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ETF MidDay Movers

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(Data as of 12:30PM EST)
Today’s strong market is led by transportation, financials, energy and semis.  Select emerging market ETF’s are doing well.

Ticker Chart Name Price % Price Change % Volume Change RS % From 50DMA % From 200DMA
TLT Ishares Lehman 20+ Yr 91.26 -1.17 183 69 1.59 2.84
IGW Ishares Semiconductor 48.62 1.55 94 38 -4.48 -3.34
XLY SPDR Consumer Discretionary 31.7 1.18 200 44 -3.71 -2.85
XLF SPDR Financial 28.9 1.26 134 49 0.31 -0.65
EEM Ishares Emerging Markets 205.48 2.02 239 71 -1 9.58
EWG Ishares Germany 17.7 1.72 331 62 -2.21 3.75
RKH HLDRS Regional Banks 135.36 1.24 242 56 1.68 0.07
EWY Ishares South Korea 31.56 3.71 163 68 -3.16 12.31
OIH HLDRS Oil Service 90.44 1.56 79 79 -4.81 7.04
XLE SPDR Energy 40.59 0.69 55 87 -4.65 9.88
IYT Ishares Transportation 62.87 1.16 450 66 -4.21 0.38
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Masters of Technology & Innovation

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Last Friday, Wired.com released the Wired 40, a list of the top 40 most advanced companies in terms of techonology and innovation.  There aren’t too many surprises with a top 5 of Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), *Samsung, Amazon (AMZN) and Yahoo (YHOO), but it’s an interesting read nonetheless.  Two small, emerging companies that made the list are Infosys (INFY) at #9 and Salesforce.com (CRM) at #20.  see the article

* Samsung is not traded in US markets yet, so the only way to play this currently is by purchasing the Ishares South Korea ETF (EWY) (Samsung represents 23% of the fund).  The fund is currently carving out a base after running up nearly 50% from October ’04 to March of this year.

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Breakout Stock Highlights (5.3.2005)

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The following is a screenshot of the Breakout Tracker at SelfInvestors.com and lists all breakouts for the last 2 weeks. (click the image for larger pop up)

At the top of the list, you see the highest ranked breakouts which include Google (GOOG), LaBarge (LB) and MICROS Systems (MCRS) all with a total score of 51 (out of possible 60).  Two strong breakouts occurred in Southwestern Energy (SWN) and LKQ Corp (LKQX) yesterday.

Google held up remarkably well despite heavy insider selling and a tough market, which ultimately resulted in a strong gap up breakout to all time highs with good volume after an outstanding earnings report.  I personally don’t like making a purchase in a stock that is so far above a major support level (especially in this market), but the technicals reveal an opportunity that is difficult to ignore.  May be worth initiating a small position if it clears the high of this consolidation around 225 with heavy volume.

LaBarge has also spent time carving out a nice looking base.  It’s a little bit on the choppy side, but hey.. no base is perfect.   Quiet volume in the bottom of the base and in the handle with a surge in buy volume in the right side and at the breakout is exactly what you want to see.  The breakout continues to hold up well.

MICROS Systems is an outstanding company fundamentally, but technically it could use some work.  Caution should be used when considering a position in a company with a base characterized by jagged edges.  Notice the high volume drop below support in the handle as well, before rebounding on a strong earnings report.  I would not be jumping into a stock like this at the breakout.  I’d want to see the technical action improve over the next couple weeks before considering a position.  That would mean seeing a quiet consolidation period around 40 followed by another high volume surge. 

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ETF Movers – Selling Not Particulary Intense

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Good afternoon,

(Data as of 2:25EST)
While the market continues its wide yo yo type moves today, the selling isn’t particularly intense as you can see by taking a look at the index ETFs below.  Notice the volume is below average heading into the last hour of the trading day.  The only sector getting hit with high volume is the energy/oil sector, although it has been bouncing back in the last hour or so.  The Oil Services HLDRS (OIH) is down 1.5% with volume 73% greater than average.   Both the SPDR and Ishares Energy ETFs (IYE and XLE) are down signficantly with volume greater than 100% above the average.

Ticker Name Description Price % Price Change % Volume Change RS % From 50DMA % From 200DMA
QQQQ Nasdaq 100 Tracking Nasdaq 34.977 -0.35 -13 46 -4.72 -4.59
SPY S&P Depositary Receipts S&P 500 114.96 -0.6 -10 56 -3.26 -0.68
IWM Ishares Russell 2000 Index Small Caps 115.36 -1.17 18 50 -6.41 -3.12
DIA DJI Diamonds Trust Dow Jones Industrial 101.51 -0.38 -12 50 -4.01 -2.23
MDY S&P Midcap 400 Mid Caps 115.48 -0.92 -40 63 -4.23 1.32
IVV Ishares S&P 500 S&P 500 115.02 -0.48 -55 56 -3.3 -0.77
IWF Ishares Russell 1000 Growth Large Caps 45.82 -0.46 -28 50 -3.17 -1.84
IWD Ishares Russell 1000 Value Large Cap Value 64.29 -0.68 -41 64 -3.13 1.4
IVE Ishares S&P 500/Barra Value Large Cap Value 59.31 -0.52 -61 56 -3.58 -0.6
VO Vangaurd Mid Cap Vipers Mid Caps 54.89 -0.78 -93 68 -3.89 2.5
IWS Ishares Russell Mdcp Value Mid Cap Value 109.562 -0.5 -69 71 -3.25 3.34
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Dowloading Data In the Breakout Stock Tracker

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Question:

I’d like to know if there is anyway to download the lists in the "breakout center" ? I mean just the various watch lists under that menu, not all stocks in your database. If we could, that would be really helpful. Thank you.

