Mid-Day Breakouts Report - Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

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MIDDAY BREAKOUTS REPORT - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 2016
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Time of Screening : 12/6/2016 12:07:54 PM Report Released : 12/6/2016 1:00:58 PM
Price is: Above 52W High and Less Than 52W High but within 15% of the 52 Week High
Volume Is: At least 57.5% of 50 Day Average at the time of the screening.
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Symbol/Exchange Company Name Industry Group	PRICE	CHANGE (%Change)	Day High	Volume (% DAV) (50 DAV)	52 Wk Hi % From Hi	Date Featured	Price Featured	Pivot Point
Symbol/Exchange Company Name Industry Group	PRICE	CHANGE (%Change)	Day High	Volume (% DAV) (50 DAV)	52 Wk Hi % From Hi	Date Featured	Price Featured	Max Buy
HTHT - NASDAQ China Lodging Group Ads	$52.88	-0.82 -1.52%	$53.88	90,888 59.40% of 50 DAV 50 DAV is 153,000	$53.79 -1.69%	9/29/2016	$46.12	PP = $47.82 MB = $50.21
Most Recent Note - 12/6/2016 12:37:38 PM G - Reversed into the red after touching another new 52-week high today. It is extended from its prior base and was repeatedly noted with caution in prior reports - "Reported earnings +10% on +6% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter, below the +25% minimum earnings guideline (C criteria), raising concerns." >>> The latest Featured Stock Update with an annotated graph appeared on 11/18/2016. Click here.
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Symbol - Exchange - Industry Group Company Name	Last	Chg	Day High	52 WK Hi	% From Hi	Volume % DAV	DAV
AUDC - NASDAQ - ELECTRONICS - Scientific & Technical Instrum Audiocodes Ltd	$5.86	+0.04 0.69%	$5.91	$6.35	-7.72%	102,947 72.50%	142,000
Most Recent Note for AUDC - 12/6/2016 12:10:49 PM Pulled back from its 52-week high, testing support at prior highs nd its 50 DMA line after recently rallying from an orderly base. Prior mid-day reports cautioned - "Reported earnings +100% on +9% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter. Faces resistance due to overhead supply despite its recent streak of volume-driven gains. Prior earnings history (C and A criteria) is below the fact-based system's fundamental guidelines."
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CENT - NASDAQ - CHEMICALS - Agricultural Chemicals Central Garden & Pet Co	$31.69	-1.31 -3.97%	$33.17	$33.26	-4.72%	83,764 65.44%	128,000
Most Recent Note for CENT - 12/6/2016 12:11:43 PM Powered to new all-time highs with 2 consecutive volume-driven gains, quickly getting extended from prior highs in the $27-28 area. Reported strong earnings increase on just a +7% sales revenues increase for the Sep '16 quarter. Prior mid-day reports cautioned members - "Earnings and sales revenues history has been below guidelines of the fact-based investment system."
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CLFD - NASDAQ - TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Cables / Satalite Equipment Clearfield Inc	$19.50	+0.00 0.00%	$19.80	$20.28	-3.85%	19,158 59.87%	32,000
Most Recent Note for CLFD - 12/6/2016 12:12:46 PM Perched within striking distance of its 52-week high. Last noted with caution in the 11/15/16 mid-day report - "Reported earnings +100% on +33% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter. Prior quarterly earnings comparisons were not strong and steady above the +25% minimum guideline (C criteria). Up and down annual earnings (A criteria) history is not a match with the fact-based system's fundamental guidelines."
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CUBI - NASDAQ - Banks-Northeast Customers Bancorp Inc	$33.04	-0.09 -0.27%	$33.68	$33.34	-0.90%	183,837 70.44%	261,000
Most Recent Note for CUBI - 12/6/2016 12:15:14 PM Rallied to a new all-time high with a volume-driven gain on the prior session. Showed better sales and earnings increases in the Jun and Sep '16 quarters, but its prior quarterly earnings history (C criteria) has not been above the +25% minimum guideline necessary to match with the fact-based investment system's fundamental guidelines.
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EBMT - NASDAQ - Finance-Savings & Loan Eagle Bancorp Montana	$19.05	+0.40 2.14%	$19.50	$20.75	-8.19%	14,221 129.28%	11,000
Most Recent Note for EBMT - 12/6/2016 12:15:34 PM Extended from any sound base following an impressive streak of volume-driven gains. Prior mid-day reports noted - "Reported improved sales revenues and earnings increases in the Mar, Jun, and Sep '16 quarters. Prior quarterly and annual earnings (A criteria) history is not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines."
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ESXB - NASDAQ - Banks-Southeast Community Bankers Trust	$6.55	+0.20 3.15%	$6.55	$6.45	1.55%	24,516 102.15%	24,000
Most Recent Note for ESXB - 12/6/2016 12:17:15 PM Steadily hitting new 52-week highs with a recent streak of gains. Reported earnings +175% on +6% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter, and fundamental concerns remain. Last noted with caution in the 7/21/15 mid-day report - "Earnings history is not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines. Low-priced stocks are discouraged from consideration unless all key criteria are solidly satisfied."
