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Small-cap stocks have come to the forefront this month, says MoneyShow’s Tom Aspray, who has two names with strong charts and positive revenue growth that he likes for new purchases on the current pullback.

September has been a strong month for small-cap stocks, as the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (IWM) has risen 5.2%. The all-time highs from May 2011 have been slightly exceeded.

The relative performance analysis for the past year has favored the large-cap Spyder Trust (SPY) over the small-cap IWM. But this has now changed, and typically a shift in the RS analysis in favor of small caps lasts for three to four months or more.

Tracking a basket of stocks based on their revenue instead of their capitalization is a relatively new approach. RevenueShares introduced its first three revenue-tracking ETFs in 2008, with the rationale that revenue is more difficult to manipulate than net income.

Both their large-cap and small-cap revenue ETFs are now leading the market higher, and these two small-cap high-revenue stocks have just broken out.

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Chart Analysis: The RevenueShares Large Cap ETF (RWL) is a relatively small ($150 million) and rather thin ETF with three-month average volume of 24,000. This is way too thin for me to recommend, but it gives an interesting perspective on high-revenue, high-cap stocks.

• The weekly chart shows the completion of a 16 month triangle or flag formation (lines a and b). The spike on May 1 was likely the result of someone placing a market not a limit order.


• The completion of the chart formation suggests these stocks may take over a leadership role for some time.


• The next upside targets are in the $29 area, then $32.


• The RS analysis moved through its yearlong downtrend two weeks ago, and shows a completed bottom formation.


• The volume last week was the highest since June, and the on-balance volume (OBV) has broken through resistance (line d).


• There is initial support now at $26.40, with stronger levels at $25.40.

The RevenueShares Small Cap ETF (RWJ) is also small ($114 million) and has fairly low volume. The weekly chart shows that it has also broken through long-term resistance (line e).

• The 127.2% Fibonacci target is at $41.50.


• The flag formation has upside targets in the $48 area.


• The relative performance has surged above its prior high after holding good support (line g).


• Volume last week was almost 600,000, and was the highest since August 2010, as RWJ was starting a dramatic new rally.


• There is initial support for RWJ now at $36.80, with stronger levels at $35 to $35.50.

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