Best Stock Watchlist for Swing Trading Today – Expert Stock Picks of the Week by StockXpo

Hello to all our readers including Traders, Investors, Analysts and others!!!! This week we got some good news that No bumbling here: Dating app Bumble, which made its name by putting women in charge of making contact with potential mates, has soared to a market value of more than $7.7 bn after listing shares.Its Wall Street success made 31-year-old boss Whitney Wolfe Herd a rare self-made female billionaire. Shares of the firm debuted at $43 apiece and traded at as high as $76, valuing it at over $7.7bn currently.Find more articles here for Bumble on StockXpo.  On the other hand, Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Disney, Expedia, Datadog & more. Click here to read the full story for DIS, EXPE, DDOG, VRSN and AFRM.Other good news is that World shares dipped on last Friday as investors awaited progress towards more U.S. fiscal stimulus, while the dollar was set for a weekly loss and cryptocurrency Bitcoin hit a record high. 

If you are a regular reader, you may be already aware, we recommend 10-12 stocks in 3 different categories – 1. SkyRocket, 2. ValueGrowth and 3. TechFund, to fit different trading styles and strategies. You can find more details about these strategies in our FAQ section. This is more of a swing trading, as we keep balancing our portfolio on a weekly basis, mostly on Friday. If you are new, welcome. Visit our site to get all relevant information about stocks and make sure to subscribe to our newsletter to get updates on our Swing Trading Stock Picks. We send out our newsletter as soon as we publish our stock picks. We hope that you love our articles and get all the details so keep coming to our site for more information. Swing traders primarily use technical analysis for swing trading, but here we combine technical analysis with fundamental analysis and pick ideal stocks which are best and safe for swing trading. We have tested out our strategy with more than 20 years of data and it performed well against S&P 500.

Here we are again with our this week’s recommendations. Please note that overall the market was very much on the up side, and whether you are following our recommendations or not, I am sure if you have been trading this week ending today then you must have collected a lot of profits. If not, and you are skeptical about the market, add the swing trading to your trading strategy and get started to follow our recommendations. We are going to publish the performance results for the last few months and this year to date, to give you some ideas how we have been compared against the S&P 500 and other major indexes. 

Now let’s look at our picks for this week.

StockXpo’s SkyRocket Strategy

If you’re following us, you might already be aware that in this strategy we try to find the stocks which have a strong fundamental track record and have strong buy or buy ratings from top analyst firms. Moreover, these stocks break through their 8 week high and even 52 week high, so with their strong fundamental track record, there is a good potential for these stocks to go even higher.

For this week, here are our picks. $AOSL, $AVNW and $NMM. Please note that – compared to last week, we have removed $CONN and $TROX.

AOSL(Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Inc.)- Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. designs, develops and supplies power semiconductor products. Its products include analog switches, insulated-gate bipolar transistors, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, power integrated circuits, and transient voltage suppressors. The firm operates through the following geographical segments: Hong Kong, China, South Korea, United States, and Other Countries. The company was founded by Mike F. Chang, Yueh-Se Ho, Anup Bhalla, and Sik Kwong Lui on September 27, 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.This company not only has a favorable Growth Score, but also carries a top Rank.Studies have shown that stocks with the best growth features consistently outperform the market. And returns are even better for stocks that possess the combination of a Growth Score of A or B and a  Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy).

AVNW(Aviat Networks Inc.)- Aviat Networks, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of wireless network products and solutions. Its product includes wireless transmission networking systems for microwave and millimeter wave networking applications such as microwave routers, microwave switches, and split mount RF units. It also offers services such as network planning and design, site surveys and construction, systems integration, installation, maintenance, network monitoring, training, and customer services. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

NMM(Navios Maritime Partners L.P.)-Navios Maritime Partners LP engages in owning and operating dry cargo and container vessels. It engages in the seaborne transportation services of dry cargo commodities including iron ore, coal, grain and fertilizer and also containers, chartering its vessels. Navios Maritime Partners was founded on August 7, 2007 and is headquartered in Monte Carlo, Monaco.Navios Maritime Partners LP is a stock many investors are watching right now. NMM is currently holding a Rank of #2 (Buy) and a Value grade of A. The stock holds a P/E ratio of 3.13, while its industry has an average P/E of 6.54. Over the last 12 months, NMM’s Forward P/E has been as high as 3.47 and as low as 0.90, with a median of 2.40.

