 27 cents.
Nuance (NUAN -1.59%) reported Q3 EPS of 32 cents, higher than consensus of 29 cents, and then raised guidance on fiscal 2015 EPS to $1.20-$1.24, above consensus of $1.19.

MARKET COMMENTS

Sep E-mini S&Ps (ESU15 -0.17%) this morning are down -2.00 points (-0.10%). Closes: S&P 500 -0.78%, Dow Jones -0.69%, Nasdaq -1.60%. The S&P 500 Thursday fell to a 1-week low and closed lower on a slide in media stocks on disappointing Q2 earnings results from Viacom and Twenty-First Century Fox, weakness in energy producers after crude oil tumbled to a 4-1/2 month low, and long liquidation ahead of Friday's monthly U.S. payrolls report.
Sep 10-year T-note prices (ZNU15 +0.06%) this morning are up +1.5 ticks. Closes: TYU5 +8.5, FVU5 +4.50. Sep T-note prices on Thursday closed higher on a decline in the 10-year inflation expectations rate to a 4-1/2 month low due to the continued drop in oil prices and on increased safe-haven demand for T-notes after the S&P 500 fell to a 1-week low.
The dollar index (DXY00 -0.06%) this morning is down -0.017 (-0.02%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0003 (+0.03%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.02 (-0.02%). Closes: Dollar Index -0.125 (-0.13%), EUR/USD +0.00189 (+0.17%), USD/JPY -0.121 (-0.10%). The dollar index on Thursday closed lower on strength in EUR/USD after German Jun factory orders rose more than expected, and on long liquidation in the dollar ahead of Friday's U.S. payroll report.
Sep crude oil (CLU15 -0.11%) this morning is up +3 cents (+0.07%) and Sep gasoline (RBU15 -0.81%) is down -0.0078 (-0.47%). Closes: CLU5 -0.40 (-0.89%), RBU5 -0.0215 (-1.29%). Sep crude oil and gasoline closed lower Thursday with Sep crude at a 4-1/2 month low and Sep gasoline at a 5-1/2 month low. Negative factors included carry-over bearishness from Wednesday's EIA report that showed an unexpected +811,000 bbl increase in weekly EIA gasoline inventories (vs expectations of -200,000 bbl) and a +709,000 bbl increase in EIA distillate inventories to a 3-1/2 year high. Crude oil prices also saw weakness after Goldman Sachs said the global crude oversupply is currently 2 million bpd and that world oil storage may be filled by autumn.

GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR08/07/2015

US	0830 ET	Jul non-farm payrolls expected +225,000, Jun +223,000. Jul private payrolls expected +212,000, Jun +223,000. Jul manufacturing payrolls expected +5,000, Jun +4,000. Jul unemployment rate expected unchanged at 5.3%, Jun -0.2 to 5.3%.
	0830 ET	Jul average hourly earnings expected +0.2% m/m and +2.3% y/y, Jun unch m/m and +2.0% y/y. Jul average weekly hours all employees expected unch at 34.5 hours.
	1500 ET	Jun consumer credit expected +$17.0 billion, May +$16.086 billion.
JPN	n/a	BOJ announces interest rate decision.
GER	0200 ET	German Jun industrial production expected +0.3% m/m and +2.2% y/y, May unch m/m and +2.1% y/y.
	0200 ET	German Jun trade balance expected +21.0 billion euros, May +19.5 billion euros. Jun exports expected -0.3% m/m, May +1.6% m/m. Jun imports expected +0.5% m/m, May +0.4% m/m.
	0200 ET	German Jun current account balance expected +16.0 billion euros, May +11.1 billion euros.
CHI	n/a	China Jul trade balance expected +$55.00 billion, Jun +$46.54 billion. Jul exports expected -1.5% y/y, Jun +2.8% y/y. Jul imports expected -7.9% y/y, Jun -6.1% y/y.

