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Ticker Tape Digest

Thursday - April 26, 2012


By Leo Fasciocco -- TTD

Ticker Tape Digest presents its daily stock market report containing stocks to go long as breakout trades, quick trades, or bargain trades. We also feature stocks under Significant Accumulation that are poised to breakout.

Ticker Tape Digest's

Daily schedule guide for TTD subscribers

1. Pre-market - check Breakout Watch List and Quick Trades.

2. Morning - (11:30 - 12 A.M.) - check breakout stocks tape and breakout chart slide show.

3. Midday (1 P.M.) check TTD Midsession Report and see market video show.

4. After close (4 P.M.) check final TTD Report for day.


Trading Strategies

Bullish

Aggressive Investors Bullish - "Breakout Stocks" - ideally suited for bull markets and special situation stocks. Potential for large returns. (See Performance)


Aggressive Investor Bullish-  "Quick Trade Stocks" -ideally suited for entry into top performing issues looking for a small quick profit."  (See Performance)


Conservative Investors  "Bargain Buy Trades for the Long Term."  Ideally suited for entry into top performing big cap stocks on pullbacks within overall up trend.(See Performance)


Bearish

Aggressive Bearish Investors - "Breakdown Stocks" to Sell Short. Ideally suited for bear markets or market pull backs. Potential for large returns  (See Performance)

 The TTD report also contains stocks to short as  breakdown plays and as bargain (swing trade) shorts.

  Investors should  tend to try to go with a strategy that fits with the stock market's trend, unless there is a special situation play.

  TTD's Breakout Stocks - Long are most suitable for aggressive investors seeking ideal entry points into leading stocks, especially during bull markets. They can do extremely well in bull markets with gains of as much as several hundred percent.

 These stocks can also do extremely well during strong market rallies, or if they are in a industry group that is performing very well. They tend to have strong earnings outlooks and are near new-52 week, or all-time highs.

  TTD Quick Trade Stocks - Long These are leading issues that have pulled back in recent days, but could move higher soon. They are most suitable for Aggressive Investors willing to trade short term. These stocks will do extremely  well during market advances. They have about 74% win rate. During market rally sequences the win rate is even higher. The return is small 3% to 8% in just a few days.

 TTD's Bargain Buy Trades - Long - Long Term.  These are for conservative bullish Investors These long-term buys are ideally suited for entry into stocks on pull backs within overall up trend. These stocks can give a good return long-term especially during a bull market.

   TTD also presents Stocks To Sell or Sell Short. These issues are suitable for aggressive investors willing to take short positions both as trades or for longer-term plays. These stocks will do very well during bear markets or market pull backs.

  TTD's Bearish breakdown stocks to sell short. These issues have potential to fall sharply. They often show a technical breakdown and also some fundamental business problem such as weak earnings.  

 TTD's multi-media updates include a slide-show that presents charts and analysis at midsession. Some times TTD presents feature analysis on stocks and the market. TTD uses Windows Media Files. (WMV).

 TTD also presents a "Breakout Watch List" that is up dated daily. This list consists of key stocks in position to breakout. A close watch of this list can put you in the stock just as it breaks out. A good idea is to study the list and be ready to move into a stock quickly as it hits its breakpoint.

TTD often suggests using stop buy orders to enter. It is very important to buy a breakout stock as close as possible to the breakpoint. The idea is to get "elbow room" if the stock should follow through to the upside. This is very important in being successful in making big money with breakout stocks.

It is also essential to have a stop loss strategy for all stocks in which positions are taken. Not every stock will work as expected. It is important for investors to "police" their portfolios and avoid getting trapped in any bad positions.

 Quality rating of breakout  Two key factors: 1 - Stock near all-time in price or near a 52-week high. 2 - earnings growth current year is strong. The ideal play is a stock with an Above Average Quality Rating. The stock is near a new high and will have strong earnings. TTD's other ratings are Average and Below Average.

Quote or chart

TTD also has  special feature sections on  Educational Tips on Investing.

To email Mr. Leo Fasciocco  leo@tickertapedigest.com.For service, email Beverly Owen owen@tickertapedigest.com. TTD’s Tel: 1-480-926-1680.


