Weekly Newsletter 07/23/05
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 Weekly Commentary  

Market Summary

Second-quarter earnings, with a few important exceptions, have exceeded analysts expectations and fueled the market's fourth successive weekly rise. The gains were tempered though by further bombings in London and overnight events in Egypt could further affect markets next week. For the week, the DJI gained just 0.1%, the NASDAQ Composite gained 1.06% and the S&P 500 gained 0.47%.

The AP reported on Friday that 72% of 202 companies in the S&P 500 had reported earnings that exceeded analysts expectations, 15% were in line leaving just 13% that failed to meet expectations. These statistics would be more meaningful if adjusted by market cap. (Microsoft and Google were two high cap failures) but nevertheless indicate that the economy is in good shape and provide a basis to believe that these positive earnings results will continue.

From a technical perspective though, the indications are more problematic, coinciding with several companies warning that third-quarter profits are likely to be lower. On Thursday, the NASDAQ briefly passed the intraday high set on January 3 this year and retreated. The index was essentially flat on Friday and we could see a period of consolidation now with the index trading between approximately 2190 and 2150.

The S&P 500 has been trading within an upward sloping channel with support shown by line 1 below. More recently though there is a possible rising wedge pattern emerging (line 2) which is usually bearish and we could see a correction in the S&P down to support line 1 over the next few weeks.

Breakouts This Week

The number of breakouts increased to 59 this week from 37 last week with average gains per breakout also rising to 3.02% at the end of the week, compared to 1.79% last week. Two-week gains rose to 4.9% and average 13 week gains to 9.5% up from 7.9% last week. These statistics show that breakout performance is improving as the market improves.

Among the week's high flyers were SGDE (Sportsman's Guide Inc.), RIMG (Rimage Corp.) and ARQL (Arqule Inc.). SGDE broke out of a high HQ 9-day handle on Tuesday to gain 25.08% before closing the week with a 16.27% gain. RIMG, also with a high scoring handle, broke out on Thursday and reached an intraday high of 18% while profit taking on Friday reduced the gain to a still healthy two day gain of.12.51%. ARQL broke out of an 18-day handle on Monday to gain 20.85% before profit taking reduced the gain above the pivot to 7.87% by week's close. Our Gold and Platinum subscribers receive email alerts so they can take advantage of these huge 1 day gains as they happen. Our revised Handle Quality (HQ) metric is proving an excellent predictor of strong breakout day performance (see Newsletter for 7/9/05) while RS Rank is the best predictor of longer term performance after breakout (see this week's tip below).

Sector Performance

The Electronics sector was the most active in providing breakouts this week contributing 8 to the overall tally followed by Computer Software with 6 breakouts. Building Residential-Commercial is our top ranked sector on technical strength on a one-day bases while Oil and Gas Canadian is the best for the week overall. Platinum subscribers can view daily updated industry statistics ranked on four different criteria, together with ranked industry components and charts. Our industry analysis options are the most comprehensive available anywhere, period.

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This Week's Top Tip Tips for getting the most out of our site

Strong Breakouts have a high RS Rank

A few days ago, the CANTATA Discussion Group raised the question of the importance of RS Rank. This is one of the most important predictors of how a stock will perform after breakout as the following chart shows.

This data was derived from our Backtest feature by back testing with RS values greater than or equal to 95, 90, 85, 80, 75, 70 and then subtracting one group from another and normalizing for the numbers in each group. Consequently, it reflects the gains over the last 65 trading sessions only, but shows that breakouts with an RS Rank greater than 85 significantly outperform breakouts with a lower RS Rank. RS Rank is the most significant variable in the Expected Gain model so I am confident that this relationship between RS Rank and gains subsequent to breakout would be sustained over longer periods.

