Financials Lead the MidCaps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index to find the stocks with the best technical indicators and charts.  In the sorted list the Financial sector continued to dominate.  The list includes Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Webster Financial (WBS), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Bancosouth (BXS), and Signature Bank (SBNY):

Bank of Hawaii (BOH)

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 11.45% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.82%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 53.85 
• Recently traded at 54.62 with a 50 day moving average of 50.57

Webster Financial (WBS)

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 16.04% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 72.93%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 26.82
• Recently traded at 27.42 with a 50 day moving average of 24.49

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)

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 17.36% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.12%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 18.20
• Recently traded at 23.01 with a 50 day moving average of 20.67

Bancosouth (BXS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 an d100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 14.02% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 63.09%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 18.20
• Recently traded at 18.73 with a 50 day moving average of 17.38

Signature Bank (SBNY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 12.70% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.42%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 87.88
• Recently traded at 89.09 with a 50 day moving average of 80.10

Financials lead the Mid Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index for the stocks with the best technical indicators and charts.  Just like yesterday, when I sorted the S&P 500 Large Cap Index the Financial Sector floated to the top of the list.  The list today includes Signature Bank (SBNY), Washington Federal (WAFD), Hancock Holding Co (HBHC), Webster Financial (WBS) and  East West Bancorp (EWBC):

Signature Bank (SBNY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 15.59% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.81%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 86.87
• Recently traded at 89.99 with a 50 day moving average of 78.43

Washington Federal (WAFD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 21.01% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 86.27%
• Barchart computes  a technical support level at 20.25
• Recently traded at 20.84 with a 50 day moving average of 17.72

Hancock Holding Co (HBHC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 13.96% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index  74.07%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 31.34
• Recently traded at 31.97 with a 50 day moving average of 28.79

Webster Financial (WBS)

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 13.92% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.38%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 26.27
• Recently traded at 27.07 with a 50 day moving average of 24.09

East West Bancorp (EWBC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 10.32% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 81.25%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 28.30
• Recently traded at 28.86 with a 50 day moving average of 26.12

5 Mid Cap Picks

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index for the stocks hitting the most frequent new highs then used to flipchart function to find the best charts.  Never use just one indicator to select stocks - always sort by your favorite indicator the use the flipchart feature to flip  through your results to find the stocks with positive charts.  Today list includes Exelis (XLS), Firstmerit (FMER), Signature Bank (SBNY), CBOE Holdings (CBOE) and Health Management Associates (HMA):

Exelis (XLS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 12.27% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.79%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 12.85
• Recently traded at 13.33 with a 50 day moving average of 11.82

Firstmerit (FMER)

Barchart tehcnical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 7.52% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.00%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 19.10
• Recently traded at 19.50 with a 50 day moving average of 18.00

Signature Bank (SBNY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 2.73% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.44%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 77.49
• Recently traded at 62.44 with a 50 day moving average of 76.54

CBOE Holdings (CBOE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 19.39% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.60%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 18.95
• Recently traded at 19.78 with a 50 day moving average of 16.98

Health Management Associates (HMA)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 41.76% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.26%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 14.91
• Recently traded at 15.64 with a 50 day moving average of 12.53

3 Mid Cap Picks

Today I sorted the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index to find 3 with great Barchart technical indicators and near the top of the list were Signature Bank (SBNY), Raymond James Financial (RJF) and Ingredion (INGR):

Signature Bank (SBNY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 7.88% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.78
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 70.93
• Recently traded at 71.74 with a 50 day moving average of 66.44

Raymond James Financial (RJF)

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 4.56% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 60.07%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 37.41
• Recently traded at 38.28 with a 50 day moving average of 36.79

Ingredion (INGR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 12.54% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.09%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 59.29
• Recently traded at 60.84 with a 50 day moving average of 55.50

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3 Mid Cap Picks

Today I sorted the S&P 400 Mid Cap stock index to find the 3 with the best Barchart technical indicators and charts that I liked and near the top of the list were Signature Bank (SBNY), Potlach Corporation (PCH), and Old Republic International Corporation (ORI):

Signature Bank (SBNY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 3.23% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 60.35%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 62.25
• Recently traded at 67.99 with a 50 day moving average of 65.95

Potlatch (PCH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 1.71% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.15%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 37.62
• Recently traded at 38.78 with a 50 day moving average of 37.14

Old Republic International Corporation (ORI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 12.47% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.82%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 10.48
• Recently traded at 10.55 with a 50 day moving average of 9.43

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