  Breakout Stocks

Total Buy Breakouts so far today - 37

Overall Quality of Breakouts - Average

Stocks Screened - 8,300

Bull side -  Large number of breakouts. Bulls can be venturesome. Stock market holds in up trend with momentum on a daily basis bullish.  (Put mouse on Dow chart to see Nasdaq chart)

Long Term Environment for bulls:  Favorable

Stock Market Momentum:

Market (Daily) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish

Market (Weekly) - NYSE Bearish, Nasdaq Bearish

Market  (Monthly) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish 


Ticker Tape Digest's

Timely Breakout Stocks From Tape Action - April 26

(See Top Performing Breakout Stocks for 2011- 2012)

(The “breakout List” gives all stocks breaking out of a base of five weeks or more. These stocks have a good chance to trend higher. However, a stop should be used to avoid those that do not work. They are ranked according to percentage change and classified as leaders or other. (Trading strategy: One should buy breakout stocks at breakpoint by using market order or stop buy)All Timely Breakout Stocks From Tape Action Today )  

   


Today's Featured TTD Breakout Stock

Jarden Corp. (JAH) - 42.72, up 2.32 - Breakpoint 40.72

Nears All-time High, Net to Rise 19% This Year, TTD Targets 52

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - JAH  - AVERAGE

    JAH, based in Rye, N.J. sells a wide range of consumer products. Annual revenues: $6.7 billion. JAH's stock breaks out today from a eight-week flat base. The move lifts the stock close to its all-time high of  45.09 set back in 2007.  JAH is trading a heavy 1.8 million shares, triple its normal daily volume of 563,000 shares.

  TTD highlighted JAH as a breakout at our midsession video show on the Web Tuesday.

 The company posted strong profits for the first quarter that topped most Wall Street estimates. JAH came in with net of 41 cents a share, up from 21 cents a year ago.

  The results were 20% higher than the consensus estimate on the Street. The stock responded bullishly to the news and drover sharply higher at the opening. (see 10-minute chart).

  JAH then trended mostly sideways the rest of the session. There was a "fluke trade" late in the day, but the stock bounced right back in price.

  TTD's clip of the tape shows JAH's recent block trades. One can see the price for the blocks climbing from $39.92 a few days ago to a peak of $42.85. on Thursday morning.

  That key bullish trade came on a block of 15,000 shares that crossed at $42.10, up from the prior block at $39.97 a few days before.

  JAH operates in four business segments: outdoor solutions, consumer Solutions, branded consumables and process solutions.

  Its sales are principally within the United States.

  The Company’s international operations are mainly based in Asia, Canada, Europe and Latin America. The company is aggressive in making acquisitions to expand its operations.

  The company makes coffeemakers, bedding vacuum packaging machines, heating pads and cleaning products.

  JAH's 12-month performance chart shows the stock appreciating 17% versus a 4% gain for the S&P 500 index. The stock pays a dividend yield of 1%.

  JAH's long-term chart shows the stock climbing from 10 back in 2003 to a peak near 45 in 2007. The stock then was pulled lower by the bear market sinking to 6. However, JAH has since staged a strong come back having made a sevenfold move. The stock is positioned to make a new all-time high. If it does it could draw in more buying.

  JAH's daily chart shows the stock climbing from 26 back in August to around 40 by March. The stock then put down a flat base. Today, it gaps out of the base with a big expansion in volume.

  The base was well structured and showed a good contraction in volume prior to the breakout which is bullish.

  The TTD momentum indicator (top of chart) is strongly  bullish.

  The accumulation - distribution line (bottom of chart) was weak but earlier this year, but has since shown a big increase in buying. That is bullish.

  This year, analysts forecast a 19%increase in JAH's earnings to $4.07 a share from $3.43 a year ago. The analysts have been bumping up their forecasts.

The stock sells with a price-earnings ratio of  10. TTD sees that as reasonable. Next year, analysts look for an 13% increase in net to $4.60 a share from the anticipated $4.07 this year.

  JAH should show a strong second quarter. Net for the second quarter should jump 25% to $1.12 a share from 89 cents a year ago. The highest estimate on the Street is at $1.13 a share. TTD sees very good chances for an upside earnings surprise. The past three quarters, JAH topped the consensus estimate by 8 cents a share, 4 cents and 8 cents.

Profits for the third quarter should climb 16% to $1.37 a share from $1.18 the year before.

  Strategy Opinion: JAH is a conservative play but with good steady earnings growth. TTD is targeting the stock for a move to 52 off this breakout. A protective stop can be placed near 39.

  TTD rates JAH an average intermediate-term play.

