Kate Stalter is a freelance market writer for RealMoney. From 2001 until 2010, she was a writer at Investor's Business Daily and hosted the "Market Wrap" video at Investors.com. She wrote and edited IBD columns including "The Real Most Active," "Stocks In The News" and "Investor's Corner." Stalter co-hosted webcasts with TD Ameritrade and regularly presented at IBD investing seminars nationwide. She received her MBA in finance and marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

These three names have all put in impressive price action of late -- and their fundamentals are solid, to boot.
Let's look at several top-performers from this important gauge of consumer spending.
Amid a wider pullback, these tech names continue to flash technical strength -- and solid fundamentals.
These lesser-known names could make some moves after they report later this week.
These small-caps are on the move, and some are offering nice entry points.
These three small-cap medical-services companies offer potential gains amid earnings season.
Liquidity Services and Conn's are performing well.
This favorite asset category yields many constructive investment ideas.
Cabela’s, Fossil and Francesca’s boast outstanding earnings and intriguing share price action.
Temporary staffing, Web-based training, and consulting and research firms benefit from the no-hiring trend.

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| May 16, 2012
| 4:04 PM EDT
U.S. stocks again gave up early gains and finished Wednesday lower....
| May 16, 2012
| 2:58 PM EDT
Stocks are hovering around flat, but the credit market is trading very poorly. Bid-wanteds in cash are rolling in, especially in the go-go financial names....

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