A company that has recently had a depressed price but still has terrific long term prospects in
Smart Balance (SMBL). Price movement recently has been very positive.

According to the company, Smart Balance (SMBL) is committed to providing superior tasting heart healthier alternatives in every category it enters by avoiding trans fats naturally, balancing fats and/or reducing saturated fats, total fat and cholesterol. The company's products include Smart Balance Buttery Spreads, Milk, Butter Blend Sticks, Cream Cheese, Peanut Butter, Microwave Popcorn, Cooking Oil, Mayonnaise, Non-Stick Cooking Spray and Cheese. Smart Balance Inc. is one of the five fastest growing food companies in the United States, according to Nielsen sales figures.

As the US and even the rest of the world looks for a healthier way to prepare food the company offers a 3 level approach: Best Life for price sensitive shoppers, Smart Balance for the majority of the shoppers and a high end Earth Balance for the premium environmental, earth friendly and organic elite.

Lets look at the technical, fundamental and sentiment factors that may make this stock a healthy addition to your watch lists.

Technical Factors:
1 - 100% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 4 new highs and up over 7.25% in the last 5 sessions
4 - Relative Strength Index 69.95% and rising
5 - Trades around 4.45 with a 50 day moving average of 4.19

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages released 2 buy and 7 hold recommendations
2 - Sales are expected to increase by 4.70% this year and 5.00% next year
3 - Earnings are projected to increase by 90.00% this year, 42.10% next year and 27.50% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - A large advertising campaign has given the brand general recognition
2 - The CAPS members on Motley Fool votes 302 to 13 that the stock will beat the market
3 - The more experienced All Stars agree 108 to 2
4 - Northland Securities republished their buy recommendation in January

The stock has general recognition, a depressed price and current momentum. A good addition to your watch lists.

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 22, 2011

I've enjoyed the nice homey Norman Rockwell-like commercials about the 2 little Smucker boys walking through the orchard preparing themselves to one day take over Grandpa's jam operations. Well to my surprise the Co-CEO's are the little Smucker boys all grown up with Little Timmy as Chairman and Richard as President. Grampa's jam operations is
J M Smucker (SJM) now a 5 billion dollar operation.

The J.M. Smucker Company (SJM) , headquartered in Orrville, Ohio is the leading marketer of jams, jellies, preserves, and other fruit spreads in the U.S. They are also the leader in dessert toppings, natural peanut butter, and health and natural foods juice products, and market a wide variety of other specialty products throughout the U.S. and in many foreign countries. In the fruit spreads category, they also hold the leadership position in Australia and Canada.

Their product line-up sounds like my pantry. Besides Smucker's jams and jellies, there's Jif, Crisco, Folger's, Pillsbury, Eagle Brand, Hungry Jack and of course Martha White. Does that sound like your pantry too?

Besides taste, there's other reasons to buy this company.

Technical Factors:
1 - 100% Barchart technical buy signal2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 10 new highs and up 7.23% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 70.32% and climbing
5 - Trades around 72.24 with a 50 day moving average of 65.50

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages analysts have published 6 buy and 7 hold reports for their clients
2 - Sales are expected to increase by 4.20% this year and 5.20% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 9.70% this year, 6.70% next years and continue by 6.50% for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - Good press has made this a popular company
2 - CAPS members of Motley Fool vote 427 to 21 that the stock will beat the market
3 - The All Stars agree with a vote of 150 to 5
4 - Fool notes the last 10 articles by Wall Street columnists have all been positive

A look in both my pantry and yours tells me that this is a company that will be around for a long, long time. The question is just how much money can they make? If it's good enough for your pantry it should be good enough for your portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Monday March 21, 2011

This morning I was screening on Barchart for stocks that continued to hit new highs all through the recent market gyrations and found Breeze-Eastern (BZC). It meet all my criteria to be added to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio, which contains stock listed for under $10. The additional was based primarily on recent upward price momentum.

Breeze-Eastern Corporation (BZC) is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of sophisticated lifting devices for military and civilian aircraft, including rescue hoists, cargo hooks, and weapons-lifting systems. Breeze-Eastern is the worldwide supplier of electric and hydraulic Rescue Hoist Systems for helicopters. On many customer programs, companies products are supplied on a sole source basis and are utilized throughout the long life-cycle of these products. There position, principally as a sole source supplier, continues as they support there customers with the sales of spare parts and product upgrades. Breeze-Eastern Corporation aggressively updates its existing products in keeping with changing mission and customer requirements to maintain and increase market share for systems, products and spare parts. These qualified and proprietary products support our long-term growth objectives.

Technical Factors:
1 - 100% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 13 New highs and up 12.36% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 80.44% and climbing
5 - Trades around 8 with a 50 day moving average of 7.11

Professional Analysts Following:
1 - None of the firms following this stock have come out and endorsed it but they are having more analysts issuing report this past quarter
2 - Companies issuing reports: Reuters, Ford Investment Services, The Street.com,Economic Investors, and both Wright and Pechala's Reports
3 - At the present time it is not on any of the major brokerage watch lists.

