The stocks selected here are the top performing stocks from I Know First: Daily Market Forecast’s September 13th 2014. Stock Forecast titled, Stock Forecast Based on Algorithms: 102.41% Gain in One Year. This forecast is part of the Risk-Conscious Package. The “I Know First Average” return was 43.18% versus the S&P 500’s return of 16.73% over the same time period.

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Signal (365 days): 1000.00

Predictability (365 days): 0.53

Return: 97.44%

Alcoa Inc. (AA) had a long signal of 1000.00 and a predictability of 0.53. The return is 97.44% over the time-horizon as algorithm forecasted. The company had the honor to be named the most admired metals company by Fortune magazine for the third time in a row.  Various automobile manufacturers have recognized Alcoa as the preferred supplier of value –add aluminum materials for use in vehicles. In efforts to comply with regulatory fuel efficiency requirements, automakers in the U.S. have been moving to embrace aluminum. Ford Motor Company (F) has reached a deal with Alcoa for value-add aluminum materials in its F-Series trucks. General Motors Company (GM) is also considering using value-add aluminum from Alcoa.
Read our detailed assessment: Alcoa And The Future Of The Aluminum Production Industry

Signal (365 days): 759.71

Predictability (365 days): 0.34

Growth: 28.13%

Israel based company Orbotech designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and services yield-enhancing production solutions for the supply chain of the electronics industry. Orbotech offers solutions for automated optical inspection (AOI), automated optical repair, laser direct imaging, digital printing, laser drilling, laser plotters, computer-aided manufacturing, and engineering solutions for printed circuit boards (PCBs) and other electronics component manufacturing. Orbotech had a signal of 759.71 and a predictability of .34.

Signal (365 days): 492.70

Predictability (365 days): 0.51

Growth: 7.36%

Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup) is a global diversified financial services holding company whose businesses provide consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services and wealth management. The Company operates in two segments: Citicorp, consisting of the Company’s Global Consumer Banking businesses and Institutional Clients Group, and Citi Holdings, consisting of Brokerage and Asset Management, Local Consumer Lending and Special Asset Pool.

Read our detailed assessment: Algorithm Indicates Citigroup Will Be A Buying Opportunity, But Not Yet

Signal (365 days): 489.50

Predictability (365 days): 0.32

Return: -7.46%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is a global semiconductor company with facilities around the world. AMD has recently introduced its second generation R-Series embedded processors code named Bald Eagle. Experts are hailing the new processors as the highest performance embedded devices for 2014, putting AMD in a good position compared to its competitors. To further encourage users to adopt the new chips, AMD has pledged to provide 10 years of support for the chips, meaning that replacement parts will be available for at least that long.

Signal (365 days): 403.53

Predictability (365 days): 0.64

Return: 7.66%

Zions Bancorporation is a financial holding company that focuses on providing community banking services by its core business lines of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and corporate banking. Zions Bancorporation is one of the USA’s premier financial services companies, with combined total assets exceeding $55 billion.

Signal (365 days): 262.43

Predictability (365 days): 0.32

Return: 93.65%

Micron Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets semiconductor solutions worldwide.  If offers dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products for data storage and retrieval that are used in computers, tablets, mobile phones, communication equipment, computer peripherals, industrial, automotive, and other electronic devices.  The company has been on a nice streaking of beating earnings estimates. Effective since August 11, 2014, Micron Technology Inc acquired an undisclosed minority stake in Kingston Solutions Co Ltd.

Signal (365 days): 252.15

Predictability (365 days): 0.58

Return: 69.23%

Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) is a provider of products, technologies, software, solutions and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses as well as large enterprises. Hewlett-Packard has wowed investors this year with a 21% gain in HPQ’s stock price. The key to success behind any tech company is innovation, and HPQ’s focus on driving innovation, reducing costs, and simplifying the organizational structure will help the company in the long run.

Signal (365 days): 148.65

Predictability (365 days): 0.25

Return: 38.20%

Nokia Corporation is engaged in the network infrastructure, location-based technologies, and advanced technologies businesses worldwide. The Finnish telecommunication company has seen its shares shoot up more than 103% over the past year. In the past few months the company has secured a couple of major deals. Therefor, Nokia’s stock shows a return of 38.20% over the last year. Moreover, Nokia’s network united sealed a five year deal with Telenor, as well as Algeria-based carrier Algérie Télécom. These partnerships will help Nokia penetrate foreign and emerging markets, leaving plenty of upside left for this $31 billion dollar company.

Signal (365 days): 104.30

Predictability (365 days): 0.29

Return: 24.97%

Panasonic Corporation is a Japan-based company with many divisions: it offers audio and video equipment, household air-conditioning machines, system network and mobile communications-related products and services, automotive multimedia-related equipment, electrical components, semiconductors and optical devices. Nokia announced on July 20th that it had struck a deal to buy Panasonic Corporation wireless networks business.

Signal (365 days): 89.57

Predictability (365 days): 0.3

Return: 72.58%

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes medicines. Gilead’s primary areas of focus include human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS, liver diseases, such as hepatitis B and C and cardiovascular/metabolic and respiratory conditions. The stock has a return of 72.58% over the last year, since it was the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting and therefore, analysts are expecting a 228% increase of GILD’s second quarter earnings.

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