U.S. STOCK CALENDAR08/07/2015

Company	Ticker	Time	Event Description	Period	Estimate
Hershey Co/The	HSY US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.743
Cablevision Systems Corp	CVC US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.25
Harris Corp	HRS US	6:30	Q4 2015 Earnings Release	Q4 2015	1.23
Harris Corp	HRS US	8:30	Q4 2015 Earnings Call	Q4 2015
Hershey Co/The	HSY US	8:30	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
EOG Resources Inc	EOG US	10:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Cablevision Systems Corp	CVC US	10:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Mohawk Industries Inc	MHK US	11:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Monster Beverage Corp	MNST US	16:20	Annual General Meeting	Y 2015
Berkshire Hathaway Inc	BRK/A US		Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	3038.09
Principal Financial Group Inc	PFG US		Roadshow - Tokyo - Day 2	Y 2015

Abiomed - All time High

Abiomed (ABMD) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The medical products company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 217.32+ and gained 272.07% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Abiomed (ABMD).  I found the medical products stock by using Barchart to sort today's All Time High list for the stocks with the highest Weighted Alpha then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 6/19 the stock gained 39.26%.

Abiomed, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical products designed to safely and effectively assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. The company currently manufactures and sells the BVS-5000, a temporary heart assist device, which is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the temporary treatment of all patients with failing but potentially recoverable hearts. The company is also engaged in research and development relating to other devices to support the pumping function of the heart.

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
• 217.32+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 43.56% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 87.34%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 87.46
• Recently traded at 94.32 with a 50 day moving average of 68.96

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $3.88 billion
• P/E 102.07
• Revenue expected to grow 34.60% this year and another 21.40% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase by 9.50% this year, an additional 49.30% next year and continue to increase at an annual rate of 17.67% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 4 strong buys, 1 buy, 5 hold and 1 under perform recommendation on this stock

The 100 Day Moving Average vs price has been a reliable technical trading strategy to use on this but using the 200 DMA vs Price would have resulted in fewer trades.

The 5 Best Mid Caps

Today I wanted to find the 5 best Mid Cap stocks so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks for the ones with the highest Weighted Alpha then selected those with  current  Barchart Technical Buy Signals of at least 80% or better.

Today's list includes Skechers (SKX), WisdomTree Investments (WETF), Molina Healthcare (MOH), Acuity Brands (AYI) and Alaska Air (ALK).

Skechers (SKX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 215.50+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 32.65%
• Relative Strength Index 76.12%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 153.00
• Recently traded at 154.06 with a 50 day moving average of 119.15

WisdomTree Investments (WETF)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• 112.50+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 11.30% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 56.67%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 24.87
• Recently traded at 24.41 with a 50 day moving average of 22.64

Molina Healthcare (MOH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 86.50+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 8.13% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.46%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 74.47
• Recently traded at 205.01 with a 50 day moving average of 187.95

Acuity Brands (AYI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 81.50+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 9.66% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.78%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 204.33
• Recently traded at 205.01 with a 50 day moving average of 187.95

Alaska Air (ALK)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical by signals
• 78.30+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 17.47 in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.52%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 76.99
• Recently traded at 77.76 with a 50 day moving average of 68.66