Investor Sentiment:
1 - This is not a well known stock and there are no Wall Street columnists writing articles about his stock
2 - The CAPS members on Motley Fool have found this stock and vote 9 to 3 that the stock will beat the market
3 - The more experienced All Stars agree with a 3 to 0 vote
4 - This stock is coming off a deficient year but it is getting noticed. Might be a nice ground floor opportunity.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Monday March 21, 2011

This morning I took a list of companies that have had double digit growth in both sales and earnings and are projected to have that double digit growth continue and ran them against the Barchart technical indicators and Whole Foods Markets (WFMI) come up on top of the list.

Whole Foods Market (WFMI) is the largest purveyor of natural foods in the world. They own and operate the country's largest chain of natural food supermarkets. They are like an old-fashioned neighborhood grocery store, an organic farmer's market, a European bakery, a New York deli, and a modern supermarket all rolled into one! The Company also offers a wide variety of non-perishable natural products on its Web site at http://wholefoods.com.

If you visit one of their stores, don't expect to find one of those hippy granola bar shops of the 70's or a Pumping Iron protein drink joint. There offer a lot of high end organic fresh food and even organic wine and beer. If you're going to drink, why not drink without guilt?

This isn't a small chain but has over 290 locations and is expected to gross over $10 billion in sales this year. Growth as measured in same store sales has been 8.7%. Recently during the recession some shoppers traded down but now as the economy loosens they are returning in droves.

Technical Factors:
1 - 100% Barchart technical buy signals
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 4 new highs and up 2.39% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index is 68.43% and rising
5 - Trades around 14.40 with a 50 day moving average of 55.68

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts have issued 9 buy and 15 hold reports recently
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 12.30% this year and 11.80% next year
3 - Earnings are projected to increase by 26.40% this year, 14.40% next year and 16.74% for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - This stock has extremely high and positive general investor sentiment
2 - CAPS members on Motley Fool voted 3,752 to 573 that the stock will beat the market
3 - The more experienced All Stars agree with a 1,253 to 106 vote
4 - Fool notes that the last 8 Wall Street columnists reports have been positive including a recent 2/10 recommendation by Zacks

In the US shoppers are now looking at quality as well as price. I've bought some of their products and will return. Put this one on your watch lists.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Monday March 21, 2011

I know senior living facilities will be a growth industry in the future but I added
Capital Senior Living (CSU) to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio because it is moving now.

Capital Senior Living Corporation (CSU) is one of the largest providers of senior living services in the United States. The Company currently owns interests in and/or operates 77 communities with a capacity of approximately 11,000 residents, including 15 communities that it manages for third parties. The Company also operates one home health care agency. Annual sales are over $211 million dollars. This is becoming a big business.

Technical Factors:
1 - 100% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 10 new highs and up 73.16% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 88.12% and rising
5 - Trades around 9.91 with a 50 day moving average of 6.20

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts at Stifel Nicolas have a strong buy recommendation on this one
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 14.30% this year and 4.70% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to jump by 57.90% this year, 56.70% next year and continue at 16.30% for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - There is a growing interest in this sector not only as a life style but also as an investment
2 - The CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 42 to 11 that this is a company that can beat the market
3 - The more experienced All Stars agree by a vote of 12 to 4

This industry in general and this stock in particular deserves your attention.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Friday March 18, 2011

This morning I added Kongzhong (KONG) to the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for very positive price movement. This is one Chinese ADR that you should put on your watch list.

I know many investors are investing in Chinese ETF's but I think you have a better opportunity if you invest in individual Chinese ADRs selectively rather than Chinese baskets of stocks.

Kongzhong (KONG) is the leading provider of 2.5G wireless interactive entertainment, media and community services in terms of revenue to customers of China Mobile.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - 11 new highs and up 39.27% in the last month
3 - Relative Strength Index is 81.09% and rising
4 - Trades around 10.07 with a 50 day moving average of 7.51

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts have published 1 strong buy and 2 hold recommendations
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 16.90% this year and 16.60% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 62.10% this year, 27.70% next year and 15.00% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - The general investing public is looking for Chinese ADRs and have found this one
2 - The CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 988 to 50 that this stock will beat the market
3 - The more experienced All Stars agree 328 to 11

For those of you that want to be in BRIC stocks and are ready to move beyond ETFs then selecting individual ADRs is your next logical step,

Comments: View Comments |  Friday March 18, 2011

This morning I added American Capital Agency Group (AGNC) to the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio. For those of you not familiar with the requirements to be included in this momentum portfolio a stock must trade over 100K share per day, sell for above 1 dollar, hit new highs in at least 50% of the last 20 trading sessions, have a Barchart short term technical buy signal of at least 80% and also have positive support from both the professional and amateur investing community. Let's look at this stock,

American Capital Agency Group (AGNC) is a newly-organized Delaware corporation formed to invest exclusively in single-family residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. Government agency or a U.S. Government-sponsored entity. The Company will be externally managed and advised by American Capital Agency Management, LLC, a subsidiary of a wholly-owned portfolio company of American Capital. The Company will elect to be taxed, and intends to qualify, as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes.

