14 'Dogs with Fleas' Stocks for the Week

At the end of each trading week, Hillbent scans the market for extremely overbought stocks with a proprietary "E" (weakest) or "D" (next weakest) ranking in terms of negative fundamentals for revenue and earnings stability. The generated results is better known as the "Weekly Dogs With Fleas" watchlist.

Past observations have revealed that such candidates may experience reversal corrections to the downside once the market reconfirms that their fundamentals remain relatively poor.

(The purpose of this list is not to provide specific recommendations, but instead serve as a starting point for investment ideas as the upcoming trading week unfolds. Please refer to our Market Condition Report to determine if market direction trend analysis supports a bullish or bearish investment bias.)

Disclosures: Hillbent.com, Inc. or its affiliates may own positions in the equities mentioned in our reports. We do not receive any compensation from any of the companies covered in our reports.

Comments

[skibee2006:]

I agree that Intrepid Potash is pretty shaky but Nat'l Oilwell, Oceaneering Int., and Royal Gold have been very consistent performers in my portfolio. I plan on staying with them until they cease to be an asset.

Jan 25 12:09 PM

[Dan Jacome:]

CVH was up after a UNH for CVH rumor floated...

Jan 25 01:53 PM

[J Clinton Hill:]

hey dan,

how are you? i appreciate the heads up....

if you visit my site, you will note that on friday, i issued intraday technical alerts for the health care plan industry... several stocks were experiencing breakouts, unh and cvh were among those leading the charge....

sometimes, the "dogs with fleas" report works well for contrarians too as it may alert one to a potential turnaround.... one note of caution is that rising prices on plummeting volume usually means distribution, which is often followed by outright selling and/or capitulation....

have a profitable trading week....


On Jan 25 01:53 PM Dan Jacome wrote:

> CVH was up after a UNH for CVH rumor floated...

Jan 25 04:40 PM

[J Clinton Hill:]

by the way, as you're constantly looking for pieces of research to add to your mosaic, i have a in-depth research report on the russell 2000 coming out in the february issue of "equities magazine".... it drills down to some specific names that should do pretty well in 2009....

there's a lot of good stuff out there, but like most things, we more or less get what we pay for....


On Jan 25 01:53 PM Dan Jacome wrote:

> CVH was up after a UNH for CVH rumor floated...

Jan 25 04:48 PM

[chrisinfl:]

check the balance sheets on all these stocks, and you will find that IPI is the only stock with ZERO debt.....a dog with flee's??? someone hasn't
done their homework. mark my word, while i'm accumulating this stock
at around $18/share now, in 2 years it will be back up to $75 where it was
at the market's hieght last year!!
pete barski (barski equity's)

Jan 26 11:56 PM

[Eba Ebi:]

Ummm, having "zero debt" isn't exactly a blanket recommendation for a company. Grasping at straws. And if you don't know how to spell "flea" I hope you don't have an equity company lol ...

Feb 16 11:22 PM

[User 364218:]

I agree with chrisinfl. And not just because I think IPI's 0 debt is more important than knowing how to spell "flea." I mean, come on ebaebi...I am sure there is an english teacher blog you can spend your valuable time with.
I think that all the agricultural stocks are going to be winners in the next 10 years. The world is over 6 billion people now and as a result is growing at about 200 million per year!!!!!!!!!!! This is going to put pressure on the farmers to be as productive as possible and that will require fertilizers.

Mar 03 09:47 PM