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EVI - AMEX - Machinery-Gen Industrial Envirostar Inc	$15.05	-0.15 -0.99%	$16.35	$17.00	-11.47%	42,120 120.34%	35,000
Most Recent Note for EVI - 12/6/2016 12:19:32 PM Perched at its 52-week high today after additional volume-driven gains. Showed better sales and earnings increases in most recent quarterly comparisons through Sep '16, but fundamental concerns remain. Prior quarterly and annual earnings (C and A criteria) history for this thinly-traded Machinery - General Industrial firm is not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines.
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FBP - NYSE - BANKING - Foreign Regional Banks First Bancorp Hldg Co	$6.02	+0.07 1.09%	$6.11	$6.84	-12.06%	1,055,167 90.88%	1,161,000
Most Recent Note for FBP - 12/6/2016 12:20:06 PM Gapped down on 11/30/16 as it completed a Secondary Offering. Prior mid-day reports cautioned - "Earnings history for this bank has been erratic. It survived but failed to impress since dropped from the Featured Stocks list after noted on 1/04/05."
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FCB - NYSE - BANKING - Regional - Southeast Banks FCB Financial Holdings, Inc	$45.55	+0.65 1.45%	$45.60	$45.35	0.44%	262,210 83.24%	315,000
Most Recent Note for FCB - 12/6/2016 12:23:13 PM Perched at its 52-week high today after a streak of volume-driven gains. Reported earnings +25% on +23% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter but fundamental concerns remain. This Banks - Southeast firm is not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines.
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FF - NYSE - CHEMICALS - Specialty Chemicals Futurefuel Corp	$15.21	+0.18 1.16%	$15.29	$15.30	-0.62%	75,030 59.55%	126,000
Most Recent Note for FF - 12/6/2016 12:23:23 PM Fundamental concerns remain since noted with caution in the 3/28/14 mid-day report - "Erratic sales revenues and earnings history is below the investment system guidelines."
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FFKT - NASDAQ - BANKING - Regional - Southeast Banks Farmers Capital Bank Cp	$36.00	-0.40 -1.10%	$36.30	$37.30	-3.49%	19,458 77.83%	25,000
Most Recent Note for FFKT - 12/6/2016 12:23:36 PM Found prompt support near its 50 DMA line on recent pullbacks and rallied for new multi-year highs. Prior mid-day reports cautioned - "Earnings history is not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines (C and A criteria)."
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FRBA - NASDAQ - Banks-Northeast First Bank NJ	$10.95	+0.10 0.88%	$11.00	$11.00	-0.50%	10,199 67.99%	15,000
Most Recent Note for FRBA - 12/6/2016 12:29:40 PM Held its ground stubbornly since the 11/21/16 mid-day report cautioned - "Recently spiked to new 52-week and all-time highs. Quarterly earnings improved in the Jun and Sep '16 quarters, but prior quarterly comparisons were below the +25% minimum guideline (C criteria). Up and down annual earnings (A criteria) are another reason its fundamentals are not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines."
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GS - NYSE - FINANCIAL SERVICES - Investment Brokerage - Nationa Goldman Sachs Group Inc	$230.38	+1.83 0.80%	$230.64	$229.20	0.51%	2,139,284 58.77%	3,640,000
Most Recent Note for GS - 12/6/2016 12:30:34 PM Hitting new multi-year highs with additional volume-driven gains. Prior mid-day reports cautioned - "Rebounding toward 2015 highs with considerable volume-driven gains. Reported +68% earnings on +22% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter, however prior quarterly sales revenues and earnings comparisons versus the year ago periods were erratic, not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines."
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HBCP - NASDAQ - BANKING - Regional - Southeast Banks Home Bancorp Inc	$33.90	+0.10 0.30%	$33.90	$34.52	-1.80%	7,099 70.99%	10,000
Most Recent Note for HBCP - 12/6/2016 12:32:59 PM Holding its ground near its 52-week and all-time highs, and no resistance remains due to overhead supply. Reported earnings +24% on +16% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter. Prior quarterly comparisons were not strong and steady above the +25% minimum guideline (C criteria), and its up and down annual earnings history is not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines.
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HTBK - NASDAQ - BANKING - Regional - Pacific Banks Heritage Commerce Corp	$13.14	+0.11 0.81%	$13.17	$13.10	0.27%	159,834 61.01%	262,000
Most Recent Note for HTBK - 12/6/2016 12:35:34 PM Rallied to a new 52-week high with a streak of volume-driven gains and no resistance remains due to overhead supply. Reported earnings +80% on +17% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter. Went through a long and choppy consolidation since last noted with caution in the 12/24/15 mid-day report - "Fundamental concerns remain. Prior quarterly earnings comparisons were not strong and steady above the +25% minimum earnings guideline (C criteria). Annual earnings (A criteria) history has been improving steadily since a downturn and losses in FY '09 and '10."