Technical Factors:
1 - 80% Barchart short term technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 96% Barchart overall buy signal
4 - 14 new highs and up 3.51% in the last month
5 - Relative Strength Index 72.02% and rising
6 - Trades around 30.39 with a 50 day moving average of 29.20

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts have released 8 buy and 7 hold recommendation on this company
2 - Revenue is projected to increase by 105.30% this year and 109.70% next year

Investor Sentiment:
1 - The CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 492 to 26 that this stock will beat the market
2 - The more experienced All Stars agree with a vote of 129 to 10

One general comment: A stock is not added to the portfolio just because its popular. The first and biggest requirement is current and positive momentum. Next those stocks that are not getting positive support from both the professional and general investors are eliminated. The stocks remaining are then considered.

This second cut is a realization that a stock enjoying positive momentum will not continue upward unless it continues to have investor support and positive press.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Thursday March 17, 2011

This moring I deleted Sutron (STRN) from the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 60% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 14.24% off its recent high
5 - Relative strength Index 29.92% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Wednesday March 16, 2011

This morning I deleted Pernix Therapeutics (PTX) formerly Golf Trust of America form the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 40% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 21.89% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 40.74% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Wednesday March 16, 2011

This morning I'm deleting Aegon NV (AEG) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 60% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 9.71% off its recent high
5 - Relative strength Index 39.64% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Wednesday March 16, 2011

This morning I deleted Pharmaerica (PMC) from the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio for negative price trends,

1 - 80% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
4 - 14.60% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 39.31% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 15, 2011

This morning I deleted Dot Hill Systems (HILL) from the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 60% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20 & 50 day moving average
4 - 38.34% off recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 32.40% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 15, 2011

This morning I deleted Hess Corp (HES) from the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 40% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below its 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 9.93% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 40.51% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 15, 2011

This morning I deleted Richie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 20% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter sell signal
3 - Below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 7.17% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 41.22% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 15, 2011

This morning I deleted Global Payments (GPN) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 40% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signals
3 - Below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 7.43% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 38.40% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 15, 2011

This morning I deleted Verizon Communications (VZ) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 60% Barchart sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 7.13% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 36.92% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 15, 2011

This morning I deleted Suburban Propane (SPH) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 60% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
4 - 9.83% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 9.83% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 15, 2011

This morning I deleted Cimatron (CIMT) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price trends.

1 - 60% Barchart short term technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 34.71% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 34.66% and falling

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 15, 2011

OK, I can't help it but I've always had a fascination with spices. It's in my blood, I'm Dutch. During the Dutch Golden Age spices from all over the world made many a fortune for Dutch merchants. My stock of the day is McCormick & Co (MKC)

McCormick & Company (MKC), is a diversified specialty food company and has been a global leader in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of spices, herbs,seasonings, flavorings and other specialty food products to the entire food industry. The company also, through subsidiary corporations, manufactures and markets specialty plastic bottles and tubes for food, personal care and other industries. The company operates in three business segments: consumer; industrial; and packaging.

During the past several years the company has made 9 new acquisitions around the work including its most recent: Eastern Condiments in India . They realize that there is a changing demographic in the US of Hispanics and Middle Eastern immigrants and are adding to their product mix to fulfill the desires of those consumers for ethnic spice.

Let's look at the many reason why McCormick deserves a place on your watch list.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 15 new highs and up 8.34% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 68.81% and rising
5 - Trades around 48.86 with a 50 day moving average of 46.14

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages have released 6 buy and 7 hold recommendations including a buy from Deutsche Securities as recently as January 20, 2011
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 5.90% this year and 4.10% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 6.40% this year, 8.90% next year and 9.58% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - Motley Fool notes that the last 8 articles written by some of the Wall Street journalists they follow have all been positive
2 - Fool's CAPS members have voted 326 to 12 that the stock will beat the market
3 - The more experienced All Stars agree by 131 to 3

This stock has what I look for:
1 - Current and consistent price momentum
2 - Wall Street brokerage buy recommendations based on growth projections of both sales and earnings
3 - A wide and positive public awareness of the company

It's now on my watch list and should be on yours.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Sunday March 13, 2011

Over years coffee has become a world wide beverage. Coffee is now grown all over the globe. Insides say that Japan alone buys more Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee than is even grown in Jamaica each year. How do you know what you're getting?

A few years ago it was predicted that cheap coffee from Vietnam would dilute prices and hold down cost but look at where coffee prices have gone in the last 10 years.

Let's look at some of the biggest coffee sellers in the US. This is not an exhaustive list but just a sample.

Starbucks (SBUX) has over 11 billion dollars is sales world wide with 6,706 company owned store in the US, 2,164 over seas and 8,139 licensed locations.

Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) purchases and roasts whole bean coffees. It operates approximately 16,858 stores, including 8,833 company-operated stores and 8,025 licensed stores. The company offers approximately 30 blends and single-origin premium arabica coffees. It also provides handcrafted beverages, such as fresh-brewed coffee, hot and iced espresso beverages, coffee and non-coffee blended beverages, Vivanno smoothies, and Tazo teas; and merchandise products, including home espresso machines, coffee brewers and grinders, coffee mugs and accessories, packaged goods, music, books, and gift items. In addition, it offers fresh food items, which comprise baked pastries, sandwiches, salads, oatmeal, yogurt parfaits, and fruit cups. Further, it also provides VIA ready brew coffee, bottled frappuccino beverages, discoveries chilled cup coffee, doubleshot espresso drinks, iced coffee, whole bean coffee, and ice creams. The company's brand portfolio includes Tazo tea, Ethos water, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Torrefazione Italia Coffee. Starbucks Corporation sells its products in approximately 50 countries worldwide. Starbucks Corporation was founded in 1971 and is based in Seattle, Washington. ( Yahoo Finance profile)

Technical Factors:

1 - 100% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - Trading above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
4 - 5 new highs and up 14.51% in the last month
5 - Relative Strength Index 78.90% and rising
6 - Trades around 37.97 with a 50 day moving average of 32.86

Fundamental Factors:
1 - This stock is a Wall Street brokerage darling with 7 strong buy, 6 buy and 10 hold reports released
2 - Sales are expected to increase by 61.00% this year and 7.40% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 16.40% this year, 18.80% next year and 16.86% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - On Motley Fool this is one of the highest followed stocks with 9202 opinions expressed
2 - The Caps members vote 5,648 to 1,646 that the stock will beat the market
3 - The more experienced All Stars vote 1,695 to 213 for the same result
4 - Fool notes that all 19 articles by Wall Street columnists they follow are all positive

Caribou Coffee Company (CBOU) has 413 locations and 13 franchised store and scores 305 Million in revenue. It is my favorite place to have a cup. They have couches and fireplaces and a more laid back feeling.

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (CBOU) operates coffeehouses primarily in the United States. It offers premium coffee and espresso-based beverages, as well as specialty teas, baked goods, whole bean coffee, branded merchandise, and related products. As of January 3, 2010, the company had 534 coffeehouses, including 121 franchised coffeehouses located in Minnesota; Illinois; Ohio; Michigan; North Carolina; Georgia; Wisconsin; Virginia; Colorado; Maryland; Iowa; Washington, D.C.; North Dakota; Nebraska; Pennsylvania; Kansas; South Dakota; Missouri; Indiana; and Nevada, as well as in the international markets. It also sells premium whole bean and ground coffee to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, office coffee providers, airlines, hotels, sports and entertainment venues, college campuses, and online customers. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ( Yahoo Finance profile)

Technical Factors:

1 - 96% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Trading below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
4 - 23.06% off its high
5 - Relative Strength Index 39.81% and falling
6 - Trades around 9.11 with a 50 day moving average of 9.79

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages published 4 strong buy and 2 hold recommendations
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 7.80% this year and 9.70% next year
3 - Earnings are forecasted to decrease by 19.60% this year but increase by 27.00% next year and 21.00% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 110 to 68 that the stock will beat the market
2 - The All Stars vote 32 to 20 and are not as positive
3 0 One of the Wall Street firms Fool follows is Baird and they put out a new buy signal on 2/24/2011

Peet's Coffee and Tea (PEET) has 192 stores plus 8,500 locations that sell their products for an annual revenue of 25+ million

Peet's Coffee and Tea, Inc., (PEET) together with its subsidiaries, operates as a coffee roaster and marketer of roasted whole bean coffee and tea in the United States. The company also offers whole leaf and bagged tea; and specialty food items, such as jellies, jams, candies, beverages, pastries, and other related items. In addition, it markets a range of merchandise, including brewing equipment for coffee and tea; paper filters and brewing accessories; and branded and nonbranded cups, saucers, travel mugs, and serveware. The company sells its products through multiple distribution channels comprising its own retail stores; and a network of grocery stores, home delivery, office, and restaurant and foodservice accounts. As of January 3, 2010, it operated 192 retail stores in California, Colorado, Illinois, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Washington. Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California. ( Yahoo Finance profile)

Technical Factors:

1 - 8% Barchart technical Buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) hold signal
3 - 3 new highs and up 49.20% this last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 46.08% and dropping
5 - Trades around 42.53 with a 50 day moving average of 41.28

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages have published 3 strong buy and 6 hold reports
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 9.00% this year and 7.60% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 18.00% this year, 19.10% next year nd 17.50% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - Motley Fool CAPS members vote 189 to 87 that the stock will beat the market
2 - All Stars are more split 62 to 41