StockXpo’s – ValueGrowth Strategy

As you know, this is more like Buffett’s Value Strategy, but our stock picking criteria is to pick the top 3 out of such value stocks. Moreover, we are more likely to hold them for short term not long term. Our backtesting suggests that weekly balancing gives very good results week over week and year over year, it can grow your portfolio exponentially if you just consistently follow these strategies. Our Stock Picks for this week are $CALX, $ARLP and $GFN. We have finally removed $LMST and $ORRF. Regardless of fall of the stock market due to COVID-19 fears, we have still booked some profit before they are wiped out from these stocks.

CALX(Calix Inc)- Calix came out with quarterly earnings of $0.45 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.34 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.09 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 32.35%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this cloud, software platforms, systems and services provider for communications service providers would post earnings of $0.20 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.40, delivering a surprise of 100% Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times.Calix, which belongs to the Communication – Infrastructure industry, posted revenues of $170.03 million for the quarter ended December 2020, surpassing the Consensus Estimate by 7.04%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $120.19 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters.

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ARLP(Alliance Res)- Alliance Resource Partners LP produces and markets coal to United States utilities and industrial users. It operates through the following segments: Illinois Basin, Appalachia, and Other and Corporate. The Illinois Basin segment is comprised of Webster County coal’s Dotiki mining complex, Gibson mining complex, which includes the Gibson north mine and the Gibson south project, Hopkins County coal’s Elk Creek mining complex, White County coal’s Pattiki mining complex, Warrior’s mining complex, River View’s mining complex, the Sebree property and certain properties of Alliance Resource Properties and ARP Sebree LLC. The Appalachian segment is composed of Pontiki and MC Mining complexes. The Other and Corporate segment includes marketing and administrative expenses, Mt. Vernon dock activities, coal brokerage activity, its equity investment in Mid-America Carbonates LLC and certain activities of Alliance Resource Properties. The company was founded in May 1999 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

GFN(General Finance)- General Finance Corp. is a rental services company, which engages in the lease and sale of portable storage containers. It operates through the following segments: Royal Wolf, Pac-Van, Lone Star, and Manufacturing. The Royal Wolf segments leases and sells storage containers, portable container buildings, and freight containers. The Pac-Van segment includes leasing and selling storage, office and portable liquid storage tank containers, modular buildings, and mobile offices. The Lone Star segment involves leasing portable liquid storage tank containers and containment products, as well as providing certain fluid management services, to the oil and gas industry. The Manufacturing segment refers to the manufacture of portable liquid storage tank containers and other steel-related products. The company was founded on October 14, 2005 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

StockXpo’s TechFund Strategy

This is the most active category and we give a lot of preference here to stocks which have strong technical and strong fundamental current and past track records. That’s why we call it TechFund (TAFA) strategy. Just like other strategies, we pick these companies here for weekly based swing trade recommendations. 

Please note that we have removed $ORGO, $SCOR, $VCEL, $KLXE,and $NMM from this strategy picks. We have added $CCS, $TROX, $AVID, $VIVO and $AVNW. We are continuing to hold on to  $HIMX and $FLL .

CCS(Century Community):-Century Communities, Inc. engages in the development, design, construction, marketing and sale of single-family attached and detached homes. It operates through the following business segments: West, Mountain, Texas, Southeast, and Wade Jurney Homes. The West segment refers to Southern California, Central Valley, Bay Area and Washington. The Mountain segment represents Colorado, Nevada and Utah. The Texas segment comprises Houston, San Antonio and Austin. The Southeast segment is consisting of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The Wade Jurney Homes segment consists of Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The company was founded by Dale Francescon and Robert J. Francescon in 2000 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.

