Archive for April, 2013
2 Notable 52wk HIGHS [EOD20130404] $TFX $MON $$
Posted by stubbybrown in 52 week highs on 2013/04/04
2 Notable 52wk HIGHS Screened & Ranked By Desc % YTD Price Performance:
ticker symbols:
TFX MON (<— quotes by stocktwits.com)
rank by performance %YTD after screening:
No.,Ticker,Company,Sector,Industry,Country,Market Cap,Perf YTD,Price,Change
1,TFX,Teleflex Incorporated,Healthcare,Medical Instruments & Supplies,USA,3.50B,20.14%,85.31,0.98%
2,MON,Monsanto Co.,Basic Materials,Agricultural Chemicals,USA,56.66B,12.56%,105.74,1.18%
http://bit.ly/10AoWN6 (<— finviz.com charts & news)
screening method:
1. first, using these following 11 finviz screen criteria:
- positive institutional transactions
- short float <5%
- gap up
- performance1 today up
- performance2 YTD +10%
- above 20dma
- above 50dma
- above 200dma
- 52wk high
- relative volume over 100%
- price over $50
2. second, i screened the list further using the following IBD criteria:
- composite rating 80 or greater
- eps rating rating 70 or greater
- rs rating rating 80 or greater
3. third, ranked the resulting list by %YTD price performance.
disclosure: i am long TFX
Economic reports (wed 20130403) – MBA Purchase Applications, ADP Employment Report, ISM Non-Mfg Index
Posted by stubbybrown in Economic Reports on 2013/04/03
MBA Purchase Applications: Released On 4/3/2013 7:00:00 AM For wk3/29, 2013
- Highlights – A scheduled hike in FHA premiums on April 1 increased demand for government loans and gave a boost to purchase applications in the March 29 week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association … <click link to read more>
- Composite Index – W/W Change, Prior 7.7%, Actual 4.0 %
- Purchase Index – W/W Change, Prior 7.0%, Actual % -1.0 %
- Refinance Index – W/W Change, Prior 8.0%, Actual -6.0 %

ADP Employment Report: Released On 4/3/2013 8:15:00 AM For Mar, 2013
- Highlights – ADP data are strongly signaling weakness for Friday’s employment report. Private payrolls by ADP’s count rose only 158,000 in March which is far below ADP’s 237,000 count for February (revised)
- Prior 198,000
- Prior Revised 237,000
- Consensus 205,000
- Consensus Range 170,000 to 240,000
- Actual 158,000

- Note – all credits to bloomberg.econoday.com
ISM Non-Mfg Index: Released On 4/3/2013 10:00:00 AM For Mar, 2013
- Highlights – Employment is the weak link in March’s non-manufacturing from the ISM whose headline composite index fell 1.6 points to a 54.4 level that indicates the slowest rate of monthly growth since July last year … <click link to read more>
- Prior 56.0
- Consensus 56.0
- Consensus Range 54.0 to 56.5
- Actual 54.4

- Note – all credits to bloomberg.econoday.com
6 Notable 52wk HIGHS [EOD20130402]
Posted by stubbybrown in 52 week highs on 2013/04/02
6 Notable 52wk HIGHS Screened & Ranked By Desc % YTD Price Performance:
ticker symbols: FLT, BIIB LIFE BDX RYN DVA (<— quotes by stocktwits.com)
rank by %YTD performance after screening: http://bit.ly/12eoCVv (<— finviz.com charts & news)
- + 45.07% YTD, FLT, FleetCor Technologies, Inc.
- + 35.40% YTD, BIIB, Biogen Idec Inc.
- + 34.10% YTD, LIFE, Life Technologies Corporation
- + 24.20% YTD, BDX, Becton Dickinson and Company
- + 15.32% YTD, RYN, Rayonier Inc.
- + 15.08% YTD, DVA, DaVita, Inc.
screening method:
1. first, using these following 11 finviz screen criteria:
- positive institutional transactions
- short float <5%
- gap up
- performance1 today up
- performance2 YTD +10%
- above 20dma
- above 50dma
- above 200dma
- 52wk high
- relative volume over 100%
- price over $50
2. second, i screened the list further using the following IBD criteria:
- composite rating 80 or greater
- eps rating rating 70 or greater
- rs rating rating 80 or greater
3. third, ranked the resulting list by %YTD price performance.
3 Notable 52wk HIGHS [EOD20130401]
Posted by stubbybrown in 52 week highs on 2013/04/01
3 Notable 52wk HIGHS Screened & Ranked By Desc % YTD Price Performance:
ticker symbols: FLT, UHS, BIIB (<— quotes by stocktwits.com)
rank by %YTD performance after screening: http://bit.ly/XDwGAj (<— finviz.com charts & news)
- FLT, FleetCor Technologies, Inc., + 43.97%
- UHS, Universal Health Services Inc., + 34.38%
- BIIB, Biogen Idec Inc., + 31.70%
screening method:
1. first, using these following 11 finviz screen criteria:
- positive institutional transactions
- short float <5%
- gap up
- performance1 today up
- performance2 YTD +10%
- above 20dma
- above 50dma
- above 200dma
- 52wk high
- relative volume over 100%
- price over $50
2. second, i screened the list further using the following IBD criteria:
- composite rating 80 or greater
- eps rating rating 70 or greater
- rs rating rating 80 or greater
3. third, ranked the resulting list by %YTD price performance.