My Response:

I’m working on that.. thanks for the feedback!  You’ll be able to download each of the screens to a text file as well to an Excel file- that way you can then easily import it into a real time charting program such as TCnet.  [update – this feature is now available]
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Which Stocks Broke Out Today?

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Question:

Ok, I may be asking for too much.  Would it make more sense as soon as the BO happens,it would get displayed on the Breakout for Today.  Sometimes, the stock may retract at end of day, but, it should still be considered as BO happened.
Also, sometimes the stocks disappear from the "Breakouts Today" list.

My Response:

Yes, that’s exactly what happens now.  Well, since data is refreshed every
15 min. there may be some delay, but you’ll see them added as they happen
for the most part.  Notice FISV and GOOG broke out today.   They disappeared
because you logged in after 12AM Central Time – that’s tomorrow according to
the server time 🙂

In a few weeks, I’ll be releasing an alert system that will allow you to receive
alerts in your email when a breakout shows up.

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ETF MidDay Movers – Volume Surging

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(As of 12:45EST)
Many sectors participating in today’s move as volume picks up substantially.  Possible areas of support at 10,000 in the Dow and 1,900 in the Nasdaq are emerging, but I need to see healthy conolidation following today’s move before I would consider entering any long trades.  Today is a good start.

Ticker Name Price % Price Change % Vol Chang RS % From 50DMA % From 200DMA
IEF Ishares Lehman 7 -10 Yr 84.79 -0.63 217 58 0.75 -0.18
IYH Ishares Health Care 59.742 1.04 180 66 1.69 4.88
IYM Ishares Basic Materials 47.66 1.23 151 62 -7.44 -0.63
SWH HLDRS Software 34 2.87 128 42 -2.63 -4.82
IWF Ishares Russell 1000 Growth 45.98 1.43 120 50 -3.3 -1.5
EEM Ishares Emerging Markets 199.6 1.74 104 74 -4.76 7.54
IWM Ishares Russell 2000 Index
(small caps)		 118.45 1.72 101 52 -4.58 -0.42
EWJ Ishares Mcsi Japan 10.13 1.4 99 44 -5.06 -1.17
IWS Ishares Russell Mdcp Value 109.83 1.09 80 70 -3.28 3.93
EFA Ishares EAFE Index 157.01 1.13 77 70 -2.6 4.35
HHH HLDRS Internet 53.37 0.74 67 27 -4.17 -10.68
EWG Ishares Germany 17.61 1.62 65 66 -3.51 3.77
EWU Ishares United Kingdom 18.07 0.95 63 76 -1.69 4.94
SPY S&P Depositary Receipts 115.17 1.2 62 56 -3.5 -0.42
IWN Ishares Russell 2000 Value 178.82 1.6 60 58 -4.25 0.14
IGN Ishares Networking 24.69 2.11 60 24 -4.6 -9.73
RTH HLDRS Retail 88.79 1.25 55 37 -7.6 -5.69
XLE SPDR Energy 41.26 1.75 53 90 -2.64 12.98
IYC Ishares Consumer Services 56.66 1.69 46 48 -4.06 -0.46
QQQQ Nasdaq 100 Tracking 35.3382 1.83 43 41 -4.39 -3.66
BHH HLDRS B2B Internet 2.56 1.19 42 49 -4.48 1.59
XLB SPDR Materials 28.13 1.08 33 61 -7.28 -0.53
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ETF MidDay Movers – Energy & Basic Materials Bounce Back

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For the second day in a row, big pharma is seeing some profit taking while energy and basic materials bounce back with good volume for the second day in a row.  Small caps are also faring quite well today which is reflected in the Russell 2000 ETF’s. (prices as of 2:30EST)

Ticker Name Price % Price Change % Volume Change RS % From 50DMA % From 200DMA
PPH HLDRS Pharma 74.68 -0.55 244 66 3.74 3.61
IWN Ishares Russell 2000 Value (small caps) 178.37 1.28 168 54 -4.49 -0.07
IWO Ishares Russell 2000 Growth (small caps) 60.3 1.5 137 41 -5.56 -1.66
XLE SPDR Energy 41.4 2.35 116 87 -2.31 13.64
EEM Ishares Emerging Markets 200.1 1.26 95 68 -4.52 8.04
IYM Ishares Basic Materials 48.01 2 93 52 -6.76 0.19
TLT Ishares Lehman 20+ Yr 91.74 0.79 78 69 1.88 3.85
EWT Ishares Taiwan 11.18 1.18 71 48 -6.05 0.27
IWM Ishares Russell 2000 Index (small caps) 117.92 1.32 69 48 -5 -0.85
IYE Ishares Energy 72.25 2.08 48 85 -3.25 11.8

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