5 Large Cap Gems

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 500 Large Cap Index to find the stocks with the best technical indicators and charts.  The list includes Frontier Communications (FTR), Verisign (VRSN), Halliburton (HAL), Raytheon (RTN), Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI):

Frontier Communications (FTR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 64% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 6.67% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 57.35%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at
• Recently traded at 4.55 with a  day moving average of 4.26

Verisign (VRSN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 5.85% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.44%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 48.97%
• Recently traded at 50.09 with a 50 day moving average of 46.68

Halliburton (HAL)

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 6.61% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.03%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 46.59
• Recently traded at 49.04 with a 50 day moving average of 44.81

Raytheon (RTN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 10.91% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.45%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 76.16
• Recently traded at 77.65 with a 50 day moving average of 71.04

Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 an d100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 5.58% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 61.33%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 73.69
• Recently traded at 75.38 with a 50 day moving average of 71.40

My 3 Large Cap Picks

Today I screened the S&P 500 Large Cap Index stocks to find 3 with very good Barchart technical indicators and found Verisign (VRSN), Sysco (SYY) and Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI):

Verisign (VRSN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 3 new highs and up 2.35% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.43%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 47.67
• Recently traded at 48.84 with a 50 day moving average of 46.83

Sysco (SYY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving average
• 9 new highs and up 4.29% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.71%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 30.88
• Recently traded at 61.59 with a 50 day moving average of 30.07

Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving average
• 8 new highs and up 5.92% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.63%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 60.42
• Recently traded at 62.61 with a 50 day moving average of 58.97

3 NASDAQ 100 Stocks

Today I used Barchart to screen the NASDAQ 100 Index stocks to find the 3 with the most favorable technical indicators and charts and found Verisign (VRSN), Paychex (PAYX) and Oracle (ORCL)

Verisign (VRSN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 10.43% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.19%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 47.31
• Recently traded at 47.76 with a 50 day moving average of 43.75

Paychex (PAYX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving average
• 2 new highs and up 3.90% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 60.98%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 32.72
• Recently traded at 33.28 with a 50 day moving average of 32.10

Oracle (ORCL)

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 8.50% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.78%
• Barchart computes a technical support support level at 31.26
• Recently traded at 32.03 with a 50 day moving average of 29.39

Verisign - VRSn - Barchart Chart of the Dat

Barchart.coms Chart of the Day - Verisign (VRSN)

Barchart Research Team - BC - Thu Aug 09, 6:46PM CDT

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VRSN - Verisign

Sym	Last	Chg	Pct
VRSN	46.45	-0.15	-0.32%

The "Chart of the Day" is Verisign (VRSN), which showed up on Thursday's Barchart "52-Week High" list. Versign on Thursday posted a new 10-year high of $46.77 and closed up +0.22%. TrendSpotter has been long since July 27 at $45.42. In recent news on the stock, Verisign on July 26 reported Q2 EPS of 45 cents, which was in line with the market consensus. Verisign, with a market cap of $7 billion, is a leading provider of infrastructure services to website owners, enterprises, electronic commerce service providers and individuals.


How we found the Chart of the Day:
We found the "Chart of the Day" by scanning the Barchart "All Time High" list. In order to get to that list, we first clicked on the Stocks menu item on the Barchart home page, then on the "All Time Highs" menu item on the left menu bar. We then sorted the list by percentage gainers by clicking on the "Percent" column title. A stock that has posted a new All-Time high is typically showing strong upside momentum.
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• TrendSpotter: Buy
• Short-Term Indicators: 80% Buy
• Medium-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
• Long-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
• Overall Average 96% Buy

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3 Great Growth Stocks

Today I used Barchart to screen growth stocks analysts expect to have both revenue and earnings increase of at least 10% and are presently having good upward price momentum and found   Dollar General (DG), Verisign (VRSN) and Concur Technologies (CNQR)

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Dollar General (DG)

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving average
• 13 new highs and up 15.44% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.23%
• Barchartt computes a technical support level at 52.53
• Recently traded at 54.95 with a 50 day moving average of 48.48

Verisign (VRSN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 9.95% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.99%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 42.43
• Recently traded at 43.76 with a 50 day moving average of 40.78

Concur Technologies (CNQR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 9.23% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 60.46%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 65.78
• Recently traded at 67.35 with a 50 day moving average of 64.48

The Internet is here to stay -- Profit from it

Having a successful investment portfolio is not just stock picking; its also portfolio management. Don't be afraid to cut loose stocks that don't meet your criteria and always have a list of stocks you'd like to buy if conditions are right.

The Internet is growing by unbelievable leaps and bounds and companies properly positioned to take advantage of that growth should benefit. VeriSign ( VRSN ) is one of the leading providers of trusted infrastructure services to website owners, enterprises, electronic commerce service providers and individuals. The company's domain name registration, digital certificate, global registry and payment services provide the critical web identity, authentication and transaction infrastructure that online businesses need to establish their web identities and to conduct secure electronic commerce, or e-commerce, and communications.


The company has initiated Project Apollo which is a 10 year initiative to increase its infrastructure capacity by 1,000 times its present size. Since they sell Internet access could that mean a 1000 times increase in revenue? Probably not as sales prices per unit of data will come down and margins might get squeezed but growth is still in the picture. They are also buying back $54 million in share to increase shareholder value.

Wall Street has taken notice with 12 buy and 7 hold recommendations published. Analysts estimate sales will increase by 5.90% this year and 10.40% next year. The double digit growth in earnings is what interests me. An EPS growth of 19.50% this year and 15.70% next year is predicted. The forecasted 5 year annual compounded EPS growth rate is expected to continue at a rate of 12.64%.

Investor sentiment is high on Motley Fool with the CAPS members voting that the stock will beat the market by a vote of 245 to 39 with the All Stars in agreement 65 to 9. The Wall Street column its Fool follows have been positive also by 10 to 1.

Is this the right time to buy? Let's look to Barchart for the technical price evaluation. Barchart has a buy signal on all 13 of its technical indicators for a 100% buy signal. The stock is presently trading above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving average and hit 7 new highs in the last 20 trading sessions. The stock has enjoyed an 8.08% price increase in the last month and presently trades at 28.68 with a 50 day moving average of 26.80.

VeriSign (VSRN ) meets my criteria for a buy:

• Wall Street analysts have buy recommendations released with increases in sales and double digit increases in earnings projected
• There is a positive investor sentiment
• The stock is presently enjoying positive price momentum and has a 100% Barchart technical buy signal

Jim Van Meerten is an investor who blogs on investing on Financial Tides and

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Disclosure: No positions in VRSN at the time of publication