Stock to Watch: Tibco Software
The prognosis for stocks today is not good so its likely we will see better - low risk - buying opportunities over the coming days. The past couple of weeks have not been kind to momentum driven stocks and I have to go back to Friday, June 25th to find the last time my breakout scan produced potential candidates in numbers. June 25th was an odd day for markets as indices traded with indecision for the most part. Only the Russell 2000 was able to mount a defense of its 200-day MA while other indices were still coming to terms with breaks in theirs. So for the scan to turn up 31 candidates back then was a bit of a shock. Unfortunately, the vast majority of these breakout stocks suffered as traders sold into strength as markets continued their downward descent. But one, Tibco Software ( TIBX ), has managed to go one better by posting a higher close Friday (and a price higher than the one which qualified it as a breakout in the first place). The stock emerged last week from a tra