TROX(Tronox Holdings)-Tronox Holdings Plc engages in the mining and inorganic chemical business. Its products include Titanium Dioxide Mineral Sands. The firm also mines and processes titanium ore, zircon and other minerals, and manufactures titanium dioxide pigments. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.recorded profits (attributable to the company) of $32 million or 22 cents per share in first-quarter 2020 against a loss of $34 million or 27 cents per share a year ago.Barring one-time items, adjusted earnings per share for the reported quarter were 29 cents, which surpassed the Consensus Estimate of 23 cents.Revenues surged around 85% year over year to $722 million in the reported quarter, matching the Consensus Estimate. The upside can be attributed to higher titanium dioxide (TiO2) sales.

AVID(Avid Tech Inc)-Avid Technology, Inc. engages in the provision of technology services for media and entertainment industry. It develops, markets, sells, and supports software and integrated solutions for video and audio content creation, management and distribution. The company was founded by William J. Warner in September 1987 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.could be a solid addition to your portfolio given its recent upgrade to a Rank #2 (Buy). An upward trend in earnings estimates — one of the most powerful forces impacting stock prices — has triggered this rating change.The sole determinant of the rating is a company’s changing earnings picture. The Consensus Estimate — the consensus of EPS estimates from the sell-side analysts covering the stock — for the current and following years is tracked by the system.

HIMX(Hancock Horizon Mississippi Tax-Free Inc Fund Investor):- Hims & Hers Health, Inc. operates a telehealth consultation platform. It connects consumers to healthcare professionals, enabling them to access medical care for mental health, sexual health, dermatology and primary care. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.The Fund seeks current income exempt from both federal income tax and Mississippi personal income tax. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in municipal bonds that pay interest that is exempt from federal and Mississippi income tax.

VIVO(Meridian Biosci)- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, sale, and distribution of diagnostic test kits, antigens, reagents, and related products. It operates through the following segments: Diagnostics and Life Science. The Diagnostics segment consists of testing platforms and technologies such as Isothermal DNA Amplification, Rapid Immunoassay, Enzyme-linked Immunoassay, and Anodic Stripping Voltammetry. The Life Science segment distributes bulk antigens, antibodies, PCR/qPCR reagents, nucleotides, competent cells, and bioresearch reagents used by researchers, agri-bio companies, and other diagnostic manufacturing companies. The company was founded by William J. Motto in 1976 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

FLL(Full House Reso)-Full House Resorts, Inc. engages in the ownership, leasing, development, operation, and management of gaming, hospitality, and entertainment facilities. It operates through the following segments: Silver Slipper Casino and Hotel, Bronco Billy’s Casino and Hotel, Rising Star Casino Resort and Northern Nevada. The Silver Slipper Casino and Hotel segment includes gaming space, hotel rooms, fine dining restaurant, buffet, quick service restaurant, and casino bars. The Bronco Billy’s Casino and Hotel segment contains slot and video poker machines, table games, hotel rooms, steakhouse, casual dining outlets, and outdoor amphitheater. The Rising Star Casino Resort segment comprises casino space, hotels, fine dining restaurant, buffet, sports bar, quick service restaurant, coffee shop, and multi-purpose grand theater. The Northern Nevada segment covers Stockman’s Casino and Grand Lodge Casino. The company was founded on January 5, 1987 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

AVNW(Aviat Networks)-Aviat Networks, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of wireless network products and solutions. Its product includes wireless transmission networking systems for microwave and millimeter wave networking applications such as microwave routers, microwave switches, and split mount RF units. It also offers services such as network planning and design, site surveys and construction, systems integration, installation, maintenance, network monitoring, training, and customer services. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. It is one such stock that our proprietary system currently recommends. The company not only has a favorable Growth Score, but also carries a top Rank.Research shows that stocks carrying the best growth features consistently beat the market. And for stocks that have a combination of a Growth Score of A or B and a Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy), returns are even better.

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