Should All Decisions Be Based On Data Analysis?
When Do You Take Action Based On A Strong Hunch?
By Larry C. Paxton
The PBR1000 May 2015 Snapshots include news and stocks data on 1,062 companies in 15 analytical reports.
Current The PBR1000 Subscribers should have already received the MS Excel workbook.
A unique feature of May 2015 is that after many years all the major US stock market exchanges registered new record closing highs in the same month. As temperatures rose across the US the stock markets showed less volatility, especially in the second half of May. Will that trend continue through the summer?
Key commodities also showed gains in May. But employment figures, new and used home sales, manufacturing, and many other economic indicators continue to be mixed. As a result, the Federal Reserve continues to be cautious about when it thinks it will start increasing interest rates.
In the following tables the stock price is for the close of trading on May 29th, Month % Chg is compared to April 30th, YTD % Chg is compared to December 31, 2014, and the 17 Mos % Chg is compared to December 31, 2013.
Table 1: The PBR1000 Stock Price Composite
Table 1 Summary: Made up of the sum of the stock prices of the 1,062 companies currently tracked by The PBR1000.
| Company | Price 05/29/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 76,157.82 | +0.86 | +2.44 | +13.36 |
Table 2: The PBR1000 Top 5 Month Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +32.25% to -49.70%. 611 out of 1,062 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 57.53% of the companies tracked. The median was a gain of 0.84%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 05/29/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn’s |
1052 | CONN | 36.99 | +32.25 | +97.91 | -52.99 |
| Humana |
71 | HUM | 214.65 | +29.62 | +49.45 | +107.95 |
| Broadcom |
313 | BRCM | 56.85 | +28.61 | +31.20 | +91.77 |
| Triple-S Mgmt |
803 | GTS | 24.00 | +28.21 | +0.38 | +23.46 |
| Pall Corp |
708 | PLL | 124.44 | +27.87 | +22.95 | +45.80 |
Table 3: The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: The range was +220.00% to -77.94%. 593 out of 1,062 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 55.84% of the companies tracked. The median was a gain of 1.72%
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 05/29/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NII Holdings |
495 | NIHDQ | 0.06 | -8.57 | +220.00 | -97.67 |
| Conn’s |
1052 | CONN | 36.99 | +32.25 | +97.91 | -52.99 |
| Skechers USA |
922 | SKX | 105.87 | +17.74 | +91.62 | +219.56 |
| McDermott Intl |
734 | MDR | 5.46 | +4.00 | +87.63 | -40.39 |
| Netflix |
534 | NFLX | 624.06 | +12.14 | +82.68 | +69.50 |
Table 4: The PBR1000 Top 5 17 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 4 Summary: Range was +171.42% to -97.65%. 688 out of 1,057 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 65.09% of the companies tracked. The median was a gain of 10.60%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 05/29/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skechers USA |
922 | SKX | 105.87 | +17.74 | +91.62 | +219.56 |
| Freescale Semiconductor |
548 | FSL | 58.09 | +15.43 | +78.83 | +181.12 |
| Electronic Arts |
603 | EA | 39.09 | +8.03 | +33.48 | +173.56 |
| Centene |
244 | CNC | 20.53 | +21.54 | +45.08 | +155.56 |
| Hawaiian Holdings |
849 | HA | 23.08 | +4.94 | -7.02 | +151.51 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Selected Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 05/29/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJIA | 18,010.68 | +0.95 | +1.05 | +8.65 |
| NASDAQ | 5,070.03 | +2.60 | +7.05 | +21.39 |
| S&P500 | 2,107.39 | +1.05 | +2.36 | +14.01 |
| Gold | 1,190.50 | +0.80 | +0.47 | -0.98 |
| Silver | 16.71 | +3.40 | +7.12 | -13.73 |
| Oil | 60.23 | +0.82 | +13.07 | -33.96 |
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