Thought Provoking

World Markets: Major Players*
Rank Symbol Company Country Est % Chg
Annual EPS
1 BIDU Baidu
Chinese competitor of Google. Cash flow only equaled EPS.
China 34%(Rev up 6)
2 ACL Alcon
Medical products maker. Medical products maker reports $1.61 in Q4 beating estimates by a dime.
Switz +9%
3* MICC Millicom
Prepaid phone-card company's Q4 EPS jumped 82%, sales rose 10%.
Luxemburg +13%
4* HLF Herbalife
Health products maker's 42% EPS in Q4 ends year long roller coaster ride and slide.
Cayman +12%
5* TSL Trina Solar
Solar production; Deutsche Bank upgraded stock to buy from hold last Thursday.
China -9%
6 VPRT VistaPrint
is an online provider of coordinated portfolios of marketing products. Sales growth steady past four quarters but analysts see dip in Q1 of 2010.
Netherlands +19%
7 RINO Rino International
Rhino can create, edit, analyze, and translate NURBS curves, surfaces, and solids in Windows. There are no limits on complexity, degree, or size. Rhino also has support for polygon surfaces. Analysts see sales rising but EPS falling in 2010.
China +142%
8 CAGC China Agritech
China Agritech, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of organic liquid compound fertilizers and related agricultural products in the People’s Republic of China. Fertilizer producer poised to gain from Beijing's agricultural reforms. Chinese wireless gear maker's EPS jump 273% in Q4.
China Not available
9 TSTC Telestone Tech
China's wireless gear maker soar 237% in Q4
China +273%
10 MR Mindray Medical International
Medical gear firm's growth has decelerated. Q4 not in yet.
China +117%
11* HMIN Home Inns & Hotels Management
China's budget hotel chain's sales decelerate for 4 straight quarters
China +117%
12* CAAS China Automotive Systems
Auto components maker sales rose 75% in Q4 best in 8 periods.
China +49%
13 CTRP Ctrip Com Intl
Ctrip.com International, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides travel services for hotel accommodations, airline tickets, and packaged tours in the People’s Republic of China Travel web site's after tax margin rises to 42% in Q4, best in 8 periods..
China +13%
14 WIT Wipro
Software consultant, exporter. Analysts see Indian IT outsourcer's sales accelerating through Q1.
India 19%
15 VIT VanceInfo Tech
Provider of IT services for service chain. Software research outsourcer's EPS rose 21% in Q4 and beat estimates.
China 16%

* New this week.

**For a detailed analysis please see the "World" list in our programming. The "List" provides a current chart for each of these stocks.

Last update 3/1/2010
Top Ten U.S. Sectors with New Highs*
Rank Sector Number New Highs
1* Real Estate 15 stocks
2 Energy 15 stocks
3 Retail 14 stocks
4 Transport 11 stocks
5* Leisure 11 stocks
6 Finance 10 stocks
7 Business Services 10 stocks
8 Software 9 stocks
9 Medical 9 stocks
10 Banks 9 stocks

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**For a detailed listing of the top stocks in each sector please go to the "List" sector of our program. The first stocks will be those with the highest high last week. For example, the first 7 stocks in the "Medical" list is a listing of the stocks and their charts.

Update 3/1/2010