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 Market Summary Overview of market direction and industry rotation
Index Value Change Week Change YTD Market1
Signal
Dow 10651.2 0.1% -1.22% enter
NASDAQ 2179.74 1.06% 0.2% enter
S&P 500 1233.68 0.47% 1.8% enter
 Best Performing Index
1 Week 13 Weeks 26 Weeks Year-to-Date
NASDAQ Composite
1.06 %
NASDAQ Composite
2.07 %
NASDAQ Composite
6.58 %
S&P 500
1.8 %
 Best Performing Industry (by average technical score over each period)
1 Week 3 Weeks 13 Weeks 26 Weeks
Oil & Gas-Cdn Integrated Oil & Gas-Cdn Integrated Healthcare-Hospitals Oil & Gas-Drilling
 Most Improved Industry (by change in technical rank2)
Beverages-Soft Drink
+ 57
Electr-Laser Systems
+ 90
Electr-Laser Systems
+ 120
Electr-Parts Distrib
+ 120
Charts of each industry rank and performance over 12 months are available on the site

1The Market Signal is derived from our proprietary market model. The market model is described on the site.
2The site also shows industry rankings based on fundamentals, combined technical and fundamentals, and on price alone (similar to IBD). The site also shows daily industry movements.
 Weekly Breakout Report How confirmed breakouts performed this week
# of Breakouts
Period Average1
Max. Gain During Period2
Gain at Period Close3
This Week 59 37.69 5.86% 3.02%
Last Week 37 34.77 9.35% 4.89%
13 Weeks 516 39 14.73%
9.47%
Sector
Industry
Breakout Count for Week
Electronics
Electr-Semicndtr Equip
5
Computer Software
Comp Software-Enterprise
4
Electronics
Electr-Semicndtr Mfg
3
Healthcare
Healthcare-Biomed/Genetic
3
Computer
Computer-Integrated Sys
2
Healthcare
Healthcare-Products
2
Leisure
Leisure-Gaming
2
Retail
Retail-Mail Order/Direct
2
Telecomm
Telecomm-Equipment
2
Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace & Defense-Equip
1
Auto & Truck
Auto & Truck-OEM
1
Banks
Banks-Super Regional
1
Banks
Banks-Foreign
1
Building
Building-Residentl/Comml
1
Building
Building-Cement Etc.
1
Business Services
Business Svcs-Schools
1
Business Services
Business Svcs-Leasing
1
Computer
Computer-Storage Devices
1
Computer Software
Comp Software-Healthcare
1
Computer Software
Comp Software-Financial
1
Electronics
Electr-Equipment
1
Energy
Energy-Other Sources
1
Finance
Finance-Misc Services
1
Finance
Finance-Consumer Loans
1
Food
Food-Prepared
1
Healthcare
Healthcare-Instruments
1
Internet
Internet-ISP/Content
1
Leisure
Leisure-Movies & Related
1
Machinery
Machinery-Const/Mining
1
Media
Media-Radio/TV
1
Media
Media-Diversified
1
Metal Prds
Metal Prds-Pipe/Fab/Misc
1
Mining
Mining-Misc Ores
1
Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas-Field Services
1
Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas-Mach/Equip
1
Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas-Intl Explr/Prod
1
Personal
Personal-Shoes
1
Retail
Retail-Apparel
1
Special
Special-ClsdEndFunds/Bond
1
Transportation
Transportation-Rail
1
Utility
Utility-Electric
1
1The average number of breakouts in each week over the previous 13 weeks.
2This represents the return if each stock were bought at its breakout price and sold at its intraday high.
3This represents the return if each stock were bought at its breakout price and sold at the most recent close.
 Top Breakout Choices Stocks on our Cup-and-Handle list with best expected gain if they breakout
Category
Symbol
Company Name
Expected Gain1
Best Overall SIRI SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO INC 117
Top Technical CITP 57
Top Fundamental DRIV DIGITAL RIV INC 82
Top Tech. & Fund. CRM Salesforce.com Inc. 63
1This is the gain predicted by our Expected Gain model if the stock breaks out. Expected Gains for all cup-and-handle stocks are published on our site.
 Top Second Chances Stocks that broke out this week and are still in buyable range
Category
Symbol
Company Name
Expected Gain1
Best Overall CPWR COMPUWARE CORP 108
Top Technical ULTI ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP INC 55
Top Fundamental PMTI PALOMAR MED TECHNOLOGIES INC 67
Top Tech. & Fund. AME AMETEK INC NEW 49
1This is the gain predicted by our Expected Gain model after the stock has broken out which uses the volume on breakout as a predictive term. Because the model variance is +/- 38% the expectation can be negative.

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