Today's 5 Best Large Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 500 Large Cap Index for frequency of new highs in the last month.  I then skipped the stocks that did not have positive gains in the last week and month and used the Flipchart feature to review the stocks.

Today's list includes Xylem Inc (XYL), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Forest Laboratories (FRX), PPL Corp (PPL), and Hershey Foods (HSY):

Xylem Inc (XYL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 16.78% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.10%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 38.05
• Recently traded at 39.29 with a 50 day moving average of 35.88

LyondellBassel Industries (LYB)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 14.86% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.83%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 84.82
• Recently traded at 87.14 with a 50 day moving average of 80.23

Forest Laboratories (FRX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 54.49% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 90.17%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 97.58
• Recently traded at 100.34 with a 50 day moving average of 68.74

PPL Corp (PPL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals'
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 7.73% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 75.73%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 31.55
• Recently traded at 32.19 with a 50 day moving average of 30.30

Hershey Foods (HSY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 8.46% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.80%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 105.53
• Recently traded at 106.37 with a 50 day moving average of 99.51

Smucker and Hershey are Sweet Stocks

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 500 Large Cap Index to find the stocks that had the most frequent new highs in the last month.  To keep your portfolio attuned to current market conditions it should contain the stocks that are moving up now.  All of these stock have advanced in more than 50% of the last 20 trading sessions.  The list includes Frontier Communications (FTR), JM Smuckers (SJM), Hershey Food (HSY), Equifax (EFX), SAIC (SAI):

Frontier Communications (FTR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18 new highs and up 12.41% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.48%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 4.42
• Recently traded at 4.53 with a 50 day moving average of 4.17

JM Smucker (SJM)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 64% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 6.73% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 70.38%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 112.26
• Recently traded at 113.18 with a 50 day moving average of 106.06

Hershey Foods (HSY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 5.50% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.74%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 96.73
• Recently traded at 96.08 with a 50 day moving average of 91.33

Equifax (EFX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 7.35% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.01%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 64.60
• Recently traded at 65.50 with a 50 day moving average of 61.23

SAIC (SAI)

Barchart technical indicators

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 12.48% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 81.99%
• Barchart computes a techncial support level at 15.64
• Recently traded at 15.87 with a 50 day moving average of 14.41