BARCHART MORNING CALL 8/6

BARCHART MORNING CALL Thursday, August 6th, 2015View Older Reports Everything you need to know about the markets in one free daily newsletter. E-mail: You will also receive a free subscription to the Barchart family of newsletters. OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS September E-mini S&Ps (ESU15 +0.01%) are little changed, down -0.02%, and European stocks are down -0.09% led by weakness in energy producers after the price of crude oil (CLU15 -0.82%) fell to a 4-1/2 month low. Losses in European stocks were muted after German Jun factory orders rose more than expected. The BOE, as expected, maintained its benchmark interest rate at 0.50% and kept its asset purchase target unchanged at 375 billion pounds following today's monetary policy meeting. Asian stocks closed mostly lower: Japan +0.24%, Hong Kong -0.57%, China -0.89%, Taiwan -1.09%, Australia -1/13%, Singapore +0.17%, South Korea -1.27%, India +0.27%. Japan's Nikkei Stock Index bucked the trend and closed up at a 2-week high as exporter stocks rallied on the prospects of improved earnings after the yen tumbled to a 1-3/4 month low against the dollar on Wednesday. The dollar index (DXY00 +0.06%) is down -0.06%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.06% on the stronger-than-expected German Jun factory orders. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.03%. The Russian ruble slid to a 5-1/2 month low against the dollar after the price of crude fell to a 4-1/2 month low. Sep T-note prices (ZNU15 +0.07%) are up +2 ticks. German Jun factory orders jumped +2.0% m/m and +7.2% y/y, stronger than expectations of +0.3% m/m and +5.2% y/y with the +7.2% y/y gain the biggest annual increase in 13 months. U.S. STOCK PREVIEW Key U.S. news today includes: (1) July Challenger job cuts (June +42.7% y/y), and (2) weekly initial unemployment claims (expected +5,000 to 272,000, previous +12,000 to 267,000) and continuing claims (expected -13,000 to 2.249 million, previous +46,000 to 2.262 million). There are 14 of the S&P 500 companies that report earnings today with notable reports including: Viacom (consensus $1.47), Duke Energy (0.99), Apache Corp (-0.28), NVIDIA (0.21), Consolidated Edison (0.63), Monster Beverage (0.91). U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today include: First Foundation (FFWM). Equity conferences during the remainder of this week include: none. OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS Teradata (TDC +0.78%) reported Q2 EPS of 43 cents, well below consensus of 56 cents. Albemarle (ALB -0.69%) reported Q2 EPS of 84 cents, higher than consensus of 82 cents. Transocean (RIG +0.98%) climbed over 7% in pre-market trading after it reported Q2 EPS $1.11, more than double consensus of 50 cents and reported Q2 revenue of $1.88 billion, better than consensus of $1.70 billion. American Water (AWK +0.72%) reported Q2 EPS of 68 cents, better than consensus of 67 cents. Tesoro (TSO +1.34%) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $4.62, well above consensus of $4.02. Dun & Bradstreet (DNB +0.66%) reported Q2 EPS of $1.25, less than consensus of $1.31. Tesla (TSLA +1.45%) reported a Q2 EPS loss of -48 cents, a narrower loss than consensus of -60 cents. Andersons (ANDE +0.61%) reported Q2 EPS of $1.09, above consensus of 99 cents, although Q2 revenue of $1.21 billion was below consensus of $1.26 billion. Masonite (DOOR -1.46%) reported Q2 EPS of 42 cents, below consensus of 50 cents. Prudential (PRU +0.02%) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $2.91, above consensus of $2.47. Herbalife (HLF -2.39%) jumped 8% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 EPS of $1.24, higher than consensus of $1.11. Fitbit reported Q2 EPS of 21 cents, more than double consensus of 8 cents. 21st Century Fox (FOXA -7.02%) reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 39 cents, above consensus of 37 cents. CBS (CBS -4.62%) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 74 cents, higher than consensus of 72 cents. Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR -2.10%) plunged 30% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 80 cents, better than consensus of 79 cents, but then lowered guidance on Q4 adjusted EPS to 70 cents-75 cents, well below consensus of 97 cents. MARKET COMMENTS Sep E-mini S&Ps (ESU15 +0.01%) this morning are down -0.50 of a point (-0.02%). Wednesday's closes: S&P 500 +0.31%, Dow Jones -0.06%, Nasdaq +0.76%. The S&P 500 on Wednesday closed higher on the +4.3 point increase in the Jul ISM non-manufacturing PMI to a 10-year high of 60.3, and mostly positive company Q2 earnings results with 75% of reporting S&P 500 companies having beaten earnings estimates. The main bearish factor was the weak July ADP employment report of +185,000, less than expectations of +215,000. Sep 10-year T-note prices (ZNU15 +0.07%) this morning are up +2 ticks. Wednesday's closes: TYU5 -16.5, FVU5 -7.75. Sep T-notes on Wednesday closed lower on the larger-than-expected increase in the U.S. July non-manufacturing ISM to a 10-year high and negative carry-over from comments made Tuesday by Atlanta Fed President Lockhart who said September may be the appropriate time for the Fed to begin raising interest rates. The dollar index (DXY00 +0.06%) this morning is down -0.054 (-0.06%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0006 (+0.06%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.04 (-0.03%). Wednesday's closes: Dollar Index +0.027 (+0.03%), EUR/USD +0.00244 (+0.22%), USD/JPY +0.48 (+0.39%). The dollar index on Wednesday rose to a 3-1/4 month high and closed higher on the stronger-than-expected increase in the Jul ISM non-manufacturing index to a 10-year high and weakness in the yen as USD/JPY climbed to a 1-3/4 month high as a rally in stocks reduced the safe haven demand for the yen. Sep crude oil (CLU15 -0.82%) this morning is down -50 cents (-1.11%) at a fresh 4-1/2 month low and Sep gasoline (RBU15 -0.40%) is down -0.0100 (-0.60%). Wednesday's closes: CLU5 -0.59 (-1.29%), RBU5 -0.0119 (-0.71%). Sep crude and gasoline on Wednesday closed lower with Sep crude at a 4-3/4 month low and Sep gasoline at a 5-1/4 month low. Negative factors included (1) the rally in the dollar index to a 3-1/4 month high, (2) the unexpected +811,000 bbl increase in weekly EIA gasoline inventories (vs expectations of -200,000 bbl), and (3) the +709,000 bbl increase in EIA distillate inventories to a 3-1/2 year high. Crude oil found underlying support on the news that EIA crude stockpiles fell -4.41 million bbl to a 4-3/4 month low vs expectations of -1.6 million bbl. GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR08/06/2015 US 0730 ET Jul Challenger job cuts, Jun +42.7% y/y. 0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected +5,000 to 272,000, previous +12,000 to 267,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -13,000 to 2.249 million, previous +46,000 to 2.262 million. 0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales. JPN 0100 ET Japan Jun leading index CI expected +0.7 to 106.9, May 106.2. Jun coincident index expected +1.2 to 110.2, May 109.0. GER 0200 ET German Jun factory orders expected +0.3% m/m and +5.2% y/y, May -0.2% m/m and +4.7% y/y. 0330 ET German Jul Markit construction PMI, Jun 50.7. UK 0400 ET UK Jul new car registrations, Jun +12.9% y/y. 0430 ET UK Jun industrial production expected +0.1% m/m and +2.2% y/y, May +0.4% m/m and +2.1% y/y. 0430 ET UK Jun manufacturing production expected +0.1% m/m and +0.4% y/y, May -0.6% m/m and +1.0% y/y. 0700 ET BOE announces interest rate decision and asset purchase target expected no change to the 0.50% benchmark rate or to the 375 billion pound asset purchase target. 1000 ET UK Jul NIESR GDP estimate, Jun +0.7% q/q. U.S. STOCK CALENDAR08/06/2015 Company Ticker Time Event Description Period Estimate Becton Dickinson and Co BDX US Bef-mkt Q3 2015 Earnings Release Q3 2015 2.003 Mylan NV MYL US Bef-mkt Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 0.89 Molson Coors Brewing Co TAP US Bef-mkt Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 1.323 Allergan plc AGN US Bef-mkt Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 4.393 Teradata Corp TDC US Bef-mkt Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 0.557 Viacom Inc VIAB US Bef-mkt Q3 2015 Earnings Release Q3 2015 1.47 Michael Kors Holdings Ltd KORS US Bef-mkt Q1 2016 Earnings Release Q1 2016 0.729 Duke Energy Corp DUK US 7:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 0.992 L Brands Inc LB US 7:30 July 2015 Sales and Revenue Call 2015 Apache Corp APA US 8:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 -0.276 Becton Dickinson and Co BDX US 8:00 Q3 2015 Earnings Call Q3 2015 Dun & Bradstreet Corp/The DNB US 8:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Michael Kors Holdings Ltd KORS US 8:00 Q1 2016 Earnings Call Q1 2016 Tesoro Corp TSO US 8:30 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Allergan plc AGN US 8:30 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Teradata Corp TDC US 8:30 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 CF Industries Holdings Inc CF US 8:30 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Viacom Inc VIAB US 8:30 Q3 2015 Earnings Call Q3 2015 FMC Corp FMC US 9:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Harman International Industries Inc HAR US 9:00 Investor Day Y 2015 Progressive Corp/The PGR US 9:00 Investor Relations Conference Call Marathon Oil Corp MRO US 9:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Red Hat Inc RHT US 9:00 Annual General Meeting Transocean Ltd RIG US 9:30 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Duke Energy Corp DUK US 10:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Mylan NV MYL US 10:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Molson Coors Brewing Co TAP US 11:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Prudential Financial Inc PRU US 11:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Molson Coors Brewing Co TAP US 13:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call - Follow-up Session C2 2015 Apache Corp APA US 14:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 NVIDIA Corp NVDA US 16:20 Q2 2016 Earnings Release Q2 2016 0.208 NVIDIA Corp NVDA US 17:00 Q2 2016 Earnings Call Q2 2016 Monster Beverage Corp MNST US 17:00 Q2 2015 Earnings Call Q2 2015 Consolidated Edison Inc ED US Aft-mkt Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 0.634 EOG Resources Inc EOG US Aft-mkt Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 0.101 Mohawk Industries Inc MHK US Aft-mkt Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 2.617 Monster Beverage Corp MNST US Aft-mkt Q2 2015 Earnings Release Q2 2015 0.911 L Brands Inc LB US July 2015 Sales and Revenue Release 2015 United Parcel Service Inc UPS US Roadshow - Boston Y 2015 Principal Financial Group Inc PFG US Roadshow - Tokyo - Day 1 Y 2015 Ralph Lauren Corp RL US Annual General Meeting Red Hat Inc RHT US Annual General Meeting

