7/06/2006

Market Cross Currents

The economy continues to grow. Inflation is not going through roof. Employment picture looks good. Geo political worries are always present.

There are interesting cross currents in the markets. Look at the sectors that are moving up. Shipping, airlines, trucks and trucking ,lodging, oil,stock exchanges, big brokers, and commodities. Now if oil is up why are airlines and shipping going up. Go figure that out. Message of the market, a moderate slow down, no recession. Don't get too caught up in the seductive logic of Big Picture scaremongers.

Individual stocks continue to act well. Stocks with earning/sales/ price momentum continue to breakout and there is no shortage of opportunities.
Here is what I have on my watch list.

ACLI,American Commercial Lines Inc
AGP,Amerigroup
ALJ,Alon USA Energy Inc
ALTH,Allos Therapeutics Inc.
BIDU,Baidu.com Inc
BOT,CBOT Holdings Inc
CBK,Christopher & Banks Corp
CHAP,Chaparral Steel Company
CHH,Choice Hotels International Inc
CME,Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CTRP,Ctrip.com International
DRQ,Dril-Quip Inc
EZPW,Ezcorp Inc Cl A
FIZ,National Beverage Corp
FSTR,L.B. Foster Co Cl A
FTD,Ftd Group
FTO,Frontier Oil Corp
GDP,Goodrich Petrol Corp
GIGM,Gigamedia Limited
GILT,Gilat Satellite Network Ltd
GMTC,Gametech Internat Inc
GRMN,Garmin Ltd
HELX,Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc
HNR,Harvest Natural Resources Inc
HOC,Holly Corp
ISRG,Intuitive Surgical Inc
JOBS,51job Inc Ads
KNOL,Knology Inc
LDSH,Ladish Co Inc
LVS,Las Vegas Sands
MED,Medifast Inc
MEK,Metretek Technology Inc
NBL,Noble Energy Inc
NTRI,NutriSystem Inc
NYX,NYSE Group Inc
OII,Oceaneering Internat
PLLL,Parallel Petroleum Corp
PMTI,Palomar Medical Tech
SMDI,Sirenza Microdevices
STKL,Sunopta Inc
STLD,Steel Dynamics Inc
SUMT,Sumtotal Systems Inc
SVVS,SAVVIS Inc
SWIR,Sierra Wireless Inc
TSAI,Transaction Sys Architects Inc
TSCM,Thestreet.Com
TZOO,Travelzoo Inc
UACL,Universal Truckload Srvcs
UARM,Under Armour Inc
UCO,Universal Cmprssn Hldgs
UFPT,Ufp Technologies Inc
VGZ,Vista Gold Corp
VHI,Valhi Inc
WRLD,World Acceptance Corp
ZOLT,Zoltek Companies Inc
ZUMZ,Zumiez Inc

1 comment:

muckdog said...

You know, little-discussed is the fact that the market averages a little more than 3 pullbacks of 5% or more per year. And the reasons can be anything that's in the daily headlines. So here we are in one of those pullbacks, and folks are treating it as a big deal. Pffft. Happens all the time. Learn to love it and trade it...