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) is more of a pure coffee play with about 2 billion is sales.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) operates in the specialty coffee industry in the United States and internationally. It sells approximately 200 whole bean and ground coffee selections, cocoa, teas, and coffees. The company offers Arabica bean coffee, including single-origin, Fair Trade Certified, organic, flavored, limited edition, and proprietary blends under the Green Mountain Coffee, Tully's Coffee, and Newman's Own Organics brand names. It also manufactures gourmet single-cup brewing systems and markets its patented single-cup coffee and tea brewing systems for offices and homes under the Keurig brand name. The company provides cocoa, teas, and coffees in K-Cup portion packs, Keurig single-cup brewers, and other accessories. It sells whole bean and ground coffee, K-Cups, Keurig single-cup brewers, and other accessories in domestic wholesale and retail channels, and directly to consumers. The company markets coffee, tea, cocoa, and single-cup brewers to retailers, such as department stores and club stores; and single-cup brewers to distributors, as well as to supermarkets. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Waterbury, Vermont.( Yahoo Finance profile)

Technical Factors:

1 - 100% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - Recent price jump trades above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
4 - 3 new highs and up 49.20% in the last month
5 - Relative Strength Index is 84.02% and rising
6 - Trades around 61.71 with a 50 dy moving average of 38.89

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages have 8 buy and 2 hold reports out
2 - Sales expected to increase by 81.00% this year and 35.00% next year
3 - Earnings estimated to increase by 75.70% this year, 40.70% next year and 30.18% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 711 to 402 that the stock will beat the market
2 - All Stars vote 261 to 134

The next company is really an unfair comparison but they sell more coffee that anyone and any discussion of coffee sales world wide would just have to include McDonald's (MCD) with over 25 Billion in sales world wide. 32,737 locations can't be ignored.

McDonald's Corporation, (MCD) together with its subsidiaries, operates as a worldwide foodservice retailer. It franchises and operates McDonald's restaurants that offer various food items, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 32,478 restaurants in 117 countries, of which 26,216 were operated by franchisees; and 6,262 were operated by the company. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1948 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.(Yahoo Finance profile)

Technical Factors:

1 - 64% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 8 new highs and up 2.04% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 61.00% and rising
5 - Trades around 76.68 with a 50 day moving average of 74.61

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages have 8 strong buy, 8 buy and 10 hold recommendations published
2 - Sales are expected to increase by 5.50% this year and 5.30% next year
3 - Earnings are projected to increase by 9.50% this year, 9.10% next year and annually by 10.25% for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - What can I say? Almost as many people have an opinion as eat there.
2 - Motley Fool CAPS members vote 4,904 to 277 that the stock will beat the market
3 - All Stars are very positive 1,234 to 54
4 - Of the Wall Street Columnists Fool follows all 25 are positive on this one.

Well there are a lot of ways to invest in this coffee phenomena. Coffee itself, coffee roasters and distributors, coffee retailers and restaurants that just sell more coffee than can be imagined.

On thing is for certain: coffee sales will be larger next year than they are this year and sales will get bigger annually for at least 5 years out.

Who will profit by that? Hopefully you and me.

Comments: View Comments |  Friday March 11, 2011

I was screening for stocks hitting the most frequent new highs on Barchart and found Tim Horton (THI). They are Canada's largest quick service restaurant chain and features coffee, fresh-baked goods, soups and sandwiches and have big expansion plans not only in the US but also in the Middle East.

Although things look great on the surface I would caution you that the company's earnings will be sensitive to the commodity prices of coffee, sugar and wheat. With over 3000 locations and another 1000 planned including 120 in the Middle East they still have room to grow.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signals
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 15 new highs and up 9.12% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index is 75.13% and climbing
5 - Trades around 45.05 with a 50 day moving average of 42.08

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages like this stock and have 2 buy and 2 hold reports published including a buy recommendation from Goldman Sachs in December
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 5.70% this year and 6.70% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 10.70% this year, 17.60% next year and 15.00% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - The average investor as measured by the CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 328 to 28 that the stock will beat the market
2 - The more experienced All Stars vote 94 to 8 in agreement

If you have an appetite for a fast food restaurant with big expansion plans add this one to your watch lists

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Wednesday March 9, 2011

A Small Cap stock I found while screening stock on Barchart is Silicon Graphics (SGI). In this fast changing technological world companies that provide others with technology solutions should prosper. Increases in both sales and earnings are forecasted for this one.

Silicon Graphics International Corp, (SGI) formerly Rackable Systems Inc, is a global leader in large-scale clustered computing, clustered storage, HPC and data center enablement and services. It is dedicated to solving these industries' most demanding business and technology challenges. It is a provider of servers, storage, and data center solutions targeting data center deployments. The Company's products are designed to provide benefits in the areas of density, power efficiency, thermal management, ease of serviceability, and remote management. Its customers include the leading names in internet and cloud computing, digital content, oil & gas, eCommerce, social networking, research & education, HPC and federal government.

