Weekly Newsletter 12/26/08
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Market Summary Weekly Breakout Report Top Breakout Choices Top 2nd Chances New Features Tip of the Week
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 Weekly Commentary  
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 New Features this Week Additional Value that we added this week
No new features this week.
This Week's Top Tip Tips for getting the most out of our site
No tip this week.
 Market Summary Overview of market direction and industry rotation
Index Value Change Week Change YTD Trend
Dow 8515.55 -0.74% -35.8% Down
NASDAQ 1530.24 -2.18% -42.3% Down
S&P 500 872.8 -1.7% -40.56% Down
Russell 2000 476.77 -1.95% -37.76% Down
Wilshire 5000 8769.35 -1.73% -40.83% Down
 Best Performing Index
1 Week 13 Weeks 26 Weeks Year-to-Date
Dow Jones
-0.74 %		 Dow Jones
-23.58 %		 Dow Jones
-24.95 %		 Dow Jones
-35.8 %
 Best Performing Industry (by average technical score over each period)
1 Week 3 Weeks 13 Weeks 26 Weeks
Long Distance Carriers Long Distance Carriers Long Distance Carriers Long Distance Carriers
 Most Improved Industry (by change in technical rank2)
Aluminum
+ 54		 Aluminum
+ 99		 Long Distance Carriers
+ 213		 Long Distance Carriers
+ 210
Charts of each industry rank and performance over 12 months are available on the site

1The Market Signal is derived from our proprietary market model. The market model is described on the site.
2The site also shows industry rankings based on fundamentals, combined technical and fundamentals, and on price alone. The site also shows daily industry movements.
 Weekly Breakout Report How confirmed breakouts performed this week
# of Breakouts
Period Average1
Max. Gain During Period2
Gain at Period Close3
This Week 2 3.23 6.02% 3.81%
Last Week 6 5.23 6% 3.79%
13 Weeks 41 5.77 15.63%
 -4.73%
1The average number of breakouts in each week over the previous 13 weeks.
2This represents the return if each stock were bought at its breakout price and sold at its intraday high.
3This represents the return if each stock were bought at its breakout price and sold at the most recent close.
 Top Breakout Choices Stocks on our Cup-and-Handle list with best expected gain if they breakout
Category
Symbol
Company Name
Expected Gain1
Best Overall TSYS TeleCommunication Systems Inc. 111
Top Technical SXCI Systems Xcellence Inc 69
Top Fundamental HTS HATTERAS FINANCIAL CORP 61
Top Tech. & Fund. HTS HATTERAS FINANCIAL CORP 61
1This is the gain predicted by our Expected Gain model if the stock breaks out. Expected Gains for all cup-and-handle stocks are published on our site.
 Top Second Chances Stocks that broke out this week and are still in buyable range
Category
Symbol
Company Name
Expected Gain1
Best Overall GGA GSC ACQUISITION CO 62
Top Technical GGA GSC ACQUISITION CO 62
Top Fundamental GGA GSC ACQUISITION CO 62
Top Tech. & Fund. GGA GSC ACQUISITION CO 62
1This is the gain predicted by our Expected Gain model after the stock has broken out which uses the volume on breakout as a predictive term. Because the model variance is +/- 38% the expectation can be negative.
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