Free Lunch

Find December bargain stocks and track performance.


Stock Trader's Almanac Investor Alert - Wednesday, December 26, 2002

Dow:
8432.61
-15.50
(-0.2%)
S&P:
889.66
- 2.81
(-0.3%)
NASDAQ:
1367.89
- 4.58
(-0.3%)
NYSE:
476.33
- 0.73
(-0.2%)
AMEX:
830.91
+ 1.46
(+0.2%)
 

*** FREE Lunch Is Served! ***

Feast your eyes on these. This year we've added selections from the American Stock Exchange.

Remember this Free Lunch, Bargain Stock Strategy is a relatively short-term trading strategy. We look for these stocks to outperform the NYSE, NASDAQ & AMEX composite indices through February 15, 2003.

But, lately we have seen these Free Lunch stocks make most of their moves right out of the blocks so take profits when you have them. These Bargain Stocks have beaten the NYSE composite by an average 9.1% advantage during this period since 1975.

Don't hold these stocks too long. Use trailing stops on the way up to lock in profits and protect losses on pullbacks.

Bon Appetite and Happy New Year!

2002 FREE Lunch Menu of Bargain Stocks
Late-December NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX & OTCBB New Lows
   
52-Week High
52-Week Low
% Down From High
12/26/2001 Close
NYSE
AIQ Alliance Imaging
15.40
4.86
-68.44%
4.86
BBI Blockbuster
30.25
11.80
-60.99%
12.23
DG Dollar General
19.95
11.80
-40.85%
11.92
MFI MicroFinancial
11.00
0.99
-91.00%
1.00
TAA Touch America
5.95
0.29
-95.13%
0.30
NASDAQ
AXYX Axonyx
4.55
0.46
-89.89%
0.51
BTUI BTU Int'l
6.48
1.63
-74.85%
1.65
BFUN Bam! Entertain
9.05
0.28
-96.91%
0.30
CFNB Cal First Nat Bk
17.59
9.5
-45.99%
10.56
CANIE Carreker
11.73
3.62
-69.14%
3.95
CORI Corillian
4.98
0.71
-85.74%
0.80
DRRX Durect
11.82
1.81
-84.69%
1.98
ELBO Electronics Bout
40.68
15.27
-62.46%
15.50
ETRX Essential Therap
4.36
0.34
-92.90%
0.40
MAIN Main St & Main
6.51
1.47
-77.42%
1.82
DOLL Middleton Doll
7.00
4.91
-29.86%
4.97
NGRU netGuru
7.70
1.12
-85.45%
1.34
NEWH New Horizons
14.00
3.48
-75.14%
3.75
OXGN Oxigene
3.49
0.78
-77.65%
1.03
PTIE Pain Therapeutic
12.12
2.28
-81.19%
2.35
SIRI Sirius Satellite
13.05
0.50
-96.17%
0.52
TNTX T-NETIX
4.00
1.77
-55.75%
2.06
AMEX
BND Boundless
1.30
0.09
-93.08%
0.12
CIO Computeriz Thermal
1.74
0.18
-89.66%
0.23
CGM Congoleum
3.75
0.25
-93.33%
0.26
ETZ Etz Lavud Limited
1.90
0.65
-65.79%
0.65
EEI Ecology & Environ
11.80
7.75
-34.32%
7.75
ISV Insite Vision
2.70
0.60
-77.78%
0.62
RTK Rentech
0.95
0.30
-68.42%
0.41
RHM Rheometric
2.15
0.40
-81.40%
0.45
SOS Storage Computer
7.75
0.17
-97.81%
0.17
TBA TBA Entertainment
4.15
1.08
-73.98%
1.15
VOO Vornado Operations
2.15
0.22
-89.77%
0.22


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