5 Mid Caps for Momentum Investors

Today I wanted to find 5 Mid Cap stocks that would be of interest to Momentum Investors.  I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks first for the most frequent number of new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.  It just so happened that the best 5 were all REITs.  Today's Watch List includes:

Healthcare Realty Trusts (HR), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Duke Realty (DRE), Medical Properties Trust (MPW) and Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH).

Healthcare Realty Trust (HR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18 new highs and up 8.73% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.25%
• Technical support level at 33.80
• Recently traded at 33.89 with a 50 day moving average of 31.75

Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 10 day moving averages
• 18 new highs and up 10.15% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.33%
• Technical support level at 34.38
• Recently traded at 34.87 with a 50 day moving average of 32.45

Duke Realty (DRE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 8.20% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.08%
• Technical support level at 27.80
• Recently traded at 27.68 with a 50 day moving average of 26.01

Medical Properties Trust (MPW)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 13.70% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.30%
• Technical support level at 14.09
• Recently traded at 14.11 with a 50 day moving average of 13.05

Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 10.37% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.79%
• Technical support level at 22.19
• Recenlty traded at 22.03 with a 50 day moving average of 20.29

5 Mid Cap for Momentum Investors

Today I wanted to find 5 Mid Cap stocks with great upside momentum.  I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks first for the most frequent new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.  Next I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts to see if they were trading above their 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages.  Today's Watch List includes:

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Tech Data (TECD), DCT Industrial Trust (DCT), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) and Aqua America (WTR)

Tanger Factory Outlet Trust (SKT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 7.84% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.92%
• Technical support level at 37.11
• Recently traded at 37.90 with a 50 day moving vaerage of 36.00

Tech Data (TECD)

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 24.12% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.97%
• Technical support level at 79.28
• Recently traded at 81.76 with a 50 day moving average of 71.56

DCT Industrial Trust (DCT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 9.59% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 76.95%
• Technical support level at 44.93
• Recently traded at 46.05 with a 50 day moving average of 42.31

Healthcare Realty Trust (HR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 11.21% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.33%
• Technical support level at 33.13
• Recently traded at 33.81 with a 50 day moving average of 31.50

Aqua America (WTR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 7.44% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.29%
• Technical support level at 33.38
• Recently traded at 33.50 with a 50 day moving average of 32.40

Today's 5 Best Small Caps

I wanted to find the 5 small cap stocks with the best current momentum so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks first for the highest technical buy signals, then I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

The list today includes Quality Systems (QSII), Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and Francesca's Holdings (FRAN).

Quality Systems (QSII)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 7.84% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.30%
• Technical support level at 16.46
• Recently traded at 17.07 with a 50 day moving average of 15.44

Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 5.80% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 61.30%
• Technical support level at 5.15
• Recently traded at 5.47 with a 50 day moving average of 5.11

New Jersey Resources (NJR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 14.64% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.53%
• Technical support level at 33.34
• Recently traded at 34.01 with a 50 day moving average of 30.89

Healthcare Realty Trust (HR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 4.31% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 59.75
• Technical support level at 28.12
• Recently traded at 28.33 with a 50 day moving average of 26.99

Francesca's Holdings (FRAN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 18.93% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.29%
• Technical support level at 17.37
• Recently traded at 18.29 with a 50 day moving average of 15.34