Today's featured stock is Valero Energy Corp (VLO).
Long Ideas
| Symbol | Company | Sector | Current Price | Action Price | Target | Stop | Notes |
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| BPOP | Popular, Inc. | Banks | $149.49 | hi 130s - low 150s | 200 | 120 | 5 for 5'er, 18 of 174 in favored BANK sector matrix, LT pos peer & mkt RS, triple top, good R-R, 2% yield |
| GRMN | Garmin Ltd. | Leisure | $239.78 | mid 230s - mid 260s | 364 | 196 | 5 TA rating, LT pos trend and mkt RS buy, top 33% of LEIS sector matrix, buy-on-pullback |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | Restaurants | $104.13 | hi 90s - mid 100s | 129 | 85 | 4 for 5'er, top 20% of REST sector matrix, mkt RS reversal to Xs, triple top, 2.35% yield |
| OSW | OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd. | Leisure | $24.12 | 22 - 24 | 30.50 | 19 | 5 for 5'er, top half of LEIS sector matrix, LT pos peer & mkt RS, spread quintuple top |
| IMO | Imperial Oil Limited | Oil | $133.88 | mid 120s to mid 130s | 164 | 112 | 5 for 5'er; top quartile of Oil matrix; long term mkt and peer RS; Pos. Trend since May '25. |
| SKT | Tanger Inc. | Real Estate | $35.80 | mid-to-hi 30s | 48 | 31 | 5 for 5'er, top 25% of REAL sector matrix, LT pos peer & mkt RS, R-R~2.0, 3.2% yield |
| IBOC | International Bancshares Corporation | Banks | $71.82 | low-to-mid 70s | 93 | 63 | 4 for 5'er, favored BANK sector, LT pos peer & mkt RS, bearish signal reversal, R-R~2.0, 1.95% yield |
| MSGE | Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. | Leisure | $69.37 | 63 to 69 | 98 | 53 | 5 for 5'er since Nov. 2025; Top Decile of Leisure Matrix; Pos. Trend since May 2025; ATH 5/7. |
| LYV | Live Nation Entertainment Inc. | Leisure | $165.98 | low 160s to mid 170s | 202 | 142 | 4 for 5'er; Pos. Trend; Top Half of Leisure Matrix; Within one box of ATH. |
| MO | Altria Group Inc. | Food Beverages/Soap | $73.71 | low-to-mid 70s | 91 | 62 | 4 for 5'er, top quartile of FOOD sector matrix, one box from RS buy, bullish triangle, 5.9% yield |
| MPC | Marathon Petroleum Corp. | Oil Service | $248.43 | 240 - 260 | 360 | 208 | 4 for 5'er, pos. trend, top third of Oil Services matrix, pos. L-T Mkt and Peer RS. |
| CGNX | Cognex Corp | Electronics | $64.27 | low-to-mid 50s | 75 | 52 | 4 for 5'er, top half of favored ELEC sector matrix, one box from mkt RS buy, buy on pullback |
| CELC | Celcuity Inc. | Biomedics/Genetics | $142.46 | low $130 - low $140 | 216 | 116 | 5/5'er since Oct. '25, pos. trend, top quintile of Biom. matrix, R-R > 5. |
| VLO | Valero Energy Corp | Oil Service | $241.09 | mid 230s - hi 250s | 328 | 212 | 4 TA rating, top 50% of OILS sector matrix, LT pos trend, buy-on-pullback |
Short Ideas
| Symbol | Company | Sector | Current Price | Action Price | Target | Stop | Notes |
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Removed Ideas
| Symbol | Company | Sector | Current Price | Action Price | Target | Stop | Notes |
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| TDS | Telephone & Data Systems Inc | Telephone | $41.20 | 35 | Moved to a sell signal. Maintain $35 stop. |
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NDW Spotlight Stock
VLO Valero Energy Corp ($246.60) R - Oil Service - VLO has a 4 for 5 TA rating and sits in the top half of the favored oil service sector RS matrix. The stock has maintained a positive trend for over a year and moved to an RS buy signal against the market in March. More recent chart action saw VLO give a second consecutive buy signal and notch a new all-time high before retracting to its current position just above the mid-point on the trading band. The weight of the technical evidence remains favorable. Exposure may be considered on this pullback in the mid-$230s to high $250s. Our initial stop will be positioned at $212, which would violate multiple support levels and move the stock to a negative trend. The bullish price objective of $328 will serve as our upside target, leaving a reward-to-risk ratio north of 2-to-1.
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