85 Stocks That Returned 25%+ Last Week

I used to run a screen like this every week when we did not have what I call "student body" trading (everyone in! buy! or everyone out! sell!!). Data like this used to be able to give us insight on what was showing relative strength over longer time frames. Nowadays, it's become a moot point as the great many stocks simply move along with the market and most babies are thrown out with the bathwater.

That said, I thought it interesting on a reversal week to show who the big movers were. As expected the "worst is best" move that always happens at market extremes, when shorts gorged on profits are finally forced to cover, sending "worst of breed" sectors skyrocketing - happened again. Frankly this list will provide many of the best opportunities to short once the current rally peters out, whether it be next week or in 10 weeks:

Criteria

1. Market capitalization $750M+
2. Average trading volume 100K+
3. Stock price $10+
4. Return this week 25%+

Green

names we own,

blue

names we have owned in the past or discussed in the blog. What is interesting is the huge moves in some very large companies for example Wells Fargo added tens of billions of market cap in this week alone. Obviously our list is dominated by financials from the insurance kind to the good ole fashioned banking kind. While this is "fun" to trade, our largest financial institutions trade like penny stocks. Sort of sad really.

Symbol	Company Name	% Price 1 Week	Market Cap
PRU	Prudential Financial Inc	64.9	7,954
WFC	Wells Fargo & Co	61.9	59,075
USB	US Bancorp	53.9	23,817
PNC	PNC Financial Services Group Inc	52.1	12,507
COF	Capital One Financial Corp	51.1	4,921
JPM	JPMorgan Chase & Co	49.1	89,251
MS	Morgan Stanley	48.0	27,324
MET	MetLife Inc	45.2	14,513
DB	Deutsche Bank AG	45.0	18,483
RJF	Raymond James Financial Inc	42.8	2,005
SNDK	SanDisk Corp	41.9	2,499
AMG	Affiliated Managers Group Inc	39.2	1,696
CTRP	Ctrip.com	38.9	1,884
CMA	Comerica Inc	38.8	2,695
AMB	AMB Property Corp	37.6	1,316
SGP	Schering Plough Corp	37.3	39,375
TMK	Torchmark Corp	36.1	1,961
UNM	Unum Group	35.9	3,649
WLT	Walter Industries Inc	35.3	1,151
WYNN	Wynn Resorts Ltd	35.1	2,330
MFC	Manulife Financial Corp	34.3	16,213
TCO	Taubman Cntr REIT	33.6	961
CXW	Corrections Corporation of America	33.3	1,570
AMLN	Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc	33.2	1,546
SPG	Simon Property REIT	32.6	8,033
LAZ	Lazard Ltd	32.6	1,894
ITG	Investment Technology Group	32.4	1,010
EAT	Brinker International Inc	32.3	1,343
CPT	Camden Property Trust	32.1	1,242
LM	Legg Mason Inc	32.0	2,081
TKR	Timken Co	31.8	1,278
BGC	General Cable Corp	31.8	934
CVTX	CV Therapeutics Inc	31.7	1,328
CVH	Coventry Health Care Inc	31.5	1,630
WTNY	Whitney Holding Corp	31.4	753
CLR	Continental Resources Inc	31.3	3,193
KBH	KB Home	31.2	844
NAV	Navistar International Corp	30.9	2,113
UA	Under Armour Inc	30.9	796
SLF	Sun Life Financial Inc	30.8	9,002
KMX	Carmax Inc	30.7	2,499
GS	Goldman Sachs Group Inc	30.6	45,624
STI	SunTrust Banks Inc	30.5	4,371
JEF	Jefferies Group Inc	30.2	1,861
CS	Credit Suisse Group ADR	29.8	30,378
BK	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	29.7	27,197
PENN	Penn National Gaming Inc	29.7	1,736
ADS	Alliance Data Systems Corp	29.4	1,835
MDR	McDermott International Inc	29.3	3,191
CE	Celanese Corp	29.2	1,550
MTN	Vail Resorts Inc	29.1	756
HOG	Harley-Davidson Inc	28.9	2,509
HOT	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	28.9	2,239
EV	Eaton Vance Corp	28.7	2,271
SGMS	Scientific Games Corp	28.7	1,298
CNW	Con-Way Inc	28.7	794
ALV	Autoliv Inc	28.6	1,115
CASY	Casey's General Stores Inc	28.6	1,229
CI	CIGNA Corp	28.3	4,673
AXA	Axa ADR	28.3	20,814
BYI	Bally Technologies Inc	28.2	943
JWN	Nordstrom Inc	27.9	3,349
EMN	Eastman Chemical Co	27.9	1,693
LUK	Leucadia National Corp	27.7	3,303
AXP	American Express Co	27.6	15,329
VNO	Vornado Realty REIT	27.5	5,808
REG	Regency Centers REIT	27.5	1,965
DKS	Dick's Sporting Goods Inc	27.3	1,535
HUM	Humana Inc	27.1	4,212
BEN	Franklin Resources Inc	26.9	11,422
PHM	Pulte Homes Inc	26.6	2,586
TCB	TCF Financial Corp	26.6	1,454
WDR	Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc	26.4	1,271
SBUX	Starbucks Corp	26.3	7,757
AMP	Ameriprise Financial Inc	26.1	3,919
STT	State Street Corp	26.0	9,788
BBT	BB&T Corp	25.9	9,665
VTR	Ventas Inc	25.9	3,684
WHR	Whirlpool Corp	25.7	1,867
FLR	Fluor Corp	25.5	7,234
TROW	T Rowe Price Group Inc	25.5	6,770
MAA	Mid Amer Apart REIT	25.5	840
SFG	Stancorp Financial Group Inc	25.2	903
ARE	Alexandria Real Estate Equities	25.1	1,329
IVZ	Invesco Holding Co Ltd	25.0	4,651

Comments

[Mr. Ed, Jr.:]

Alternative title: "85 Stocks to Short This Week"

Mar 16 12:42 AM

[Walter1234:]

How about stocks that will go up 25% THIS WEEK.

Mar 16 10:53 AM

[oilsands:]

Mr. Ed, Jr.
Great comment! need a smile once in a while.

Mar 16 12:00 PM

[TraderMark:]

Walter, if you can give me that list, I'd appreciate it.

Mr. Ed I agree, as I wrote in the article

"Frankly this list will provide many of the best opportunities to short once the current rally peters out, whether it be next week or in 10 weeks:"

Mar 16 07:08 PM

[PaperGains:]

Of course, insurers and banks rise to the top. This has become a traders market and until volatility subsides, investors buy and sell at their peril.

Rumors (lies) run rampant and the market mechanism is geared to benefit professionals and punish retail investors. Sad that the market has become what it has become. There was a time when this kind of sustained volatility was unheard of - remember, before naked shorting was rampant and when we still had an uptick rule.

When I see a list like this, it's a list for the average investor to avoid or a list for the disciplined investor to buy when some of the good companies are beaten down and hold for at least 2 years.

papergains

Mar 16 10:46 PM

[lone_war:]

What would be fun is a list of companies that kept criteria 1, 2, and 4, but criteria 3 would be a share price under $5... I know I doubled my money in the last two weeks with SIRI, AIG, and FNM...

Mar 19 08:31 PM