Friday, Jan 16th 2009 daily stock tracking

Street - Stocks with double digit gain potential, Seagate Technology(STX) the leading manufacturer of hard drives, predicting 9% annual growth thru 2012, P/E of 2.42. SPX Corporation(SPW) is a manufacturing company for energy infrastructure, automotive diagnostics, and sanitation markets, it has strong margins, a cheap valuation and modest dividend. Top 5 small-caps - American Physicians Service Group(AMPH), Tompkins Financial(TMP) corporate parent of 3 community banks, Aceto(ACET), PetMed Express(PETS), NCI(NCIT). Upgrades - Kellogg(K) $50, Sonus Networks(SONS) $2. Exxon, Chevron, Southwest Energy, and Nat. Gas are good

Assets with a strong correlation to oil
XOM 0.90
CVX 0.92
Natural Gas 0.83
SWN 0.94
SOURCE: TheStreet.com Ratings
TheStockAdvisors - Johnson & Johnson(JNJ) has good earnings consistency, has only dropped 10% compared to 40% for the market as a whole, good ROE and good debt to equity ratio. Tetra Tech(TTEK) is an environmental consulting company that is involved in designing alternative energy plants, wind power, they also have a core business revolving around safe drinking water. Growth is impressive at 28% a year since 2004.
Zacks - Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions(MDRX) is well positioned to capitalize on Obama's desire to advance information technology in healthcare.