Today may signal a good time to pick up some shares of Baidu.com (BIDU) as today was an accumulation day with the stock closing at $83.43. Since its gap up to over $80 on May 10th the stock has bounced around the low $80s. Perhaps “babie google” has something to show the investing world. Is [...]

Shares of Staar Surgical (STAA) had a great day today. The stock trades in the Medical-products industry group and closed right at its 50 day moving average. The chart looks interesting and could go either way. STAA closed at $8.63, up $.88 on the day. Keep an eye on this stock, especially if it breaks [...]

Shares of Hess Corp (HES) closed up $.490 to $150 even today. Volume was just above average signaling an accumulation day for the company. The chart shows the stock now trading above its 50 day moving average which is usually a bullish indicator. A breakout would come if the stock passes $156. HES trades in [...]

Shares of Todco (THE) climbed $3.98 higher as the stock closed at $44.17. What to watch for here though is how the stock handles the resistance of the 50 day moving average. Over 3 million shares were traded today versus a daily average of 1.8 million shares. The company trades in the Oilgas-drilling Industry Group.

A $6.74 gap up helped the stock close at almost $50 a share today. N R G Energy (NRG) was on a slump falling below the 50 and 200 day moving averages. The company today rejected Mirant’s (MIR) $8 billion offer to buy out the stock which is why it traded up so heavily. The [...]

A D C Telecommunications (ADCT) got clobbered in the stock market today. The stock lost $4.46 and closed at $17.92. Volume on teh day was a whopping 25,192,000. The average shares traded per day is just over 1.4 million. The stock tanked apparently after it agreed to buy out Andrew (ANDW). I imagine this to [...]

Shares of Landauer (LDR) stock rose today $1.53 and the stock closed at $46.60. Today was also an accumulation day with the stock trading close to 47,000 shares (average is 23,600). Keep an eye on this one because it is nearing the 50 day moving average. The stock trades in the Comml Svcs-security/sfty IBD industry [...]

Things aren’t looking too hot for Apple Computers (AAPL) as the stock has been on a bad slump lately. Today the stock lost another $1.45 and closed at $59.77 a share. Why should you keep an eye on this company?

It fell below its 200 day moving average yesterday which was a support line. The stock [...]