 Sponsorship: Excellent. A key fund buyer recently was 4-star rated Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund which purchased 1.5 million shares. It has a 3.4% stake. The largest fundholder is CREF Fund with a 7% stake. The 4-star rated fund was a recent seller of  95,482 shares. JAH has 76.4 million shares outstanding.

  Insider Activity:  Slightly Bearish. Insiders were recent buyers at $10 to $25 using stock options. They were sellers around $38 recently. However, the buying came earlier in the year when the price was lower (see chart). Currently, 7 analysts follow the stock, 6 have a buy, up from 4 three months ago.  



 Stock Performance Chart with Quarterly Earnings Markers

  Insider Activity - Buying in Green - Selling in Red

  


TTD's Breakout Profile Rating
Jarden Corp. - (JAH)  
TTD Check List Bullish Bearish Neutral
Near 52-week High YES
Volume YES  
Tick Volume YES
Price Trend - Daily YES  
Price Trend - Long Term YES    
Price Daily Spread YES  
Base Structure YES    
Base - A-D YES
Earnings-Quarterly YES  
Earnings-Long Term YES    
Earnings Outlook YES  
Industry Group YES  
Prior Breakout Success YES  
Fund Sponsorship YES  
Total Score 14 0 0

Charts of Selected Breakout Stocks

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - AZO  - AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - CTXS  - AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - SWI  - AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - VFC  - AVERAGE


Ticker Tape Digest’s

Stocks To “Sell or Short”

  Ticker Tape Digest’s Daily List of “Stocks To Sell or Sell Short” ranks stocks well timed to be sold immediately based on daily trading. The list can be used as an alert to reduce current long-term positions.

Shorts from tape action so far today - 6

Stocks Screened - 8,300

Long-Term Environment for bears: Unfavorable.

Bear Side -  Small number of breakdown stocks today. Bears be selective. TTD's short play from Wednesday was Zipcar inc. (ZIP) at $12.42. Today, ZIP has declined to $12.30.


List of Stocks To Sell or Short


TTD’s Feature Bear Play

Vasco Data Security International Inc. (VDSI) - 7.78, down 1.94

Profits Decline in 1st Quarter, TTD Sees Fall to 5.50

  VDSI, based in Oakbrook Terrace, Il., produces hardware and software security systems to protect information. Annual revenues: $168 million. VDSI's stock falls sharply today after the company reported disappointing first quarter earnings. So far today, VDSI is trading a heavy 2.6 million shares, five times its normal daily volume of 461,000 shares.

  TTD highlighted VDSI as a short at our midsession video show on the Web Thursday.

VDSI's stock gapped lower in the morning. It hit an intraday low of $7.40. The stock then lifted slightly and then trended sideways the rest of the day.

  The company came in with first quarter net of 5 cents a share, down from 6 cents a share a year ago. Revenues declined 11% for the quarter. It blamed production delays.

 The Street was looking for 8 cents a share. The lowest estimate was at 5 cents a share.

  So, the news was bearish. TTD's clip of the tape shows the recent big block trades. One can see the price for the blocks declining from $9.72 on Wednesday to as low as $7.60 today. A key bearish trade came when a massive big block of 760,942 shares (duplicated) crossed the tape at $7.60. That was down from the prior block price of $8.03.

  So, the tape showed very aggressive institutional selling pressure.

 VDSI systems are sold to corporate and government customers. The company enables secure financial transactions made over private enterprise networks and public networks, such as the Internet.

  This year, analysts are forecasting a 21% drop in net to 50 cents a share from 63 cents a year ago.

  VDSI's daily chart shows a gap drop on big volume. The stock's TTD momentum indicator (top of chart) is now bearish. The accumulation - distribution line (bottom of chart) was bullish. So, the earnings disappointment surprised many.

  Strategy Opinion:  TTD is targeting VDSI for a drop to 5.50 within the next few months, or sooner. A protective stop buy can be placed near 8.40.


                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock -VDSI - BELOW AVERAGE


TTD takes no responsibility for trading by those using this information. The stocks presented in our report are those we deem the best looking "Day Trades" for the long side. We take no responsibility for the accuracy of this data, although every effort is made to present the information correctly. Copyright Ticker Tape Digest.

TTD columnist Leo Fasciocco has covered the stock market for over 20 years. His articles appear in many publications. He is also a speaker at the Intershow conferences. He has been on television and radio. He is author of many educational articles about stock investing and the book “Guide To High-Performance Investing.”

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