Stocks to Watch for Monday 8/01/2011: Fresh 52 Week Highs and Lows

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Friday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Allied Healthcare International AHCI: Shares of Allied Healthcare hit a 52-week high of $3.85 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.82. The year-to-date performance of Allied Healthcare has been a gain of 51.5%. 2) Expedia EXPE: Shares of Expedia hit a 52-week high of $32.89 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $31.69. The year-to-date performance of Expedia has been a gain of 27.1%. 3) Crocs CROX: Shares of Crocs hit a 52-week high of $31.70 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $31.33. The year-to-date performance of Crocs has been a gain of 83%. 4) Cerner Corp. CERN: Shares of Cerner hit a 52-week high of $68.12 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $66.49. The year-to-date performance of Cerner has been a gain of 40.3%. 5) Deckers Outdoor DECK: Shares of Deckers hit a 52-week high of $99.48 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $99.25. The year-to-date performance of Deckers has been a gain of 24.5%. 6) Jazz Pharmaceuticals JAZZ: Shares of Jazz hit a 52-week high of $41.76 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $40.47. The year-to-date performance of Jazz Pharmaceuticals has been a gain of 105.5%. 7) True Religion Apparel TRLG: Shares of True Religion hit a 52-week high of $34.53 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $33.69. The year-to-date performance of True Religion has been a gain of 51.3%. 8) BioMarin Pharmaceutical BMRN: Shares of BioMarin hit a 52-week high of $31.23 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $31.23. The year-to-date performance of BioMarin has been a gain of 16%. 9) Zoll Medical ZOLL: Shares of Zoll hit a 52-week high of $70.26 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $69.66. The year-to-date performance of Zoll has been a gain of 87.1%. 10) EV Energy Partners EVEP: Shares of EV Energy hit a 52-week high of $73.37 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $70.49. The year-to-date performance of EV has been a gain of 82%. 11) Triumph Group TGI: Shares of Triumph hit a 52-week high of $54.42 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $53.84. The year-to-date performance of Triumph has been a gain of 20.5%. 12) Colfax CFX: Shares of Colfax hit a 52-week high of $27.81 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $27.07. The year-to-date performance of Colfax has been a gain of 47%. 13) Metropolitan Health Networks MDF: Shares of Metropolitan Health hit a 52-week high of $5.75 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.66. The year-to-date performance of Metropolitan Health Networks has been a gain of 119%. 14) Stamps.com STMP: Shares of Stamps.com hit a 52-week high of $16.75 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $16.75. The year-to-date performance of Stamps.com has been a gain of 26.4%. 15) Changyou.com CYOU: Shares of Changyou.com hit a 52-week high of $52.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $51.83. The year-to-date performance of Changyou.com has been a gain of 57.8%. 16) Teledyne Technologies Inc. TDY: Shares of Teledyne hit a 52-week high of $55.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $54.23. The year-to-date performance of Teledyne has been a gain of 23.3%. The following stocks hit new 52-week lows in Friday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Chimera Investment CIM: Shares of Chimera hit a 52-week low of $2.62 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.08. The year-to-date performance of Chimera has been a loss of 19.6%. 2) Stec, Inc. STEC: Shares of Stec hit a 52-week low of $9.75 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.17. The year-to-date performance of Stec has been a loss of 42.4%. 3) Juniper Networks JNPR: Shares of Juniper hit a 52-week low of $23.14 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $23.39. The year-to-date performance of Juniper has been a loss of 36.6%. 4) Research In Motion RIMM: Shares of Research In Motion hit a 52-week low of $24.81 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $25.00. The year-to-date performance of RIMM has been a loss of 57%. 5) Waste Management WM: Shares of Waste Management hit a 52-week low of $31.49 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $31.49. The year-to-date performance of Waste Management has been a loss of 14.6%. 6) General Motors GM: Shares of General Motors hit a 52-week low of $27.81 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $27.68. The year-to-date performance of General Motors has been a loss of 24.9%. 7) Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes GOL: Shares of Gol Linhas hit a 52-week low of $7.73 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.76. The year-to-date performance of Gol Linas has been a loss of 49.1%. 8) Vistaprint N.V. VPRT: Shares of Vistaprint hit a 52-week low of $26.26 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $26.70. The year-to-date performance of Vistaprint has been a loss of 42%. 9) Best Buy BBY: Shares of Best Buy hit a 52-week low of $27.25 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $27.60. The year-to-date performance of Best Buy has been a loss of 18.7%. 10) RealD RLD: Shares of RealD hit a 52-week low of $14.50 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $15.48. The year-to-date performance of RealD has been a loss of 40.3%. 11) Applied Micro Circuits AMCC: Shares of Applied Micro hit a 52-week low of $6.02 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.31. The year-to-date performance of Applied Micro has been a loss of 40.1%. 12) Standard Pacific SPF: Shares of Standard Pacific hit a 52-week low of $2.85 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.86. The year-to-date performance of Standard has been a loss of 37.8%. 