Today's Best Mid Caps
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Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index to find the stocks with the most frequent advances in the last month. I then skipped any that did not have positive gains for the last week and month and used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.
The list today includes Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Ingram Micro (IM), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) andMednax (MD):
Barchart technical indicators:
- 100% Barchart technical buy signals
- Trend Spotter buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 15 new highs and up 12.05% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 70.74%
- Barchart computes a technical support level at 14.24
- Recently traded at 14.51 with a 50 day moving average of 12.94
Barchart technical indicators:
- 96% Barchart technical buy signal
- Trend Spotter buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 15 new highs and up 12.67% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 79.20%
- Barchart computes a technical support level at 25.40
- Recently traded at 26.03 with a 50 day moving average of 23.78
Barchart technical indicators:
- 100% Barchart technical buy signals
- Trend Spotter buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 15 new highs and up 8.92% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 77.72%
- Barchart computes a technical support level at 112.53
- Recently traded at 114.59 with a 50 day moving average of 106.52
Martin Marietta Material (MLM)
Barchart technical indicators:
- 96% Barchart technical buy signals
- Trend Spotter buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 15 new highs and up 13.57% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 75.76%
- Barchart computes a technical support leve at 107.71
- Recently traded at 108.98 with a 50 day moving average of 100.15
Barchart technical indicators:
- 72% Barchart technical buy signals
- Trend Spotter buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 15 new highs and up 5.11% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 64.98%
- Barchart computes a technical support level at 54.46
- Recently traded at 55.52 with a 50 day moving average of 54.37
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