Amicus Therapeutics - All Time High

Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD) is the Barchart Chart of the Day,  The biopharmaceutical company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 274.60+ and gained 328.00% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD).  I found the biopharmaceutical stock by using Barchart to sort today's All Time High list for the stocks with the highest Weighted Alpha then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 5/26 the stock gained 55.34%.

Amicus Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, oral therapeutics known as pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of a range of human genetic diseases. Pharmacological chaperone technology involves the use of small molecules that selectively bind to and stabilizeproteins in cells, leading to improved protein folding and trafficking, and increased activity. Amicus is initially targeting lysosomal storage disorders, which are severe, chronic genetic diseases with unmet medical needs. Amicus has completed Phase 2 clinical trials of Amigal(TM) for the treatment of Fabry disease and is conducting Phase 2 clinical trials of Plicera(TM) for the treatment of Gaucher disease.

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:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 274.60+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 32.29% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.20%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 17.58
• Recently traded at 18.19 with a 50 day moving average of 14.48

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $2.06 billion
• Revenue expected to grow 3,808.90 next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 24.80% next year
• Wall Street analysts issued 2 strong buy and 3 buy recommendations on the stock

None of the normal technical trading strategies have been reliable for this stock so I'd advise you use a trailing stop loss 10% below the previous high.

The 5 Best Large Caps

Today I wanted to see which were the best Large Cap stocks.  I used Barchart to sort stocks in the S&P 500 Large Cap Index to find the stocks with the highest Weighted Alpha and still had current Barchart technical buy signals of 80% or better.  I also used the flipchart feature to review the charts.

Today's list includes Electronic Arts (EA), Netflix (NFLX), Monster Beverage (MSNT), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), and Sealed Air (SEE).

