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Van Meerten New High Fund

VNDA,SHFL,AVNR,CALD,TEAR,DANG added

Jun. 6th, 2013

Related Stocks

VNDA - Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Sym	Last	Chg	Pct
VNDA	10.92	-0.31	-2.76%
SHFL	18.22	+0.25	+1.39%
AVNR	4.61	+0.09	+1.99%
CALD	6.48	+0.13	+2.05%
TEAR	11.19	-0.20	-1.76%
DANG	8.17	+0.09	+1.11%

Today I added Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Shuffle Master (SHFL), Avanir Pharmaceuticals (AVNR), Callidus Software (CALD), TearLab(TEAR) and E-Commerce China Dangdang (DANG) to the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for positive price momentum:

Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA)

Barchart technical indicators:

96% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend spotter buy signals
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
16 new highs and up 109.68% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 93.81%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 9.66
Recently traded at 10.17 with a 50 day moving average of 5.56

Shuffle Master (SHFL)

Barchart technical indicators:

96% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
14 new highs and up 10.89% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 67.75%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 16.65
Recently traded at 17.52 with a 50 day moving average of 15.99

Avanir Pharmaceuticals (AVNR)

Barchart technical indicators:

100% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend Spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
13 new highs and up 22.90% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 69.71%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 3.36
Recently traded at 3.83 with a 50 day moving average of 3.10

Callidus Software (CALD)

Barchart technical indicators:

96% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend Spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
11 new highs and up 19.23% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 75.06%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 6.04%
Recently traded at 6.25 with a 50 day moving average of 4.90

TearLabs (TEAR)

Barchart technical indicators:

100% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
14 new highs and up 57.69% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 83.30%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 11.82
Recently traded at 12.50 with a 50 day moving aver4age of 8.49

E-Commerce China Dangdang (DANG)

Barchart technical indicators:

96% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend Spotter buy signals
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
10 new highs and up 71.15% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 75.01%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 6.36
Recently traded at 7.16 with a 50 day moving average of 4.71

Tags: VNDA, SHFL, AVNR, CALD, TEAR, DANG

Sold Ferro and Senior Housing

Jun. 6th, 2013

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FOE - Ferro Corp.

Sym	Last	Chg	Pct
FOE	7.22	+0.12	+1.69%
SNH	26.28	+0.16	+0.61%

Today I deleted Ferro Corp (FOE) and Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price momentum:

Ferro Corp (FOE)

Barchart technical indicators:

60% Barchart short tern sell signal
Trend Spotter sell signal
Below its 20 and 50 day moving averages
9.37% off its 1 year high
Relative Strength Index 28.82%

Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH)

Barchart technical indicators:

40% Barchart short tern sell signal
Trend Spotter sell signal
Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
13.07% off its 1 year high
Relative Strength Index 30.48%

Tags: FOE, SNH

Deleted MKC,VZ,SQI,O,VTR,SO

Jun. 4th, 2013

Related Stocks

MKC - Mccormick & Company Inc.

Sym	Last	Chg	Pct
MKC	73.36	+0.56	+0.77%
VZ	51.55	+0.84	+1.66%
SQI	23.58	+0.34	+1.46%
O	44.68	+0.41	+0.93%
VTR	71.67	+0.27	+0.38%
SO	44.75	+0.23	+0.52%

Today I made several changes in the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price momentum. I deleted McCormick (MKC),Verizon Communications (VZ), Sciquest (SQI), Realty Income (O), Ventas (VTR) and Southern Company (SO):

McCormick (MKC)

Barchart technical indicators:

56% Barchart technical sell signals
Trend Spotter sell signal
Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
7.99% off its 1 year high
Relative Strength Index 29.15%

Verizon Communications (VZ)

Barchart technical indicators:

40% Barchart short term technical sell signals
Trend Spotter sell signal
Below its 20 and 50 day moving averages
10.62% off its 1 year high
Relative Strength Index 30.56%

Sciquest (SQI)

Barchart technical indicators:

40% Barchart short term technical sell signals
Trend Spotter sell signal
Below its 20 and 50 day moving averages
14.92% off its 1 year high
Relative Strength Index 39.06%

Realty Income (O)

Barchart technical indicators:

60% Barchart short term technical sell signals
Trend Spotter sell signal
Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
20.80% off its 1 year high
Relative Strength Index 23.20%

Ventas (VTR)

Barchart technical indicators:

40% Barchart short term sell signals
Trend Spotter sell signal
Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
15.75% off its 1 year high
Relative Strength Index 25.83%

Southern Company (SO)

Barchart technical indicators:

80% Barchart short term technical sell signals
Trend Spotter sell signal
Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
10.03% off its 1 year high
Relative strength Index 26.45%

Tags: MKC, VZ, SQI, O, VTR, SO

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Peformance

Year-to-Date: 4.28%
Previous Year: 17.55%
Since Inception: 9.55%

About This Portfolio

About the Van Meerten New High Fund:
Jim Van Meerten is the carpenter and Barchart is the tool. This fund will invest in the stocks trading over $1 per share, at least 100,000 shares per day and experiencing new 20-day highs as indicated on Barchart and be sold when they fail to reach new highs.

Marketocracy Honors -- Marketocracy evaluates over 100,000 model portfolios.

Honor #1 -They evaluated the top 50 mutual funds for the period ended 12/31/2011 and determined that the Barchart - Jim Van Meerten New High portfolio (VMNHI) actually beat all but 3 of the top 50 mutual funds for that period. The portfolio would have been ranked #4 just ahead of the Delaware Pooled Trust Focus Small Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund (DCGTX) a fund ranked as a 5 star 5 year fund by Morningstar.

Honor #2 - Marketocracy evaluated over 100,000 portfolios and determined that for the 5 year period ending 12/30/2011 the Barchart - Jim Van Meerten New High Portfolio was ranked #39 for total return.

Jim Van Meerten is an investor who uses Barchart tool to find interesting stocks for Barchart readers. Please email comments to JimVanMeerten@gmail.com.

Disclosure: Through my Separately Managed Accounts at Marketocracy Capital Management I have an interest in the positions in this model portfolio

Active Stocks

GNW, LUV, DANG, CALD, SON, SHFL, AVNR, TEAR, SAIA, GNTX, VNDA

Portfolio Manager

Jim Van Meerten

Jim Van Meerten maintains two model portfolios on Marketocracy using the tools that are available on Barchart. He earned a BS in Accounting and Business Administration from Berry College; a Juris Doctorate from the Woodrow Wilson School of Law; and post-baccalaureate and graduate courses in Business Administration, Quantitative Math, and Education at Florida Atlantic University, Georgia State University and University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In the past he has been an accountant, attorney, adjunct professor in Business Law and Internal Auditing, financial advisor, supervisory principal, and compliance officer.

He was the "The Amateur," playing against 5 seasoned veterans on MSN.com's Strategy Lab after winning a stock picking contest sponsored by MSN Money Central and Investor Place Media. He blogs about financial matters here and on Seeking Alpha and MSN's Top Stock Blog, He would enjoy hearing your comments at JimVanMeerten@gmail.com