Technical Factors:

1 - 100% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 6 new highs and up 20.34% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index is 78.23% and rising
5 - Trades around 18.93 with a 50 day moving average of 12.65

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages have discovered this small cap and have 1 buy and 1 hold report published
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 11.80% this year and 7.80% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 118.30% this year, 93.30% next year and 8.00% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - Small investors on Motley Fool represented by the CAPS members have noticed this stock and vote 253 to 21 that it will beat the market
2 - The more experienced All Stars agree 74 to 2
3 - Fool notes that the last 7 articles about the company have been positive including a recent plug by Jim Cramer on 2/18

This stock has needed product, positive sales and earnings projections and a wide following by both professional and individual investors. It deserves a place on your small cap watch lists.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Wednesday March 9, 2011

This morning I was screening on Barchrart for stocks hitting the most frequent new highs and found Emcore (EMKR). Momentum investors should get on board this one. The company is highly speculative but is pursuing some highly promising solar power joint ventures in China not only with Chinese companies but the Huainan municipal government as well..

EMCORE offers a broad portfolio of compound semiconductor- based products for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets. The Fiber Optic segment offers optical components, subsystems and systems for high-speed data and telecommunications networks, cable television and fiber-to-the-premises. The Photovoltaic segment provides products for both satellite and terrestrial applications. For satellite applications, they offer high efficiency Gallium Arsenide solar cells, Covered Interconnect Cells and panels. For terrestrial applications, they are adapting their high-efficiency GaAs solar cells for use in solar power concentrator systems.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 10 new highs and up 67.66% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 77.38 and rising
5 - Trading around 3.12 with a 50 day moving average of 1.83

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts are not ready to recommend this company yet and using the present structure only look for the sales to increase by 7.20% this year and earnings to increase by 10.00% annually for the next 5 years
2 - If they are able to put into play the 3 joint ventures they are working on these projections will be meaningless and the earnings may soar.

Investor Sentiment:
1 - Although Wall Street is not following this stock the CAPS members on Motley Fool are betting 281 to 69 that the stock will beat the market.
2 - The more experienced All Stars are not as positive with a vote of 54 to 33

Again, this stock will rise or fall on the success of the 3 joint ventures they have in the pipeline. If you're not willing to get on board right now put this on you watch lists.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 8, 2011

One of the stocks I found on Barchart with the most consistent price momentum is
Imperial Oil (IMO).Imperial Oil (IMO) is Canada's largest integrated petroleum company. Its operations, conducted under the ESSO banner, are concentrated in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, refining and marketing petroleum products, and in the manufacture and sale of petrochemicals. The company has approximately 7,500 employees in two operating divisions.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signals
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signals
3 - 17 new highs and up 20.68% in the last month
4 - Relative strength Index 85.13% and rising
5 - Trades around 54.45 with a 50 day moving average of 41.31

Investor Sentiment:
1 - CAPS members on Motley Foll vote 326 to 14 the stock will out perform the market
2 - The more experienced All Stars vote 115 to 1

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Monday March 7, 2011

As the world wide economies start to recover and women start to loosen their purse strings woman's footware and accessories should be a growth industry and Steven Madden (SHOO) with its recently acquired of the Betsy Johnson brand should benefit. They look to double their sales internationally this year.

Steven Madden, Ltd. (SHOO) designs, sources, markets and sells fashion-forward footwear brands for women, men and children. They distribute products through their retail stores, their e-commerce websites, catalogs and department and specialty store.

Technical Factors:
1 - 88% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 6 new highs and up 6.20% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 62.33% and rising
5 - Trading around 45.10 with a 50 day moving average of 41.78

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts have published 5 buy and 3 hold reports
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 20.70% this year and 10.00% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 14.60% this year, 12.40% next year and 15.00% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - The CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 200 to 22 that the company will beat the market
2 - The more experienced All Stars vote 69 to 10 in agreement
3 - Fool notes that over the year there have been 5 articles written by Wall Street columnists and they have all been positive.

This is one that will definitely go on my watch list.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Monday March 7, 2011

This morning I detected sell signals on Powell Industries (POWL) on Barchart.

Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL ) sells, designs, develops, manufactures, packages and services systems and equipment for the distribution, control and management of electrical energy and other dynamic processes. The principal products are switchgear and related equipment, bus duct and process control systems. These products and systems are utilized primarily byrefineries, petrochemical plants, utilities, paper mills, offshore platforms, commuter railways, vehicular transportation and numerous other industrial, commercial and governmental facilities.

Technical Factors:
1 - 40% Barchart short term sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 12.04% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index is 38.37% and falling

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Monday March 7, 2011

This morning on Barchart I detected sell signals on Thor Industries (THO).

THOR INDUSTRIES, INC. (THO) produces and sells a wide range of recreational vehicles and small and mid-size buses in the United States and Canada as well as related parts and accessories. The Company also manufactures axles and suspension systems.