Electronic Arts (EA)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• 119.01+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 10.72% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.03%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 70.24
• Recently traded at 75.04 with a 50 day moving average of 67.94

Netflix (NFLX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• 109.60+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 35.07% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 75.10%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 109.19
• Recently traded ta 124.52 with a 50 day moving average of 99.40

Monster Beverage (MNST)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 90.60+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 15.41% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.22%
• Barchart computes  a technical support level at 149.03
• Recently traded at 154.13 with a 50 day moving average of 136.84

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barcgart technical buy signals
• 80.30+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 16.42% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 75.65%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 560.64
• Recently traded at 593.31 with a 50 day moving average of 528.29

Sealed Air (SEE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• 66.80+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 7.21% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 70.46%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 53.37
• Recently traded at 55.47 with a 50 day moving average of 51.28

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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU15 +0.66%) are up +0.44% led by strength in energy producers as crude oil (CLU15 +0.57%) gained. The markets will look to this morning's Jul ADP employment change to gauge the strength of the U.S. labor market that may provide clues as to when the Fed will begin to raise interest rates. European stocks are up +1.06% at a 2-week high, led by a rally in bank stocks, as Societe Generale SA jumped over 8% after posting its highest profit since the financial crisis. Asian stocks closed mixed: Japan +0.46%, Hong Kong +0.44%, China -1.65%, Taiwan +0.37%, Australia -0.42%, Singapore +0.01%, South Korea -0.18%, India +0.54%. Japanese stocks rose on better-than-expected company quarterly earnings results as the Nikkei Stock Index posted a 2-week high, while China's Shanghai Composite closed lower as a total of 515 mainland Chinese companies remain halted from trading due to trading curbs.
The dollar index (DXY00 +0.14%) is up +0.16% at a 3-1/4 month high on speculation the Fed may raise interest rates as soon as September after Atlanta Fed President Lockhart on Tuesday said the Fed was "close" to raising interest rates. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.11% at a 2-week low after Eurozone Jun retail sales fell by the most in 9 months. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is unchanged.

Sep T-note prices (ZNU15 -0.29%) are down -11 ticks on negative carry-over from comments made Tuesday by Atlanta Fed President Lockhart who said he would only endorse putting off an interest rate increase if there was a "significant deterioration" in economic data.
Eurozone Jun retail sales fell -0.6% m/m, more than expectations of -0.2% m/m and the largest decline in 9 months. On an annual basis. Jun retail sales rose +1.2% y/y, less than expectations of +2.0% y/y.

U.S. STOCK PREVIEW

Key U.S. news today includes: (1) weekly MBA mortgage applications (previous +0.8% with purchase sub-index -0.1% and refi sub-index +1.6%), (2) July ADP employment (expected +215,000, Jun +237,000), (3) June trade deficit (expected -$43.0 billion, May -$41.87 billion), (4) final-Jul Markit U.S. services PMI (expected unrevised at 55.2, prelim-Jul +0.4 to 55.2), (5) July ISM non-manufacturing PMI (expected +0.2 to 56.2, Jun +0.3 to 56.0).
There are 24 of the S&P 500 companies that report earnings today with notable reports including: Time Warner (consensus $1.03), Motorola Solutions (0.54), Priceline (11.79), Ralph Lauren (1.00), Marathon Oil (-0.23), CBS (0.72), Prudential Financial (2.47).
U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today include: Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PESC), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Aimmune Therapeutics (AIMT), GC Aesthetics (GCAA), Benitec Biopharma (BTEBY), PG&E (PCG), Corium International (CORI), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Summit Materials (SUM).
Equity conferences this week: Piper Jaffray Technology-Enabled Industrials Symposium on Tue-Wed, Needham Interconnect Conference on Wed.

OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE +0.33%) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $2.90, better than consensus of $2.77.
Time Warner (TWX -0.15%) reported Q2 EPS of $1.25, higher than consensus of $1.03.
The Priceline Group (PCLN +3.51%) reported Q2 EPS of $12.45, well above consensus of $11.79.
Discovery Communications (DISCA +0.46%) reported Q2 EPS of 47 cents, below consensus of 50 cents.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH +0.65%) reported Q2 EPS of 79 cents, higher than consensus of 73 cents.
Advance Auto Parts (AAP +0.74%) was downgraded to 'Hold' from 'Buy' at Evercore ISI.
Hyatt (H -2.63%) was downgraded to 'Hold' from 'Buy' at Deutsche Bank.
Babcock & Wilcox (BW +0.15%) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 27 cents, above consensus of 21 cents.
Acadia (ACHC -2.90%) reported Q2 EPS of 57 cents, higher than consensus of 52 cents.
Disney (DIS +0.47%) reported Q3 EPS of $1.45, better than consensus of $1.42.
DaVita (DVA +0.61%) reported Q2 EPS of 95 cents, right on consensus, although Q2 revenue of $3.43 billion was above consensus of $3.37 billion.
Activision Blizzard (ATVI +0.59%) rose over 6% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 EPS of 13 cents, better than consensus of 8 cents.
Cerner (CERN -0.82%) reported Q2 EPS of 52 cents, right on consensus.
Ternium (TX -0.20%) reported Q2 EPS of 21 cents, well below consensus of 34 cents.
AmSurg (AMSG +2.28%) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 97 cents, higher than consensus of 84 cents, and then raised guidance on 2015 adjusted EPS outlook to $3.52-$3.59 from $3.31-$3.39, above consensus of $3.35.

MARKET COMMENTS

Sep E-mini S&Ps (ESU15 +0.66%) this morning are up +9.25 points (+0.44%). Tuesday's closes: S&P 500 -0.22%, Dow Jones -0.27%, Nasdaq -0.28%. The S&P 500 on Tuesday closed lower on disappointing earnings results from Allstate and CVS Health, weakness in technology stocks after Apple closed lower for a fifth day, and Atlanta Fed President Lockhart's comment that the Fed was "close" to raising interest rates. Stocks found some support on the 3% rally in China's Shanghai Composite Stock Index and the as-expected +1.8% increase in U.S. Jul factory orders.
Sep 10-year T-note prices (ZNU15 -0.29%) this morning are down -11 ticks. Tuesday's closes: TYU5 -18.0, FVU5 -13.50. Sep T-notes on Tuesday closed lower on the +0.5% increase in U.S. Jul factory orders ex-transportation, the largest increase in a year, hawkish comments from Atlanta Fed President Lockhart who said September may be the appropriate time for the Fed to begin raising interest rates, and the +3% rally in China's Shanghai Composite Stock Index, which reduced safe-haven demand for T-notes.
The dollar index (DXY00 +0.14%) this morning is up +0.154 (+0.16%) at a 3-1/4 month high. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.0012 (-0.11%) at a 2-week low. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is unchanged. Tuesday's closes: Dollar Index +0.437 (+0.45%), EUR/USD -0.00686 (-0.63%), USD/JPY +0.345 (+0.28%). The dollar index on Tuesday rallied to a 2-week high and closed higher on the +0.5% increase in U.S. Jul factory orders ex-transportation and hawkish comments from Atlanta Fed President Lockhart who said the Fed is "close" to raising interest rates, which suggests he favors a September rate hike.
Sep crude oil (CLU15 +0.57%) this morning is up +29 cents (+0.63%) and Sep gasoline (RBU15 +1.13%) is up +0.0193 (+1.15%). Tuesday's closes: CLU5 +0.66 (+1.46%), RBU5 +0.0198 (+1.18%). Sep crude and gasoline on Tuesday closed higher on the 3% rally in China's Shanghai Composite Index and on expectations that Wednesday's weekly EIA crude inventories will fall -1.75 million bbl.

GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR08/05/2015

US	0700 ET	Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous +0.8% with purchase sub-index -0.1% and refi sub-index +1.6%.
	0815 ET	Jul ADP employment change expected +215,000, Jun +237,000.
	0830 ET	Jun trade balance expected -$43.0 billion, May -$41.87 billion.
	0830 ET	Treasury announces amount of 3-year T-notes (previous $24 billion), 10-year T-notes (previous $21 billion) and 30-year T-bonds (previous $13 billion) to be auctioned in the Aug quarterly refunding Aug 11-13.
	0945 ET	Final-Jul Markit U.S. services PMI expected unrevised at 55.2, prelim-Jul +0.4 to 55.2. Final-Jul Markit composite PMI, prelim-Jul +0.6 to 55.2.
	1000 ET	Jul ISM non-manufacturing PMI expected +0.2 to 56.2, Jun +0.3 to 56.0.
	1030 ET	EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
GER	0355 ET	Revised German Jul Markit services PMI, previous -0.1 to 53.7.
EUR	0400 ET	Revised Eurozone Jul Markit composite PMI, previous -0.5 to 53.7.
	0500 ET	Eurozone Jun retail sales expected -0.2% m/m and +2.0% y/y, May +0.2% m/m and +2.4% y/y.
UK	0430 ET	UK Jul Markit/CIPS services PMI expected -0.5 to 58.0, Jun 58.5.

U.S. STOCK CALENDAR08/05/2015

Company	Ticker	Time	Event Description	Period	Estimate
Dominion Resources Inc/VA	D US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.725
Time Warner Inc	TWX US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	1.028
Chesapeake Energy Corp	CHK US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	-0.112
Quanta Services Inc	PWR US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.448
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp	CTSH US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.728
Intercontinental Exchange Inc	ICE US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	2.778
Spectra Energy Corp	SE US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.186
HCA Holdings Inc	HCA US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	1.369
Motorola Solutions Inc	MSI US	7:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.54
Fastenal Co	FAST US	7:00	July 2015 Sales and Revenue Release	2015
Priceline Group Inc/The	PCLN US	7:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	11.794
Discovery Communications Inc	DISCA US	7:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.5
Priceline Group Inc/The	PCLN US	7:30	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Perrigo Co PLC	PRGO US	8:00	Q4 2015 Earnings Release	Q4 2015	2.048
Ralph Lauren Corp	RL US	8:00	Q1 2016 Earnings Release	Q1 2016	0.996
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp	CTSH US	8:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Genworth Financial Inc	GNW US	8:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Motorola Solutions Inc	MSI US	8:30	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Intercontinental Exchange Inc	ICE US	8:30	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Discovery Communications Inc	DISCA US	8:30	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Chesapeake Energy Corp	CHK US	9:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Newfield Exploration Co	NFX US	9:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Ralph Lauren Corp	RL US	9:00	Q1 2016 Earnings Call	Q1 2016
Spectra Energy Corp	SE US	9:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Quanta Services Inc	PWR US	9:30	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
CA Inc	CA US	10:00	Annual General Meeting	Y 2015
Dominion Resources Inc/VA	D US	10:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Perrigo Co PLC	PRGO US	10:00	Q4 2015 Earnings Call	Q4 2015
Pioneer Natural Resources Co	PXD US	10:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
HCA Holdings Inc	HCA US	10:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Time Warner Inc	TWX US	10:30	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
ONEOK Inc	OKE US	11:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Devon Energy Corp	DVN US	11:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Cimarex Energy Co	XEC US	11:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
CBS Corp	CBS US	16:30	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
CenturyLink Inc	CTL US	17:00	Q2 2015 Earnings Call	Q2 2015
Keurig Green Mountain Inc	GMCR US	17:00	Q3 2015 Earnings Call	Q3 2015
CenturyLink Inc	CTL US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.6
FMC Corp	FMC US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.698
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc	FOXA US	Aft-mkt	Q4 2015 Earnings Release	Q4 2015	0.371
Tesoro Corp	TSO US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	4.019
Marathon Oil Corp	MRO US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	-0.225
Costco Wholesale Corp	COST US	Aft-mkt	July 2015 Sales and Revenue Release	2015
CBS Corp	CBS US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.724
Transocean Ltd	RIG US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	0.517
Keurig Green Mountain Inc	GMCR US	Aft-mkt	Q3 2015 Earnings Release	Q3 2015	0.787
Prudential Financial Inc	PRU US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	2.469
Dun & Bradstreet Corp/The	DNB US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	1.308
CF Industries Holdings Inc	CF US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2015 Earnings Release	Q2 2015	1.491
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc	FOXA US	17:30	Q4 2015 Earnings Call	Q4 2015