The 5 Best Dow Stocks

Today I used Barchart to sort the stocks of the Dow Industrials to find the 5 with the best technical buy signals.

Today's list includes Unitedhealth Group (UNH), Home Depot (HD), 3M (MMM), Pfizer (PFE) and The Traveler's (TRV):

Unitedhealth Group (UNH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above ts 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• Only 3.25% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 66.34%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 110.22
• Recently traded at 110.68 with a 50 day moving average of 101.41

Home Depot (HD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• Only 1.82% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 55.42%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 104.53
• Recently traded at 105.26 with a 50 day moving average of 101.28

3M (MMM)

Barchart technical indicators;

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• Only 3.36% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 51.50%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 160.96
• Recently traded at 163.02 with a 50 day moving average of 161.52

Pfizer (PFE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• Only 2.33% off its  recent high
• Relative Strength Index 58.67%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 31.93
• Recently traded at 32.78 with a 50 day moving average of 31.60

The Traveler's (TRV)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• Only 1.90% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 52.47%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 106.08
• Recently traded at 106.37 with  50 day moving average of 104.97

5 Large Cap Winners

Today's list comes from using Barchart to sort the S & P 500 Large Cap Index and then sorting for technical buy signals.  I then take that list and use the Flipchart function to find the charts I like.  The list includes US Bancorp (USB), Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN), JP Morgan Chase (JPM), Home Depot (HD) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY):

US Bancorp (USB)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 8.93% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 76.13%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 34.40
• Recently traded at 35.37 with a 50 day moving average of 33.62

Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 3 new highs and up 5.12% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.18%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 79.20
• Recently traded at 85.90 with a 50 day moving average of 78.33

JP Morgan Chase (JPM)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 13.26% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 75.40%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 52.29
• Recently traded at 53.63  with a 50 day moving average of 49..02

Home Depot (HD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 7.89% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.20%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 77.76
• Recently traded at 79.69 with a 50 day moving average of 72.85

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 3 new highs and up 10.66% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 75.61%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 43.60
• Recently traded at 46.40 with a 50 day moving average of 40.92

Home Depot (HD

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5 Large Cap Picks

Today I screened the S&P 500 Large Cap Index to find the 5 with the best Barchart technical indicators and charts.  Near the top of the list were H J Heinz (HNZ), Home Depot (HD), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Equifax (EFX) and Campbell Soup (CPB):

H J Heinz (HNZ)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 3.48% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 61.20%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 56.91
• Recently traded at 58.32 with a 50 day moving average of 56.77

Home Depot (HD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages 
• 6 new highs and up 7.27% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 64.98%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 60.10
• Recently traded at 63.94 with a 50 day moving average of 60.17

Gilead Sciences (GILD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving average
• 4 new highs and up 9.56% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 70.46%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 70.52
• Recently traded at 74.42 with a 50 day moving average of 66.08

Equifax (EFX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 3 new highs and up 4.30% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.99%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 49.80
• Recently traded at 51.38 with a 50 day moving average of 48.48

Campbell Soup (CPB)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving average
• 10 new highs and up 5.51% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.38%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 34.97
• Recently traded at 36.58/ with a 50 day moving average of 35.06

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