With the stock market moving higher on above average volume the past two weeks, many stocks with strong fundamentals have made solid price gains. During this time, a lot of stocks have broken out to new 52-week highs and all-time highs. This is important because stocks breaking out to all-time highs historically continue to move higher.

The reason for this is that there is no one underwater when a stock hits new all-time highs. There are no bag holders, there is nobody wanting to get out to "break even," and there is no one looking for it to rise just one more dollar to cut their losses. There are just profits.

Many of these stocks that breakout to all-time highs continue to appreciate higher during strong stock market uptrends. With the current market trending higher, I want to review the fundamentals of three leading medical stocks nearing all-time

Following Ben Bernanke's announcement of another round of quantitative easing, it is time to look at the gold and silver mining stocks.

As long as printing money, low interest rates, and uncontrollable debt is the policy of the two party system, gold and silver related stocks are going to outperform.

Gold and silver can not be reproduced via a printing press. This is why precious metals and their underlying stocks will do well, in relation to the dollar, as long as the printing presses are in control. It is indeed fundamentally that simple.

Today, I want to look at four leading stocks in the Mining-Gold/Silver industry group that I want to purchase as soon as the next buy signal is generated.

What is a leading stock? A leading stock has strong EPS growth, strong sales growth, a high profit margin, a high return on equity, low to zero debt to

Every investor wants a stock that does nothing but go straight up. Unfortunately, this rarely ever happens. Most stocks will stop, pause, and build consolidation patterns before moving higher, in a general market uptrend.

When it comes to top quality stocks with huge growth in their fundamentals, these consolidation patterns give traders a chance to get long, before a stock goes on to new highs.

While some traders will wait for a breakout to new highs, savvy individuals can sometimes get a feel for when the base building process is ending. These investors will begin accumulating shares early, before the breakout to new highs, allowing them a better overall reward to risk ratio.

Today, I want to review four leading stocks I have put on my short-term buy watchlist, as they consolidate their recent gains. Afterwards, I will explain where I will purchase these leading stocks.

What is a leading

The recent earnings season has been exciting, with stocks gapping and running in both directions at quite an incredible pace. These powerful gaps in either direction have been providing investors, who purchase the gap at the open, with some very handsome gains by the end of the day.

On top of the initial day's move, many stocks continue to trend in the direction of their gap. Today, I want to focus on the long side by reviewing four stocks that are on my watchlist for near-term potential purchases, following their earnings surprises.

All of the stocks below gapped higher on very strong volume and are leading stocks relative to the overall stock market.

What is a leading stock? A leading stock has strong EPS growth, strong sales growth, a high profit margin, a high return on equity, low to zero debt to shareholder equity, mutual fund ownership growth, management ownership,

Initial Public Offerings are the lifeblood of the stock market. Without new exciting companies taking the reins from older companies, you would not have a very dynamic market place.

Lately, there have been quite a few new issues coming public. Unfortunately, a lot of these stocks do not have the characteristics necessary to make them potential leading stocks that will go on to produce huge returns for early investors.

The good news is that there are four stocks, that have come public recently, that do share the characteristics of past stock market winners. Let's take a look at four IPOs that have the characteristics seen in your normal leading stock.

What is a leading stock? A leading stock has strong EPS growth, strong sales growth, a high profit margin, a high return on equity, low to zero debt to shareholder equity, mutual fund ownership growth, management ownership, high future

The stock market continued its overall trendless environment that it has been under since January, last week, with the Nasdaq finishing up just 0.58% for the week. The good news is that there was one area of the market that greatly outperformed the Nasdaq. That was the Oil and Gas sector. The Market Vectors Oil Services ETF OIH finished 5.35% higher for the week.

A lot of Oil and Gas stocks made strong moves this past week that helped a lot of high quality stocks within this sector set up in strong consolidation patterns that historically can lead to major price gains. Today, I want to investigate four high quality leading Oil and Gas stocks that I want to build a position in, as they continue to march higher.

What is a leading stock? A leading stock has strong EPS growth, strong sales growth, a high profit margins, a high

The stock market continues to be overall trendless, since January. From February 3rd to Friday, the Nasdaq has moved 0.10%. From May 9th to Friday, the Nasdaq has moved -0.89%. Not necessarily a market that rewards savvy investors.

