The PBR1000: March Stocks/Commodities Recap!

Buy Hold And Sell Dice Representing Market StrategyBy Larry C. Paxton

There was a lot of movement in stock prices in March among The PBR1000 companies. Daily prices continue to fluctuate dramatically based on almost any kind of good or bad news.

In the tables below the price is for the end of trading on March 31st, Month % Chg is compared to February 28th, YTD % Chg is compared to December 31, 2013, and 15 Mos % Chg is compared to December 31, 2012.

 

 

 

 

Table 1: The PBR1000 Composite

Company Price
03/31/14
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
15 Mos
% Chg
The PBR1000 258,185.34 5.43 4.24 38.86

 

Table 2: The PBR1000 Top 5 Month % Gainers

Company Price
03/31/14
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
15 Mos
% Chg
Big Lots 37.87 28.16 17.23 33.06
Willbros Group 12.62 27.73 33.97 135.45
Systemax 14.91 26.68 32.53 54.51
Stage Stores 24.45 23.48 10.04 -1.33
First Solar 69.75 22.29 27.73 126.15

 

Table 3: The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date % Gainers

Company Price
03/31/14
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
15 Mos
% Chg
Green Plains Renewable Energy 29.96 13.36 54.59 278.76
Forest Labs 92.27 -5.43 53.71 161.24
Freescale Semiconductor 24.41 7.30 52.09 121.71
Emeritus Corp 31.44 -.29 45.35 27.18
Hawaiian Holdings 13.96 15.95 44.96 112.48

 

Table 4: The PBR1000 Top 5 15 Months % Gainers

Company Price
03/31/14
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
15 Mos
% Chg
Fannie Mae 3.90 -18.75 29.57 1,400.00
Freddie Mac 3.86 -16.45 33.10 1,384.62
Tesla Motors 208.45 -14.85 38.57 515.14
SunEdison 18.84 2.61 44.37 486.92
SunPower Corp 32.26 -2.63 8.22 474.02

 

Table 5: The PBR1000 Selected Stock Exchanges/Commodities

Company Price
03/31/14
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
15 Mos
% Chg
DJIA 16,457.66 0.83 -0.72 25.59
NASDAQ 4,198.99 -2.53 0.54 39.06
S&P500 1,872.34 0.69 1.30 31.28
Gold 1,285.30 -3.26 6.90 -23.59
Silver 19.72 -7.29 1.81 -35.05
Oil 101.39 -1.33 3.02 8.21

 

A new The PBR1000 Rankings based on data available through March 31, 2014, will be released within the next week or so.

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