Technical Factors:
1 - 60% Barchart short term technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Trading below its 20, 50 % 100 day moving averages
4 - 17.79% off its recent high
5 - Relative strength Index 37.18% and falling.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Monday March 7, 2011

This morning I detected sell signals in Sucampo Pharmaceuticals (SCMP) and deleted it from the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio.

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SCMP) is an emerging pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of proprietary drugs based on prostones, a class of compounds derived from functional fatty acids that occur naturally in the human body. Sucampo is focused on developing prostones for the treatment of gastrointestinal, respiratory, vascular and central nervous system diseases and disorders.

Technical Factors:
1 - 40% Barchart short term technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signla
3 - Trading below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - 13.89% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 42.85% and falling

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Monday March 7, 2011

In the long run I always like well run insurance companies when the market is booming. Insurance companies have a simple business plan: underwrite properly and make a profit on the float of money between the time you collect premiums and pay out benefits. When all the stars are aligned you can make a good investment in these stocks and I think now is that time.

That's not the only reason I added Employer's Holdings (EIG) to the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio.

EMPLOYERS HOLDING (EIG) is a group of companies providing workers compensation insurance and services to select, small American businesses. They understand the workers compensation insurance needs of independent, entrepreneurial businesspeople because they focus on only one type of customer small businesses. They understand the small business based risks of workplace injury and accident, and they work hard to help protect each insured business's bottom line.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 14 new highs and up 17.42% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index is 78.92% and rising
5 - Trades around 20.37 with a 50 day moving average of 17.85

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts have 3 buy and 4 hold recommendations published
2 - Revenue is expected to increase by 25.20% this year and 5.30% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 6.50% this year, 11.40% next year and 8.33% annually for the next 5 years
4 - Last November the company announced a $100 million stock buy back program and that always adds value without tax consequences

Investor Sentiment:
1 - CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 88 to 4 that the stock will beat the market
2 - All Stars agree with a vote of 32 to 0
3 - Fool notes that articles about the company have all been positive

I really think now is the time to buy well run insurance stocks but if you don't at least add this one to your watch lists.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Friday March 4, 2011

I found Sunrise Senior Living (SZR) when looking for companies recommended by Value Line and screened them on Barchart to find those showing recent price momentum. Sunrise Senior Living is the nation's largest provider of senior living services. Sunrise communities offer a full range of personalized senior living services, from independent living, to assisted living, to care for individuals with Alzheimer's and other forms of memory loss and nursing and rehabilitative care. Sunrise's senior living services are delivered by staff trained to encourage the independence, preserve the dignity, enable freedom of choice and protect the privacy of residents.

The reasons for the price momentum may be explained in the Fundamental Factors below.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signal2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 6 new highs and up 39.45% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 73.55% and climbing
5 - Trades around 11.53 with a 50 day moving average of 7.99

Fundamental Factors:
1 - SRZ is reducing debt in a big way. They are doing this by selling facilities but entering into management contracts with the new owners. They use the sales proceeds to retire debt. This shift from a ownership to a management of senior living facilities will free it from the risks of floating debt.
2 - Wall Street brokerage analysts have 1 strong buy and a hold recommendation published
3 - Although revenue is not expected to increase in the near future earnings are expected to rise for the reasons given above
4 - Earning are projected to increase by 53.20% this year, 64.40% next year and continue by 18.00% annually for the next 5 years
5 - Beginning 1/31 the company was put on Stifel's buy list when they initiated coverage

Investor Sentiment:
1 - Motley Fool CAPS members vote 486 to 65 that the stock will beat the market
2 - The more experienced All Stars also vote 182 to 10 in agreement

My view is this is a special situation that takes advantage of the company's debt restructure.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Friday March 4, 2011

The world is starting to take notice of Denbury Resources (DNR) a Canadian corp. organized under the Canada Business Corp Act engaged in the acquisition, development, operation and exploration of oil and gas properties primarily in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Denbury Management, Inc. Denbury's production is primarily from developed fields close to major pipelines or refineries and established infrastructure. As a result, Denbury has not experienced any difficulty in finding a market for all of its product as it becomes available or in transporting its product to these markets.

Beside its price momentum the factor that sets this company apart from most of the other oil exploration and development companies is its use of enhanced oil recovery where carbon dioxide is pumped into the oil field in an attempt to get every last drop of oil without many of the environmental concerns of some other recovery systems.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 12 new highs and up 18.79% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index is 72.36% and rising
5 - Price around 24.34 with a 50 day moving average of 20.53

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts have issued 13 buy and 7 hold recommendations for this stock
2 - Revenue is projected to increase by 2.40% this year and 12.50% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 56.50% this year, 14.40% next year and 14.33% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 859 to 20 that the stock will beat the market
2 - All Stars agree by a vote of 340 to 2
3 - Fool notes that the last 9 articles about the stock have all been positive
4 - And a big bonus- Value Line has began coverage of this stock which will expose it to additional investors

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Thursday March 3, 2011

There are sell signals this morning on American Vanguard (AVD) a holding company, which through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the manufacturer and formulation of chemicals for crops, human and animal health protection. These chemicals which include insecticides, fungicides, molluscicides, growth regulatorsain, and soil fumigants, are marketed in liquid, powder, and granular forms.