13) Hatteras Financial HTS: Shares of Hatteras hit a 52-week low of $23.80 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $26.82. The year-to-date performance of Hatteras has been a loss of 5.5%. 14) KB Home KBH: Shares of KB Home hit a 52-week low of $8.35 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.49. The year-to-date performance of KB has been a loss of 36.7%. 15) Beazer Homes USA BZH: Shares of Beazer Homes hit a 52-week low of $2.82 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.90. The year-to-date performance of Beazer has been a loss of 46.2%. 16) Radian Group RDN: Shares of Radian hit a 52-week low of $3.10 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.17. The year-to-date performance of Radian has been a loss of 60.7%. 17) AU Optronics AUO: Shares of AU hit a 52-week low of $5.47 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.51. The year-to-date performance of AU Optronics has been a loss of 45.9%. 18) Owens-Illinois OI: Shares of Owens-Illinois hit a 52-week low of $23.06 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $23.17. The year-to-date performance of Owens-Illinois has been a loss of 24.5%. 19) HCA Holdings HCA: Shares of HCA hit a 52-week low of $26.50 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $26.68. The year-to-date performance of HCA has been a loss of 14%. 20) New York Community Bancorp NYB: Shares of New York Community hit a 52-week low of $13.40 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.53. The year-to-date performance of New York Community Bancorp has been a loss of 27.1%. 21) Digital River DRIV: Shares of Digital River hit a 52-week low of $24.60 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $25.50. The year-to-date performance of Digital River has been a loss of 25.9%. 22) Old Republic International ORI: Shares of Old Republic hit a 52-week low of $10.37 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.44. The year-to-date performance of Old Republic has been a loss of 21.2%. 23) LG Display LPL: Shares of LG hit a 52-week low of $12.45 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.84. The year-to-date performance of LG Display has been a loss of 27.6%. 24) Veolia Environment S.A. VE: Shares of Veolia hit a 52-week low of $22.15 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $22.39. The year-to-date performance of Veolia has been a loss of 19.3%. 25) Oclaro OCLR: Shares of Oclaro hit a 52-week low of $4.66 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.70. The year-to-date performance of Oclaro has been a loss of 64.2%. 26) Aeropostale ARO: Shares of Aeropostale hit a 52-week low of $16.82 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $16.85. The year-to-date performance of Aeropostale has been a loss of 31.6%. 27) Computer Sciences CSC: Shares of Computer Sciences hit a 52-week low of $24.89 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $35.28. The year-to-date performance of Computer Sciences has been a loss of 28.2%. 28) Whirlpool WHR: Shares of Whirlpool hit a 52-week low of $67.77 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $69.23. The year-to-date performance of Whirlpool has been a loss of 21.1%. 29) Unisys UIS: Shares of Unisys hit a 52-week low of $20.59 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $20.77. The year-to-date performance of Unisys has been a loss of 19.8%. 30) TrustCo Bank Corp. NY TRST: Shares of TrustCo hit a 52-week low of $4.60 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.62. The year-to-date performance of TrustCo has been a loss of 25.5%. 31) Harris HRS: Shares of Harris hit a 52-week low of $39.60 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $39.87. The year-to-date performance of Harris has been a loss of 11%. 32) Delcath Systems DCTH: Shares of Delcath hit a 52-week low of $4.40 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.45. The year-to-date performance of Delcath has been a loss of 54.6%. 33) Alaska Communications ALSK: Shares of Alaska Communications hit a 52-week low of $6.85 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at 47.23. The year-to-date performance of Alaska Communications has been a loss of 31.9%. 34) P.F. Chang's China Bistro PFCB: Shares of P.F. Chang's hit a 52-week low of $32.48 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $32.93. The year-to-date performance of P.F. Chang's has been a loss of 31.2%. 35) Motricity MOTR: Shares of Motricity hit a 52-week low of $5.92 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.94. The year-to-date performance of Motricity has been a loss of 68%. 36) AOL AOL: Shares of AOL hit a 52-week low of $17.12 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.18. The year-to-date performance of AOL has been a loss of 27.5%. 37) support.com SPRT: Shares of support.com hit a 52-week low of $3.20 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.22. The year-to-date performance of support.com has been a loss of 50.3%. 38) Inergy NRGY: Shares of Inergy hit a 52-week low of $31.56 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $31.62. The year-to-date performance of Inergy has been a loss of 17.9%. 39) Wipro WIT: Shares of Wipro hit a 52-week low of $11.70 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.88. The year-to-date performance of Wipro has been a loss of 22.6%. 40) Advanced Energy Industries AEIS: Shares of Advanced Energy hit a 52-week low of $10.57 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.61. The year-to-date performance of Advanced Energy Industries has been a loss of 22.2%. 41) Alliancebernstein AB: Shares of Alliancebernstein hit a 52-week low of $16.40 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.00. The year-to-date performance of Alliancebernstein has been a loss of 24.3%. 42) Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Divers ETJ: Shares of Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Divers hit a 52-week low of $11.38 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.49. The year-to-date performance of Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Divers has been a loss of 6.6%. 43) Greenhill GHL: Shares of Greenhill hit a 52-week low of $43.79 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $44.04. The year-to-date performance of Greenhill has been a loss of 45.6%. 44) M.D.C. Holdings MDC: Shares of M.D.C. hit a 52-week low of $22.50 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $22.61. The year-to-date performance of M.D.C. has been a loss of 20.7%. 45) O2Micro International OIIM: Shares of O2Micro hit a 52-week low of $4.96 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.08. The year-to-date performance of O2Micro has been a loss of 17.8%. 46) Telephone & Data Systems TDS: Shares of Telephone & Data Systems hit a 52-week low of $28.12 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $28.36. The year-to-date performance of Telephone & Data Systems has been a loss of 21.8%. 47) Blackrock Enhanced Divided Achievers Trust BDJ: Shares of Blackrock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust hit a 52-week low of $7.56 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.62. The year-to-date performance of Blackrock Enhanced Divided Achievers Trust has been a loss of 7.9%. 48) Southwest Bancorp OKSB: Shares of Southwest hit a 52-week low of $6.15 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.20. The year-to-date performance of Southwest Bancorp has been a loss of 50%. 49) Meru Networks MERU: Shares of Meru hit a 52-week low of $8.19 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.59. The year-to-date performance of Meru has been a loss of 44.3%. 50) Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II EOS: Shares of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II hit a 52-week low of $11.07 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.29. The year-to-date performance of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II has been a loss of 3.2%. 51) Dynex Capital DX: Shares of Dynex hit a 52-week low of $9.01 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $9.10. The year-to-date performance of Dynex has been a loss of 12%. 52) Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund ETV: Shares of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities hit a 52-week low of $12.16 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.31. The year-to-date performance of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities has been a loss of 1%. 53) National CineMedia NCMI: Shares of National CineMedia hit a 52-week low of $14.55 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $14.73. The year-to-date performance of National CineMedia has been a loss of 24.3%. 54) HNI HNI: Shares of HNI hit a 52-week low of $20.30 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $20.91. The year-to-date performance of HNI has been a loss of 31.9%. 55) Checkpoint Systems CKP: Shares of Checkpoint hit a 52-week low of $15.66 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $15.70. The year-to-date performance of Checkpoint Systems has been a loss of 23.6%. 56) Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund EOI: Shares of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund hit a 52-week low of $11.27 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.42. The year-to-date performance of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund has been a loss of 5.5%. 57) North American Energy Partners NOA: Shares of North American Energy Partners hit a 52-week low of $5.95 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.08. The year-to-date performance of North American Energy has been a loss of 50.4%. 58) PartnerRe PRE: Shares of PartnerRe hit a 52-week low of $66.44 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $66.82. The year-to-date performance of PartnerRe has been a loss of 15.6%. 59) Fuel Systems Solutions FSYS: Shares of Fuel Systems hit a 52-week low of $21.11 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $21.24. The year-to-date performance of Fuel Systems Solutions has been a loss of 27.7%. 60) Cbeyond CBEY: Shares of Cbeyond hit a 52-week low of $11.11 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.23. The year-to-date performance of Cbeyond has been a loss of 26.5%. 61) Ballantyne Strong BTN: Shares of Ballantyne hit a 52-weel low of $3.80 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.82. The year-to-date performance of Ballantyne has been a loss of 50.8%. 62) Choice Hotels International CHH: Shares of Choice Hotels hit a 52-week low of $30.20 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $30.49. The year-to-date performance of Choice Hotels has been a loss of 19.5%. 63) Zillow Z: Shares of Zillow hit a 52-week low of $30.90 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $32.22. The year-to-date performance of Zillow has been a loss of 9.9%. 64) China Digital TV Holding STV: Shares of China Digital hit a 52-week low of $4.71 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.81. The year-to-date performance of China Digital has been a loss of 25.1%. 65) Mercury General MCY: Shares of Mercury hit a 52-week low of $36.75 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $37.14. The year-to-date performance of Mercury General has been a loss of 10.9%. 66) Sealy Corp. ZZ: Shares of Sealy hit a 52-week low of $2.18 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.19. The year-to-date performance of Sealy has been a loss of 25%. 67) FBR Capital Markets FBCM: Shares of FBR hit a 52-week low of $2.91 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.91. The year-to-date performance of FBR Capital has been a loss of 23.8%. 68) Griffin GFF: Shares of Griffin hit a 52-week low of $9.37 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $9.45. The year-to-date performance of Griffin has been a loss of 25.8%.