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Weekly - Bullish Conservative Investors - Go To TTD Long-Term Plays - Monday, May 2 |
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Go to Video Show - "How to Make Money With Breakout Stocks" Go to Video Show -TTD Performance 2008 Long and Short |
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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.
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Ticker Tape Digest's Trading Strategies Overview and Performance Bullish Aggressive Investors Bullish - "Breakout Stocks" - ideally suited for bull markets and special situation stocks. Potential for large returns. Aggressive Investor Bullish- "Quick Trade Stocks" -ideally suited for entry into top performing issues looking for a small quick profit." 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. Bearish Aggressive Bearish Investors - "Breakdown Stocks" to Sell Short. Ideally suited for bear markets or market pull backs. Potential for large returns |
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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.
1 - TTD's Breakout Stocks - Long - (Intermediate-term long plays) these 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.
2 -TTD Quick Trade Stocks - Long - (Short-term long plays 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.
3 - TTD's Bargain Buy Trades - Long - (Long Term long plays. 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.
4 - 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.
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 - 26
Overall Quality of Breakouts - Average
Stocks Screened - 8,300
Bull side - Large number of breakouts. Stock market off slightly today . Bulls be selective. Stock market upside momentum slowing a bit.
(Put mouse on Dow chart to see Nasdaq chart)
Long Term Environment for bulls: Neutral
Market (Daily) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish
Market (Weekly) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish
Market (Monthly) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish
Ticker Tape Digest's
(See Top Performing Breakout Stocks for 2011)
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TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - ISS - ABOVE AVERAGE |
ISS, based in China, provides information technology services. Annual revenues: $197 million. ISS, a recent IPO stock, breaks out today from a five-month flat base. The move carries the stock to a new high. It comes with volume of 274,109 shares, double its normal daily volume of 131,000 shares. The stock is a thinly traded, small cap play.
ISS's 10-minute chart shows the stock climbing in the morning. It broke out around midday with a burst of intraday volume.
Later, it continued to push higher and was acting strong heading into the close.
The stock is a speculative play and suitable only for aggressive investors.
TTD's clip of the tape shows the recent big block trades.
One can see in the prior sessions that there was some institutional selling pressure as some big block trades went off a lower prices.
However, that tide appears to have started to turn. Today, there was a key bullish trade when a block of 6,400 shares crossed the tape at $21. That was up from the prior block trade at $19.82. That was a big jump in price and showed a switch to aggressive institutional buying.
ISS offers an integrated suite of IT services and solutions, including Consulting & Solutions, IT Services and business process outsourcing, or BPO, services.
The company focuses on serving clients in the technology; communications; financial, insurance; and energy, industries.
The company's service consists primarily of application development and maintenance services, or ADM, R&D services, and infrastructure and software services.
Consulting & solutions services provide consulting services for an overall engagement to discrete consulting services in conjunction with other services.
ISS's 12-month performance chart shows the stock appreciating 270% easily outperforming the S&P 500 index which is up 14%. The stock has been a star IPO play
ISS's long-term chart shows the stock breaking out to a new all-time high.
The daily chart shows the stock breaking out over resistance today with a widening of the trading spread (range from high to low). That is very bullish showing strong demand for the stock.
The stock's TTD momentum indicator (top of chart) has been bullish for about four weeks.
The accumulation - distribution line (bottom of chart) is working higher.
This year analysts forecast an 800% surge in ISS's net to 45 cents a share from 5 cents a year ago. The stock has a price-earnings ratio of 48. TTD sees that as reasonable.
Going out to 2012, the Street is forecasting a 51% gain in net to 68 cents a share from 45 cents a year ago.
Net for the first quarter is expected to be 8 cents a share. There is now comparison with a year ago. Looking ahead to the second quarter net should rise to 12 cents a share.
Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting ISS for a move to 28 within the next few months. A protective stop can be placed near 20. TTD rates ISS an average intermediate-term play.
Sponsorship: Very Good. The largest fund holder is T. Rowe Price New Horizons with a 0.99% stake. It was a recent buyer of 50,000 shares. A key fund buyer recently was 4-star rated Goldman Sachs Small/mid Cap Growth Fund which purchased 240,009 shares. ISS has 52.4 million shares outstanding.
Insider Activity: Not available. Four analysts follow the stock, 3 have a by, up from 2 three months ago.
Stock Performance Chart with Quarterly Earnings Markers.
| TTD's Breakout Profile
Rating Isoftstone Holding Inc. - (ISS) |
| 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 - PPO - ABOVE AVERAGE |
| TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - GNET - ABOVE AVERAGE |
| TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - DISH - AVERAGE |
| TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - UFS - AVERAGE |
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 - 5
Stocks Screened - 8,300
Long-Term Environment for bears: Unfavorable.
Bear Side - Only a small number of breakdown stocks today. Bears remain selective. Stock market still in up trend.
MKSI, based Wilmington, Ma., makes products used to produce semiconductors. Annual revenues: $10.9 billion. MKSI's stock falls below key techincal support today with a significant pick up in volume. So far today, MKSI is trading a heavy 736,589 shares, almost double its normal daily volume of 427,000 shares. TTD sees more on the downside. 
MKSI was highlighted by TTD as a short play at our midsession show on the Web Monday.
MKSI's stock moved lower in the morning and continued to trend down through out the entire day. Its low for the day made late in the afternoon was $26.12.
TTD's clip of the tape shows the recent big block trades. One can see the price for the blocks declining from $28.38 to as low as $26.25. A key bearish trade was a block of 8,300 shares that crossed in the morning at $27.57. That was down from the prior block at $28.43.
MKSI makes instruments, components and subsystems used to measure, control and analyze gases in semiconductor manufacturing.
They offer a range of products such as semiconductors, optical filters and fiber optics cables, magnetic and optical storage devices and media, solar panels, eyeglasses, architectural glass, cutting tools, and freeze-dried pharmaceuticals.
Analysts expect net for the second quarter to rise 4% to 69 cents a share from 66 cents a year ago. Overall net for this year is expected to climb 9%. However, going out to 2012, profits are projected to decline 2%.
MKSI's chart shows the stock breaking below key technical support with a pick up in volume. The stock's accumulation - distribution line (bottom of chart) is in a down trend. That shows the stock has been under steady selling pressure the past several weeks.
Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting MKSI for a decline 22 within the next few months, or sooner. A protective stop buy can be placed near 28.40.
| TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - MKST- AVERAGE |
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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