The stock market has been having a difficult time moving anywhere since January. From February 3rd to July 9th the Nasdaq has moved 0.90%. From May 4th to July 9th the Nasdaq has moved -0.83%. Basically, it isn't doing much.

A lot of stocks are also in the same situation. However, there are leading stocks out there that are bucking the trend. These leading stocks are currently setting up in strong consolidation patterns, as the market goes nowhere. If the stock market can work itself higher, these consolidation patterns will help launch powerful rallies. Think of a coiled spring.

What is a leading stock? A leading stock has strong EPS growth, strong sales growth, a high profit margins, a high return on equity, low to zero debt to shareholder equity, mutual fund ownership growth, management ownership, high future EPS estimates, a high Relative Strength line to the overall market, and

After a 10% selloff from the March highs, the SP 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones Industrial Average appear to have found support around their respective 200 day moving averages.

This consolidation, during the past month, has created quite a few nice bases in individual stocks. If the overall market decides to retake its 50 day moving average and begin a new uptrend, there are plenty of stocks that are ready to take the lead.

What is a leading stock? A leading stock has strong EPS growth, strong sales growth, a high profit margins, a high return on equity, low to zero debt to shareholder equity, mutual fund ownership growth, management ownership, high future EPS estimates, a high Relative Strength line to the overall market, and is within 15-20% of its 52-week high.

Let's take a look at four high-quality liquid stocks I want to get long on a move to

Since the March 26th high in the Nasdaq, the stock market has been having a very difficult time finding any momentum to the upside. When it does rally, like it did last week, volume continues to come in below average. In fact, the longer we go without moving higher on increased volume, the higher the odds become of the market entering a prolonged downtrend.

I have recently highlighted, in two articles (here and here), how defensive sectors are taking the lead from exciting growth sectors over the past couple of months. However, there are still some stocks out there with big growth in earnings and sales that are breaking out to new highs.

Today, we are going to review two stocks I want to get long soon and two stocks that I am already long. These four stocks have the fundamental components it takes, based on 130

The stock market took a turn for the worst last Friday, with the SP 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones Industrial Average all losing their 200 Day Moving Average. Back on April 23rd I penned this instablog explaining exactly why the stock market was topping. That article has proven quite prescient but that should not be a surprise as history always repeats itself in the stock market.

When the overall stock market indexes enters a correction, there are usually a few industry groups like tobacco, food, and utilities (my article last week discusses this) that do well. On Friday, they all got hit.

One group that consistently does well in bear markets when every other sector is being sold is the Gold-Gold Miners sector. Today, I want to go over the four highest quality stocks in this sector based on EPS growth, sales growth, and other various fundamental factors

The stock market was able to put in a small rally last week. Unfortunately, for the bulls, volume was lower on the week compared to the previous three weeks when stock market indexes fell. This continues the pattern of heavy volume distribution followed by lower volume accumulation since the S&P 500 and Nasdaq topped out on April 2nd and April 3rd respectively.

I penned an instablog on April 23rd discussing exactly why the three year bull market was coming to an end based on 130 years of price and volume action in stock market indexes around the world. If this analysis is correct and we are about to enter a period of poor performance for equities, there are still groups of stocks that will outperform the overall market. These leading sectors in a down trending market historically include Tobacco, Utilities, Medical, and Food & Beverage stocks. Today I want

The stock market recently suffered some heavy rounds of distribution. Despite this, last week the market reclaimed the 50 day moving average on all indexes and immediately followed through on those gains on Thursday and Friday. Volume was suspect on the latest move higher, however, that has been the case during uptrends in this post-2008 QE stock market environment.

The best part about the recent rally is the fact that high quality stocks with strong EPS and sales growth are outperforming the market on a Relative Strength basis.

There were earnings breakouts in stocks like eBay (EBAY), SolarWinds (SWI), Equinix (EQIX), Stamps.com (STMP), and Cirrus Logic (CRUS). There were breakouts from sound long consolidation patterns like Susser Holdings (SUSS), PROS Holdings (PRO), Seacube Container Leasing Ltd. (BOX), and ValueClick (VCLK).

