Buffalo Trader Benchmark Scans for 02/19/2010

by admin on February 19, 2010

These articles describe the statistical probabilities of long positions on these equities, based on neural net projections, for the next 5-15 trading days. These are not holy grail methodologies, the road to easy street, or anything else. These projections are the result of screening for technically significant retracement and momentum patterns that have been further screened for value and bullish sector performance. In other words, the projections are for long positions.

For 02/19/2010:

$INDU      $SPX         $COMPQ    $RUT

Monthly Momentum  Neg (OB)   Neg            Neg          Neg

Weekly Momentum Pos            Pos             Pos           Pos

Daily Momentum       Pos  (OB)   Pos (OB)   Pos (OB)   Pos (OB)

N means neutral, Neg means negative, Pos means positive (OS) means oversold and (OB) means overbought. The value to price estimate (it is not a guarantee, only a cash flow based estimate) can be defined loosely as a multiplier of price. A number higher than one means the stock is undervalued using this model and a number less than one means the stock is overvalued.

Index and ETF I-shares Bullish Reversals (Note: to look up quotes for the Dow Indexes (starting with DJ or DW, add a dollar sign. No dollar sign is required for the ETFs beginning with other letters.) Today’s list includes only those ETFs with a 50-day moving average of daily volume greater than 100,000 shares.

ETFs will make a return soon. Sorry for the inconvenience. I am slowly coming back to life.

The stocks that demonstrated bullish pattern reversals are shown below. The stock at the top of the sector list is the cheapest on a price to near-free-cash-flow basis, the stock at the bottom of the sector list is the most expensive on a price to near-free-cash-flow basis.

Company Symbol Exch. Industry Sector
Cooper Tire CTB xN Auto & Truck (Tires\Misc) Auto & Truck
Federal-Mogul FDML xO Auto & Truck (Repl Prts) Auto & Truck
Smith A O Corp AOS xN Building (A\C Heating Pds) Building
Sterling Constr STRL xO Building (Heavy Constr) Building
Blount Int’l BLT xN Building (Tools) Building
Cintas Corp CTAS xO Business Svc (Misc) Business Svc
Harte HanksInc HHS xN Business Svc (Advertising) Business Svc
Bemis Co BMS xN Container (Paper\Plastic) Container
Univsl Display PANL xO Electronic (Components) Electronic
Altisource Port ASPS xO Financial (Management) Financial
Buffalo WildWng BWLD xO Food (Restaurant) Food
Merit MedSys MMSI xO Healthcare (Products) Healthcare
O S I Systems OSIS xO Healthcare (Products) Healthcare
Medidata Sltns MDSO xO Healthcare (Med\Den Suply) Healthcare
Mindray Medical MR xN Healthcare (Instruments) Healthcare
Abaxis Inc ABAX xO Healthcare (Instruments) Healthcare
Hologic Inc HOLX xO Healthcare (Instruments) Healthcare
Healthways Inc HWAY xO Healthcare (Med\Den Suply) Healthcare
InfoSpace Inc INSP xO Internet (Svc Provider) Internet
Ingersoll-Rand IR xN Machinery (Industrial) Machinery
Insured MuniFnd PIF N Market (ClsdEndFndsDom) Market
Pimco Corp Fnd PTY N Market (ClsdEndFndsDom) Market
Orient Paper ONP A Paper Paper
First Cash Fin FCFS xO Retail (Misc\Diversified) Retail
GameStop CorpA GME xN Retail (Consumer Elect) Retail
Bottomline Tch EPAY xO Software (Financial) Software
SolarWinds Inc SWI xN Software (Business) Software
Adtran Inc ADTN xO Telecomm (Equipment) Telecomm
Consoldtd Comm CNSL xO Telecomm (Services) Telecomm
Portugal TelADR PT N Utility (Telephone) Utility
Brasil Tele ADR BTM xN Utility (Telephone) Utility

Today’s bullish reversals are dominated by healthcare issues, but telecom, retailers, utilities, auto and truck OEMs, and building construction related issues. With the Fed jacking the discount rate, we are likely to see early volatility, but I think the central theme remains true. There are oversold issues in healthcare (particularly supplies and specialty healthcare products (MMSI for one). BWLD though stung by earnings disappointments seemed also to hold recent support. I will also watch this one.

I am still installing files today and will do so until Sunday when I head to Baltimore for software training with the new versions of NeuroShell Day Trader Professional and Chaos Hunter. I should be back to nets when I get back from that conference on Feb 26. Until then, I will keep plugging away to get the set ups running.

Thanks again for your patience. If one is long or short, we are about, in my opinion, to find out what the real course of market direction is going to take for the next quarter at least. We are once again near key resistance levels, and currency valuations are also at key levels of support and resistance. Be careful with all positions in either direction. Follow your trade plan rules to the letter, including those for position size, as we get some final determination of the next prevailing direction of the markets.

Take care,
DBB

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