Technical Factors:
1 - 100% Barchart short term technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
4 - Down 19.88% off its recent high
5 - Relative Strength Index 40.65% and falling

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Thursday March 3, 2011

This morning I saw sell signals in First Energy (FE) and deleted it from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio.

FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) is a diversified energy services holding company as the result of the merger of Ohio Edison Company and Centerior Energy Corporation. FirstEnergy companies provide electricity and natural gas services and a wide array of energy-related products and services. FirstEnergy's four electric utility companies, Ohio Edison and its Pennsylvania Power subsidiary, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison, serve customers in northern and central Ohio and western Pennsylvania.

Technical Factors:
1 - 40% Barchart technical sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - Below 20 and 50 day moving averages
4 - Lost 7.68% for its recent high
5 - Relative strength Index 38.75% and falling

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Thursday March 3, 2011

I used Barchart.com to screen the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index to find stocks having consistent price momentum and found these 3 stocks to review:

Kirby (KEX) -- conducts operations in two business segments: marine transportation and diesel repair. The Company's marine transportation segment is engaged in the inland transportation of industrial chemicals, petrochemical feedstocks, agricultural chemicals and refined petroleum products by tank barge; and in the offshore transportation of refined petroleum products by tanker and tank barge, and dry-bulk, container and palletized cargoes by barge and break-bulk ship. The Company's diesel repair segment is engaged in the sale, overhaul and repair of diesel engines and related parts sales.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 15 new highs and up 15.71% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 80.44% and climbing
5 - Trades around 55.17 with a 50 day moving average of 47.45

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts have 4 buy and 5 hold recommendations published
2 - Sales are expected to increase by 34.50% this year and 14.10% next year
3 - Earnings are estimated to increase by 28.80% this year, 15.90% next year and 15.90% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - The CAPS members on Motley Foll vote 164 to 10 that the stock will beat the market
2 - The All Stars agree with a 52 to 2 vote

Mentor Graphics (MENT) -- designs, manufactures, markets and supports electronic design automation (EDA) software for the integrated circuit and systems design markets. The company provides a broad range of EDA tools developed either by the Company or together with third parties to support the entire electronic design process. The Company's software products enable engineers and designers to design, analyze, place and route, and test custom (ASICs), printed circuit boards, multi chip modules and other electronic systems and subsystems.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 7 new highs and up 21.21% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index is 73.93%
5 - Trades around 15.78 with a 50 day moving average of 13.20

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerage analysts gave their brokers 3 buy and 2 hold reports to share with their clients
2 - Sales are expected to increase by 4.90% this year and 4.80% next year
3 - Earnings are forecasted to increase by 21.40% this year and 15.00% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - The experienced All Stars on Motley Fool vote 28 to 3 that the stock will out perform the market
2 - The CAPS members agree 94 to 32

Pride International (PDE) -- a leading international provider of contract drilling and related services, operating both offshore and on land. In recent years, Pride has focused its growth strategy on the higher margin offshore and international drilling markets. Offshore and international markets generally have greater profit potential than domestic land-based markets, primarily as a result of less competition, higher utilization rates and stronger demand resulting from a general trend by oil and gas companies to shift expenditures to exploration and development activities abroad and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Technical Factors:
1 - 96% Barchart technical buy signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) buy signal
3 - 8 new highs and up 25.01% in the last month
4 - Relative Strength Index 73.63% and rising
5 - Priced around 42.18 with a 50 day moving average of 35.29

Fundamental Factors:
1 - Wall Street brokerages are pushing 9 buy and 19 hold recommendations from their analysts
2 - Sales are projected to increase by 32.10% this year and 15.00% next year
3 - Earnings are charted to increase by 74.00% this year, 24.50% next year and 16.60% annually for the next 5 years

Investor Sentiment:
1 - CAPS members on Motley Fool vote 596 to 15 that the stock will beat the market

2 - All Stars agree 233 to 2

I find all 3 of these are very interesting and should be added to you watch lists.

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Wednesday March 2, 2011

This morning I see sell signals in FSI International (FSII).

FSI International, Inc. (FSII) is a leading global supplier of processing equipment used at key production steps to manufacture microelectronics. The company develops, manufactures, markets and supports products used in the technology areas of microlithography, surface conditioning and spin-on dielectrics. FSI International's customers include micro-electronics manufacturers located throughout North America, Europe, Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.

Technical Sell Factors:
1 - 80% Barchart technical short term sell signal
2 - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal
3 - 19.71% off its recent high
4 - Relative Strength Index 43.68% and falling

Jim Van Meerten is an analyst for Marketocracy Capital Management. He shares his knowledge and experience from over 40 years of investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs on Barchart.com in his daily blog -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High model portfolio.

Comments: View Comments |  Tuesday March 1, 2011