Along with last week's round of breakouts, there are many stocks currently forming solid consolidation patterns near all-time highs. As

The stock market has suffered multiple distribution days during the past couple of months, and it appears a downtrend is ready to begin. Despite this recent market weakness, stocks with strong growth in EPS and sales have held up relatively well to the overall market.

If the SP 500, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 can shake off the recent heavy volume selling, and begin to tackle those recent 2012 highs, the stocks with the best fundamentals will outperform the overall market.

I want to take a look at four high quality growth stocks with superior fundamentals that are nearing a breakout to a new 52-week high. This high water mark is significant, because 130 years of stock market history tell us that stocks making new 52-week highs go higher and outperform other stocks in the general market that are not hitting this mark.

All of the fundamentals below

Living in Lahaina, Maui gives me an opportunity to judge the overall health of the economy, as Maui welcomes millions of visitors every year. This year it has been busier than I can remember in the last 10 years. Hotel occupancy is up around the island and Front Street in Lahaina (named one of the top 10 great streets of America for 2011) is packed wall to wall with visitors from day through till night.

Most of these visitors book their travel through various travel booking sites or agencies. Seeing that travel to the island of Maui is up, I was curious about the possible investing potential of these travel booking stocks.

Today, I want to review the key growth fundamentals of the top five travel booking sites, focusing on EPS and sales growth, to see if any warrant a future investment. Large gains in EPS (Earnings Per

It seems lately, whenever I pen a new article I write about IPOs (see here, here, and here). There is good reason for this. Recently, a numerous amount of companies have gone public with fantastic fundamentals.

New issues that sport huge growth in earnings and sales when they go public normally turn into big winners in the stock market. From Microsoft (MSFT) and Cisco (CSCO) to Priceline.com (PCLN) and Monster Beverage (MNST). Companies that come public with huge growth normally sustain this growth long enough to produce large price gains for early investors.

Today, I want to take a look at four more IPO's that have the proper fundamentals and future earnings expectations necessary to produce large robust gains for investors with an intermediate or long-term time frame.

First up, Ubiquiti Networks (UBNT). Ubiquiti Networks is a San Jose, CA, manufacturer of radios, antennas, and

The stock market has resumed its uptrend, following last week's bump in the road. While the market is hitting new highs, it appears that this time around investors are not as bullish as they were in February. That is unfortunate for them, as many stocks across many different sectors are hitting new highs or are setting up in proper consolidation patterns that lead to new highs.

One of the most explosive areas in the stock market, right now, is in the IPO universe. Just this past week, Demandware (DWRE), Brightcove (BCOV), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Francesca (FRAN), Bazaarvoice (BV), and U.S. Silica (SLCA) produced explosive gains.

While the IPO market is currently on fire, there are a few stocks in this bunch that has what it takes to produce explosive gains for investors with short-term and long-term time frames.

When hunting for the best stocks in the stock market,

The stock market has been in a steady and slow non-stop uptrend since December 20th. The market began a small pullback at the start of March. Since then, the Nasdaq, SP 500, and Russell 2000 have rallied back to their recent highs. Unfortunately, volume has been lower, the advance/decline line has lagged, and stocks hitting new 52-week highs is lower compared to the previous high.

This suggests that this rally is being led by less stocks. This is typical of market action right before a pullback. If the market decides to pull back here, finds a bottom, and can begin to rally again, there are going to be a lot of high quality new issues to purchase from the Oil&Gas sector.

In the Oil & Gas sector, the bottom line is all about supply and demand. The growth in Asia and the rest of the world, along with the U.S.

The stock market has been in a solid uptrend following the volatile October lows. During this time, many new companies have come public with strong fundamentals. Strong earnings and sales growth has always preceded large stock moves since the dawn of trading.

There are a lot of new IPOs investors are familiar with, from your usual media outlets, like LinkedIn (LNKD), Yelp (YELP), Zynga (ZNGA), Michael Kors (KORS), or the upcoming Facebook (FB). However, there are quite a few recent new issues that are getting little to zero media attention that investors need to know about.

I want to take a look at four recent new issues that are showing the proper growth in fundamentals that a stock needs to become the next Priceline (PCLN), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), or Apple (AAPL).

Let's take a look at Skullcandy (SKUL), Teavana Holdings (TEA), Francesca's Holdings (FRAN), and EPAM Systems (EPAM).