The “Chart of the Day” is Baxter International (BAX), which showed up on Wednesday’s list of stocks that had a new “Buy” signal from the Barchart “TrendSpotter” trading system. Baxter on Wednesday closed unchanged but edged to a new 8-month high. In recent news on the stock, Baxter on Dec 13 announced a $2.5 billion share repurchase program. Baxter International, with a market cap of $29 billion, provides a diversified line of products, systems and services used primarily in the health-care field.

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How we found the Chart of the Day:

We found the “Chart of the Day” by scanning the Barchart “Trading Signals” page. That page provides a summary of changes in the Barchart signals. We then clicked on the TrendSpotter “Buy” category to obtain a list of all the stocks for which the Barchart TrendSpotter trading system has just turned to a buy. We then clicked on the “Today’s Opinion” column header in order to sort the list with the strongest stocks on top. Further information is available at Barchart Signals Guide help page and at TrendSpotter help page.

Barchart’s Opinion trading systems are mostly a Buy and Barchart’s daily TrendSpotter trading system is a “Buy.” Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

  • TrendSpotter: Buy
  • Short-Term Indicators: 60% Buy
  • Medium-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
  • Long-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
  • Overall Average 88% Buy

Chart of the Day provided by www.Barchart.com.