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KBAL - NASDAQ - CONSUMER DURABLES - Home Furnishings and Fixtures Kimball International, Inc	$16.21	+0.18 1.09%	$16.40	$16.15	0.37%	106,557 70.10%	152,000
Most Recent Note for KBAL - 12/6/2016 12:38:28 PM Rallying to another new multi-year high with additional volume-driven gains. Prior mid-day reports cautioned - "Reported Sep '16 quarterly earnings +53% on +12% sales revenues but fundamental concerns remain. Prior quarterly and annual earnings (C and A criteria) history has not been strong and steady."
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KVHI - NASDAQ - TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Communication Equipment K V H Industries Inc	$10.90	-0.05 -0.46%	$11.00	$11.00	-0.91%	29,711 63.21%	47,000
Most Recent Note for KVHI - 12/6/2016 12:42:37 PM Faces resistance due to overhead supply up through the $15 level. Concerns remain as when noted with caution in the 2/08/13 mid-day report - "Fundamentally, its quarterly and annual earnings (C and A criteria) have been below guidelines of the fact-based investment system."
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MBWM - NASDAQ - BANKING - Regional - Midwest Banks Mercantile Bank Corp	$33.57	+0.35 1.06%	$33.60	$35.00	-4.08%	20,818 67.15%	31,000
Most Recent Note for MBWM - 12/6/2016 12:43:49 PM Found support near its 50 DMA line in recent months and it has been consolidating after powering to new multi-year highs with volume-driven gains. Fundamental concerns remain and prior mid-day reports cautioned members - "Sales revenues and earnings history is not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines."
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OCFC - NASDAQ - BANKING - Savings & Loans Oceanfirst Financial Cp	$25.55	-0.40 -1.54%	$25.87	$25.98	-1.66%	112,046 88.23%	127,000
Most Recent Note for OCFC - 12/6/2016 12:48:49 PM Held its ground stubbornly and it rallied to new multi-year highs with additional volume-driven gains. Noted with caution in prior mid-day reports - "Reported earnings +25% on +65% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter but fundamental concerns remain. Prior quarterly and annual earnings (C and A criteria) and sales history has not been strong and steady. Not a match with the fact-based investment system's fundamental guidelines."
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PLBC - NASDAQ - Banks-West/Southwest Plumas Bancorp Quincy Ca	$16.38	-0.07 -0.43%	$16.65	$16.85	-2.80%	7,897 60.75%	13,000
Most Recent Note for PLBC - 12/6/2016 12:49:40 PM Perched at new multi-year highs following a streak of volume-driven gains. Prior mid-day reports cautioned - "Quarterly sales revenues and earnings increases through Sep '16 are not a match with the fact-based investment system's fundamental guidelines."
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SNCR - NASDAQ - COMPUTER SOFTWARE & SERVICES - Application Software Synchronoss Technologies	$43.39	-5.61 -11.45%	$45.00	$49.94	-13.12%	1,580,705 391.26%	404,000
Most Recent Note for SNCR - 12/6/2016 12:55:44 PM Reported earnings +17% on +17% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter. Its recent earnings history has been erratic and below the fact-based investment system's guidelines. Went through a deep consolidation since dropped from the Featured Stocks list on 12/02/14, and recently it rebounded near prior highs.
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VASC - NASDAQ - HEALTH SERVICES - Medical Instruments & Supplies Vascular Solutions	$55.95	+0.05 0.09%	$56.03	$57.15	-2.10%	97,774 68.37%	143,000
Most Recent Note for VASC - 12/6/2016 12:56:24 PM Perched at new 52-week and all-time highs after gapping up for a volume-driven gain on 12/02/16 M&A news. Prior mid-day reports noted - "Reported earnings +15% on +13% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter. Prior comparisons were not strong and steady above the +25% minimum earnings guideline (C criteria)."
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VBTX - NASDAQ - BANKING - Regional - Southwest Banks Veritex Holdings, Inc	$19.80	-0.27 -1.35%	$20.00	$21.12	-6.25%	155,274 646.98%	24,000
Most Recent Note for VBTX - 12/6/2016 1:00:15 PM Consolidating after recently rallying to new all-time highs. Patient investors may watch for a new base or secondary buy point to possibly develop and be noted in the weeks ahead. Reported earnings +35% on +32% sales revenues for the Sep '16 quarter, and its fundamentals remain strong. It went through a long and deep consolidation below its 200 DMA line after dropped from the Featured Stocks list on 1/15/16.
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WFBI - NASDAQ - Banks-Southeast WashingtonFirst Bankshr	$28.80	+0.48 1.69%	$29.55	$28.75	0.17%	17,718 88.59%	20,000
Most Recent Note for WFBI - 12/6/2016 1:00:55 PM Hitting new highs with additional volume-driven gains. Fundamental concerns remain as noted in prior mid-day reports - "This thinly traded Bank holding company completed a new Public Offering on 12/03/15. Earnings history is not a match with the fact-based investment system's guidelines."
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