Year end rally

Year end rally

December 27, 2006

The only surprise about this rally is why it did not start pre Christmas. The action today was concentrated in small caps. As usual the China theme was still at work. If you are looking for China themed stock, yet to make wild run, just look at HMIN. Along with China. other international stocks were catching some bid. For nimble traders there were tons of opportunities in last two days. Momentum bursts like this are good for those who can anticipate and position for such moves.

The list below has some ideas worth investigating for long term or short term buys:

ACTU,Actuate Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
ANDE,Andersons Inc (The) (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
BULK,Navios Maritime Holdings Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
CLF,Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
CMT,Core Molding Tech Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
DXPE,Dxp Enterprises Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
EFUT,E-Future Info Tech Inc Ord (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
FRD,Friedman Industries Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
FSYS,Fuel Systems Solutions Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
GES,Guess? Incorporated (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
GIFI,Gulf Island Fabrication (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
GOOG,Google (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
GRC,Gorman-Rupp Co (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
GROW,U.S. Global Invest Inc A (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
HL,Hecla Mining Co (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
HLYS,Heelys Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
HMIN,Home Inns and Hotels Management (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
IIG,Imergent Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
KOSN,Kosan Biosciences Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
LNUX,Va Software Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
MA,MasterCard Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
MBT,Mobile Telesys Ojsc Ads (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
MGPI,Mgp Ingredients Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
NTZ,Natuzzi S.p.a. (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
OLAB,OraLabs Holding Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
OME,Omega Protein Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
QADI,Qad Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
RACK,Rackable Systems Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
SPSX,Superior Essex Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
TX,Ternium SA (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
TXCO,Exploration Co Of Delawr (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
UBB,Unibanco Uniao De Bancos (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
UPFC,United Panam Financial (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 
VMI,Valmont Industries Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings BW  Chart) 


After two days of rally tomorrow may not be the best day to initiate new positions. A gap up would be sold aggressively as traders who anticipated the year end rally and bought before holidays or bought two days ago exit or book partial profits. The badly mauled bears may be waiting in the wing at higher level.