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Today's Spotlight Stock is Corning Incorporated (GLW), which generated a new RS buy signal of late to offer a little more confidence in a return to prominence for this former Tech leader.
LRCX Lam Research Corporation R ($148.53) - Semiconductors - LRCX was a long recommendation from last July in the mid-80s and traded into the 160s earlier this month. After seeing a first near-term sell signal on Thursday traders may raise stops to $144, if still long here. Investors may trim positions there to protect overall gains, while we will continue to advocate the use of protective puts in place of stops here as there is no visible support below $146 for another 50 points. Still, this is an extremely strong trend, and rates as a 5 attribute stock.
ESRX Express Scripts, Inc. R ($62.68) - Healthcare - ESRX broke a double top at $64 on Thursday, which triggers a near-term buy signal within an overall negative trend longer-term. Our recommended buy stop level for short exposure is $64 for those very short-term in nature and $68 for others. We will maintain that guidance from this point, no longer considering this trade actionable, and suggesting that those who are very short-term in nature may cover here, while others may retain bearish exposure against trend line stops.
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GLW Corning Incorporated R ($29.28) - Telephone - Shares of GLW were a prominent player in the original Tech bubble (and burst) in the late-90s, and has returned to form during a general re-flation of the Tech sector in recent times. This month the stock returned to its highest prices since 2001 as it very nearly printed $30. While having been generally out of favor for much of the past 17 years, this stock improved to an attribute rating of 3 last year and with a new RS buy signal in April the stock now carries an attribute rating of 5. GLW now ranks well within the Top 10 of the Telecom sector matrix, showing good standing on the Peer RS front as well. The default trend chart shows a substantial breakout as the stock moved thru the mid-20s and the 1/2 pt and 1/4 pt charts provide more sensitivity with which to begin mapping out a new long position. We will use the high-20s to accumulate GLW, and will use stops of $26 for traders (sell signal on 1/2 pt chart), and $24 for investors (negative trend change on the 1/4 pt chart). We will use a price objective of $36 based upon the vertical count on the 1/4 pt chart.