Aflac - Chart of the Day

Aflac (AFL) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The health and life insurance company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 9.70+ and gained 8.51% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Aflac (AFL).  I found the health & life insurance stock by using Barchart to sort today's All Time High list first for the most frequent number of new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 2/14 the stock gained 5.41%.

AFLAC Inc. is a general business holding company and acts as a management company, overseeing the operations of its subsidiaries by providing management services and making capital available. Its primary business is supplemental health and life insurance, which is marketed and administered primarily through its subsidiary, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus.

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:

• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 3.55% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.55%
• Technical support level at 74.14%
• Recently traded at 74.88 with a 50 day moving average of 72.64

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $30.04 billion
• P/E 11.14
• Dividend yield 2.29%
• Revenue expected to decrease slightly for the this year and the next
• Earnings estimated to increase 4.80% next year and compound at an annual rate of 6.70% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 3 strong buy, 11 hold and 1 sell recommendation on the stock

Main Street Capital - Chart of the Day

Main Street Capital (MAIN) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The business development company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 29.64+, gained 29.15% in the last month and paid a 5.56% dividend.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Main Street Capital (MAIN).  I found the business development stock by using Barchart to sort today's Top Stocks to Own list first for the most frequent number of new highs in the last month. then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 3/15 the stock gained 7.45%.

Main Street Capital Corporation is a specialty investment company providing customized financing solutions to lower middle market companies which operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides `one stop` financing alternatives to its portfolio companies.

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% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 7.10% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 81.11%
• Technical support level at 40.06
• Recently traded at 40.28 with a 50 day moving average of 37.94

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $2.23 billion
• P/E 17.68
• Dividend yield 5.56%
• Revenue expected to grow 10.80% this year and another 10.10% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 3.10% this year, an additional 2.20% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 7.00% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 2 buy and 6 hold recommendations on the stock
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Wyndham Worldwide - Chart of the Day

Wyndham Worldwide (WYN) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The hotel/motel operator has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of  58.64+ and gained 44.99% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Wyndham Worldwide (WYN).  I found the hotel/motel operator by using Barchart to sort today's All Time High list first for the most frequent number of new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy in 1/20 the stock gained 30.59%.

Wyndham Worldwide offers individual consumers and business customers a broad array of hospitality products and services as well as various accommodation alternatives and price ranges through its premier portfolio of world-renowned brands. The Company operates in the lodging, vacation exchange and rentals, and vacation ownership segments of the hospitality industry. Through the lodging business, the Company franchise hotels in the upscale, midscale, and economy segments of the lodging industry and provide hotel management services to owners of luxury, upscale and midscale hotels. Through the vacation exchange and rentals business, the Company provides vacation exchange products and services and access to distribution systems and networks to resort developers and owners of intervals of vacation ownership interests. Through, the vacation ownership business, the Company develops, markets and sells vacation ownership interests to individual consumers.

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% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 21.17% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 92.64%
• Technical support level at 91.64
• Recently traded at 102.27 with a 50 day moving average of 85.19

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $9.66 billion
• P/E 15.94
• Dividend yield 2.53%
• Revenue expected to grow 4.70% this year and another 4.20% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 7.80% this year, an additional 11.50% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 12.94% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 6 strong buy and 1 hold recommendation on the stock

Beasley Broadcast Group - Chart of the Day

Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The radio stations owner operator has a Trend S[potter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 399.43+ and gained 340.70% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI).  I found the radio stations stock using Barchart to sort today's Top Stocks to Own list first for the highest Weighted Alpha, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.  Sine the Trend Spotter signaled a buy in 4/12 the stock gained 28.74%.

Beasley Broadcast Group is one of the largest radio broadcasting companies in the United States. The company's stations are located in large and midsized markets in the eastern United States. The radio stations program a variety of formats, including urban, contemporary hit radio and country, which target the demographic groups in each market that the company considers the most attractive to the advertisers.

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% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 32.93% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 84.21%
• Technical support level at 14.15
• Recently traded at 16.55 with a 50 day moving average of 11.25

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $431 million
• P/E 16.61
• Dividend yield 1.29%
• At the present time Wall Street analysts are not issuing full report on the stock but they have a consensus that the earnings will compound at an annual rate of 29.00% for the next 5 years
• The individual investors following the stock on Motley Fool voted 14 to 1 that the stock will beat the market

Mall REIT Caution

I believe in the Efficient Market Theory -- in the long run.  By that I think that on any given day a stock is either over valued or under valued but eventually after all the various investor segments digest the total news about a company the price trend begins to trend in the direction of the stocks actual Revenue and Earnings.

Right now I see several clues that tell me that Mall REITs  may be over valued:

1. Major retailers are announcing cutbacks in their expansion plans
2. Major retailers are showing decreasing same store sales
3. Major retailers keep announcing store closings
4. The stock prices of major retailers are falling
5. Hedge funds are beginning to increase their short interest in Mall REITs

The Mall REITs are dependent on the profitability of those major retailers to pay the rents.

Right now there is a disconnect between the share prices of major retailers and share prices of the mall owners.  Common sense tells me that the prices of both sectors should eventually have a positive correlation.

Who are the major mall owners:

Simon Property Group (SPG), General Growth Properties (GGP), Washington Prime Group (WPG), Kimco Realty (KIM), Developers Diversified Realty (DDR), The Macerich Co. (MAC), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Regency Centers (REG) and Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI)

At this time I would choose one of these strategies depending on your risk profile:

• Not increase my holdings in any of these REITs
• If you own any of these you might want to calculate your exit point and put in stop losses
• Buy some puts on these stocks
• Short some of these stocks like the hedge funds

IHS Markit - Chart of the Day

IHS Markit (INFO) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The business information company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 31.35+ and gained 24.04% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to IHS Markit (INFO).  I found the business information stock by using Barchart to sort today's All Time High list first for the most frequent number of new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy in 3/28 the stock gained 5.80%.

IHS Markit Ltd. provides information, analytics and solutions to customers. It serves business, finance and government. IHS Markit Ltd., formerly known as Markit Ltd., is based in London, United Kingdom.

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% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 8.63% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.98%
• Technical support level at 43.49
• Recently traded at 43.81 with a 50 day moving average of 41.10

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $17.60 billion
• Revenue expected to grow 29.20% this year and another 4.90% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 14.40% this year, an additional 15.50% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 14.21% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 8 buy, 7 hold and 1 sell recommendation on the stock