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Ticker Tape Digest

Tuesday - May 13, 2014


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 - 6

Overall Quality of Breakouts - ABOVE AVERAGE

Stocks Screened - 8,300

Bull side - Small list of breakouts but some good looking plays. Stock market mixed, Dow up Nasdaq Down. Bulls can be venturesome.

 (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 Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish

Market  (Monthly) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bearish 


Ticker Tape Digest's

Timely Breakout Stocks From Tape Action - Tuesday

(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

Abaxis Inc. (ABAX)  - 44.34, up 2.80 - Breakpoint 42.05

Sets Marketing Deal, Net to Rise 42% This Fiscal Year, TTD Targets 52

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - ABAX - ABOVE AVERAGE

  ABAX, based in Union, Ca., makes portable blood analysis systems. Annual revenues: $180 million. ABAX's stock breaks out today from a 10-week flat base. The move comes on volume of 314,103 shares, double its average daily volume of 143,000 shares.

  The move was triggered when ABAX made a deal with VCA Inc. (VCA), an animal healthcare firm.. ABAX will supply VCA with products for animal hospitals. The deal also includes a co-marketing agreement.

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

  ABAX's 10-minute chart shows the stock spiking higher in the morning and clearing its base with good intraday volume.

   The stock then trended sideways and in the late after started to lift again.

  The close near the high of the day is bullish and bodes well for a follow through move to the upside.

  ABAX's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks climbing from $39.93 a few sessions ago to as high as $44.56 late in the session - that is bullish too.

   A key bullish trade came in the morning when a block of 27,087 shares (duplicated) crossed the tape at $42.31. That was up from the prior block at $41.54.

  ABAX makes portable blood analysis systems for human or veterinary patient-care.

  It  provides clinicians with rapid blood constituent measurements.

  It also offers point-of-care blood chemistry analyzer, which consists of a compact portable analyzer and a series of single-use plastic discs, called reagent discs, containing all the chemicals required to perform a panel of up to 14 tests on human patients and 13 tests on veterinary patients.

 The company markets the blood analysis systems under the Piccolo Xpress, Piccolo Classic, VetScan VS2, and VetScan Classic names.

  ABAX's 12-month performance chart shows the stock off about 4% over the past several months compared with an 18% gain for the S&P 500 index. However, going back to 2008, the stock has made a fivefold move going from 10 to 51.84. It recently pulled back the past few months. That is why the performance on a 12-month basis lags.

  ABAX's long-term chart shows the stock soaring from $3 back in 2001 to 44 today.

  ABAX's daily chart shows the stock climbing from  33 back in October to a peak of 45 by January.

  The stock then pulled back and proceeded to form a base. The breakout today looks good as volume expands an the daily trading range (high to low) widens.

  That shows the stock is attracting buyers.

  ABAX's TTD momentum indicator (top of chart) is strongly bullish.

  The accumulation - distribution line (bottom of chart) is trending higher and has broken out to the upside. That is bullish.

   This fiscal year ending in March of 2015 analysts are forecasting a 42% leap in net to 90 cents a share from  63 cents a year ago.

  The stock sells with a price-earnings ratio of 48. TTD sees that as okay given the current earnings growth rate.

  Going out to fiscal 2016 ending in March, the Street projects a 23% gain in net to $1.10 a share from the anticipated 90 cents a share this year.

  Net for the upcoming fiscal first quarter ending in June should climb 34% to 19 cents a share from 14 cents a year ago.

  The company has tended to sometimes miss the consensus. So, one needs to be alert around earnings time.

  Looking ahead to the fiscal second quarter ending in September, analysts look for a 19% rise in profits to 21 cents a share from 18 cents the year before.

  Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting ABAX for a move to 52 off this breakout. A protective stop can be placed near 41.

  TTD rates ABAX an average intermediate-term play. A lot will depend on the company meeting earnings estimates.

  Sponsorship: Excellent. The top two fund holders Brown Capital Management Small Company Fund and the Primecap Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund are both 5-star rated.

  Primecap recently bought 1.3 million shares. Brown has held its position steady.

  Insider Activity:  Neutral. Not much action the pas month. Earlier in the year, insiders were selling around $36 to $44. They did some buying with options around $10.

  Currently, 5 analysts follow the stock none have a buy, 4 are neutral, one has a sell, the same sentiment as three months ago.



Stock Performance Chart with Quarterly Earnings Markers.

  


TTD's Breakout Profile Rating
Abaxis Inc. - (ABAX)  
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 - HCLP - ABOVE AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - WWAV - ABOVE AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - VFC - ABOVE AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - CSX  - 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 - 2

Stocks Screened - 8,300

Long-Term Environment for bears: Unfavorable.

Bear Side - Just two shorts today.  Stock market mixed, blue chips up, Nasdaq down slightly.  Bears remain conservative.


List of Stocks To Sell or Short


TTD’s Feature Bear Play

Consolidated Water Co. (CWCO) - 11.19, down 1.29

Quarterly Earnings Fall,  TTD Sees Drop to 8.30

 CWCO, based in Grand Cayman, Ky. operates seawater desalination plants. Annual revenues: $64 million. CWCO's stock falls sharply today setting off a TTD short play. The company came in with disappointing first quarter earnings. So far today, CWCO is trading 343,105 shares, triple its average daily volume of 91,000 shares.

  TTD highlighted CWCO as a short at our midsession video show on the Web Tuesday.

  CWCO came in with first quarter earnings of 4 cents a share, down from 26 cents a year ago.

  The Street was looking for 9 cents a share. So, results were a big disappointment.

  CWCO's stock gapped lower in the morning and continued south hitting an intraday low of 11.15. It was unable to rally and looks to close near its low for the day, which is bearish.

  CWCO's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks declining from $12.48 in the prior session to as low as $11.22.  

  A key bearish trade came in the morning when a block of 4,624 shares (duplicated) crossed the tape at $12.04. That was down sharply from the prior block trade at $12.48 on 16,486 shares (duplicated).

  CWCO operates seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems in areas where naturally occurring supplies of potable water are scarce or nonexistent.

   The Company provides services to the Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands and Indonesia.

  This year, analysts are forecasting a 21% decline in earnings to 46 cents a share from 58 cents a year ago.

   CWCO's tape action shows the stock cutting below key technical support Tuesday with heavy volume. The stock's accumulation - distribution line (bottom of chart) is in a steady decline showing clear and consistent selling pressure.

   Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting CWCO for a decline to 8.30 within the next few months or sooner. A protective stop buy can be placed near 12.


                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - CWCO - 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. - 2014

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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