Monday, February 27, 2017

RH RH


DLTR Dollar Tree


PHMD PhotoMedex


RING RingCentral


DAL Delta Air Lines


AMGN Amgen


US Weekly Economic Calendar

time (et)

report period ACTUAL forecast previous
MONDAY, FEB. 27
8:30 am Durable goods orders Jan.   1.6% -0.5%
8:30 am Core capital equipment orders Jan.   -- 0.7%
10 am Pending home sales Jan.   -- 1.6%
TUESDAY,  FEB. 28
8:30 am Gross domestic product Q4   2.1% 1.9%
8:30 am Advance trade in goods Jan.
-$66.2bln -$65.0bln
9 am Case-Shiller home price index Dec.   -- 5.6%
9:45 am Chicago PMI Feb.   -- 50.3
10 am Consumer confidence index Feb.   111.5 111.8
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
8.30 am Personal income Jan.   0.3% 0.3%
8:30 am Consumer spending Jan.   0.4% 0.5%
8:30 am Core inflation Jan.   0.3% 0.1%
9:45 am Markit manufacturing PMI Feb.   -- 55.0 (Jan.)
10 am ISM manufacturing Feb.   56.3% 56.0%
10 am Construction spending Jan.   0.5% -0.2%
2 pm Beige book        
Varies Motor vehicle sales Feb.   -- 17.5 mln
THURSDAY, MARCH 2
8:30 am Weekly jobless claims 2/24
  --
FRIDAY, MARCH 3
9;45 am Markit services PMI Feb.   -- 55.6 (Jan.)
10 am ISM nonmanufacturing Feb.
56.3% 56.5%

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

PBYI Puma Biotechnology


MNK Mallinckrodt PLC


URA Global X Uranium ETF


ACIA Acacia Communications


MYL Mylan NV


US Weekly Economic Calendar

time (et)

report period ACTUAL forecast previous
MONDAY, FEB. 20
  Presidents' Day holiday
None scheduled
       
TUESDAY,  FEB. 21
9:45 am Markit manufacturing PMI, flash Feb.   -- 55.0
9:45 am Markit services PMI, flash Feb.
-- 55.6
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22
10 am Existing home sales Jan.   5.55 mln 5.49 mln
2 pm FOMC minutes        
THURSDAY, FEB. 23
8:30 am Weekly jobless claims 2/17
230,000 239,000
8:30 am Chicago Fed national activity index Jan.   -- 0.14
FRIDAY, FEB. 24
10 am New home sales Jan.
583,000 536,000
10 am Consumer sentiment index Feb.   96.0 95.7 (Feb.)

Thursday, February 16, 2017

EMC.V Emblem Corp


NRG NRG Energy


HIMX Himax Technologies


JCP JC Penney Co


CAR Avis Budget Group


BGFV Big 5 Sporting Goods


Big Five operates over 4300 retail stores in the U.S. along with a robust ecommerce platform.  The company is profitable and growing eps in recent quarters.  Shares trade at only 0.3x revenues and 14x forward eps.  Strong cash flow, 2 recent upgrade, no downgrades since 2011, and shares pay a fat 4% dividend.  This is a nice long-term value play.  The chart shows a pullback to the 200sma following a massive rally last year.  Look for the dominant uptrend to continue.