I Know First Reviews: September 3rd 2015

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The stocks selected here are the top performing stocks from I Know First: Small Cap Stocks Package forecast for the last 7 days found under the article titled Best Stocks Using Machine Learning: Up To 103.77% Return in 7 Days.

This forecast is part of the Industry package, as one of I Know First’s quantitative investment solutions. The “I Know First Average” return for the long position was 31.81% over the 7 days period, a significant difference when comparing the S&P 500’s return of 1.09% over the same time period.

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AC

Signal: 2699.05

Predictability: -0.17

Return: 61.87%

China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. (STV), through its subsidiaries, provides conditional access (CA) systems to the digital television market in the People’s Republic of China. It offers CA systems, including smart cards, head-end software for television network operators, and terminal-end software for set-top box manufacturers, which enable digital television network operators to control the distribution of content and value-added services to their subscribers and block unauthorized access to their networks.

Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) is an American coal mining and processing company. The company mines, processes, and markets bituminous and sub-bituminous coal with low sulfur content in the United States.

The company was offering debt exchange to investors to increase its financial flexibility to avoid bankruptcy. After experiencing a lot of volatility in the previous week, Arch Coal gained a whopping 205% to $3.85 as the deadlock on the debt exchange offer seems to have resolved. However, on Tuesday afternoon shares were plunging 30.61% after analysts at JPMorgan issued a negative note on the coal sector. Specifically, the coal sector is being pressured by an abundance of shale gas, analysts stated.

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Signal: 214.72

Predictability: 0.18

Return: 7.94%

First BanCorp. (FBP) operates as the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico that provides a range of financial products and services to retail, commercial, and institutional clients. The company fell as low as $6.70 in last Monday’s panicky action, but had then bounced by nearly 30% from that level after a 19% gain on Monday. Alone among the notable news items (other than Puerto Rico’s continuing debt troubles) since last Monday was the purchase of 7K shares by board member Josen Rossi at prices less than $7 per share.

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Signal: 35.23

Predictability: -0.27

Return: 68.66%

Mechel OAO (MTL) is one of Russia’s leading mining and metals companies, comprising producers of coal, iron ore in concentrate, steel, rolled steel products. Headquartered in Moscow, sells its products in Russia and overseas, and is formally known as Open Joint Stock Company Mechel.

Last Friday Mechel increased 8.00% closed at $1.08 and traded with total volume of 1.98 million shares, while the average trading remained 411,737.00 shares. During last trade its minimum price was $0.94 and it gained the highest price of $1.08. Its market capitalization was $495.36 billion. The day before, on Thursday, company’s shares increased by 25%.

GEN_TEC

Signal: 34.46

Predictability: 0.1

Return: 9.43%

Genetic Technologies Limited (GENE) provides genetic testing services primarily in Australia and the United States. It offers a range of genetic tests for breast and ovarian cancer, bowel and uterine cancer, and prostate cancer; neurogenetic diagnostic assays; and gene testing for Epilepsy SCN1A gene related disorders. The company’s shares went up by nearly 12% in two days and are now worth $2.34 per share.

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Signal: 32.52

Predictability: 0.11

Return: 103.77%

Blyth, Inc. (BTH) is a Greenwich, Connecticut based marketing and manufacturing company that sells personal and decorative products. The company reported having 4,000 employees as of January 2007 and is incorporated in Delaware. In 2001, it was the largest candlemaker in the United States. Subsidiaries include the PartyLite dire.

On Monday Blyth reported that it will probablyl sell the candle-seller company for $98 million to The Carlyle Group. Each share will be sold for $6 to the private equity firm, which is more than twice the stock’s closing price of $2.92 on last Friday. It is highly expected that deal will be closed in the fourth quarter of 2015. Shares of Blyth soared immediately $3.03 to $5.95, which is more than a 100% increase.

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Signal: 30.12

Predictability: 0.17

Return: -0.42%

China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. (STV), through its subsidiaries, provides conditional access (CA) systems to the digital television market in the People’s Republic of China. It offers CA systems, including smart cards, head-end software for television network operators, and terminal-end software for set-top box manufacturers, which enable digital television network operators to control the distribution of content and value-added services to their subscribers and block unauthorized access to their networks.

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Signal: 22.13

Predictability: 0.18

Return: 26.51%

The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. (BONT), through its subsidiaries, operates department stores in the United States. The company’s stores offer brand-name fashion apparel and accessories for women, men, and children, as well as cosmetics, home furnishings, and other goods.

The company was a big mover last Wednesday, as the company saw its shares increase nearly 10% on the day. It announced a cash dividend worth 5 cents, which led to solid volume with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This reverses the recent downtrend for the company as the stock is down about 31.2% in the past one-month time frame.

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Signal: 19.74

Predictability: 0.19

Return: 8.12%

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. designs, constructs, markets, and sells residential homes in the United States. It constructs single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill, and active adult homes. The company’s shares appreciated by 7.23% during the previous week but lost 11.88% on a 4-week basis. The shares have outperformed the S&P 500 by 6.26% in the previous week but underperformed the index by 6.79% in the last 4 weeks.During the last three months the company has seen its shares dropped by an astonishing 45.06%.

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Signal: 14.38

Predictability: 0.17

Return: 2.98%

I.D. Systems, Inc. (IDSY) develops, markets, and sells wireless machine-to-machine solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers integrated wireless solutions that utilize radio frequency identification, Wi-Fi, satellite or cellular communications, sensor technologies, and software to control, track, monitor, and analyze industrial vehicles, transportation assets, and rental vehicles. On Wednesday the company announced plans to participate in two financial conferences scheduled for September 2015.

 

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Signal: 13.18

Predictability: 0.2

Return: 29.20%

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OGXI), a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes therapies that address treatment resistance in cancer patients. The company’s product candidates include Custirsen that is in Phase III clinical development for the treatment in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, as well as in patients with non-small cell lung cancer; and Apatorsen, which is in two Phase I and seven randomized Phase II trials for the treatment of bladder, lung, pancreatic, and prostate cancers.

On Monday Trade-Ideas LLC identified the company as a strong on high relative volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals as such a stock due to several factors. OGXI had an average dollar-volume of $2.8 million, it had traded 448,505 shares on that day, 2.20 times the normal volume for the stock at that time of the day, and the company was trading at a new high 14.18% above Sunday’s close.