About Equis International, Inc.
Equis International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters -- the world's premier global information company, which provides information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Founded in 1982, Equis develops and markets the award-winning MetaStock™ range of products, which are the premier brand in the charting and technical analysis arena. MetaStock™ is the best selling investment analysis software in the world - it's the 12-time winner of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities Magazine™ Reader's Choice Award for best analysis software. The MetaStock™ product suite targeted toward the individual investor includes both real-time and end of day variants of the software along with data subscriptions, plug-ins and third party products. Equis also provides graphics and technical analysis components to the Reuters product line, which serves professional traders in the world's largest financial institutions.
What is It?
The Big Movers™ Advantage:
Big Movers™ consists of Heads Up™ Thumbs-Up / Thumbs-Down recommendations that pass through a filter with the condition that stocks must have a surprise factor of greater than or equal to five percent in the direction indicated by their Thumbs-Up or Thumbs-Down Heads Up™ recommendation.
Earnings Surprise Factor - Is the percentage difference between forecasted and actual earnings per share from a company's quarterly earnings release.
How it Works
How Big Movers™ Gives Investors an Edge:
- Big Movers™ provides greater accuracy by combining the power of HeadsUp™ sentiment-based recommendations and the earnings surprise factor.
- Big Movers™ provides sentiment and surprise factor analysis in near real time from when the earnings report becomes available to help you make a Buy / Sell decision ahead of the curve.
- Big Movers™ recommendations have a surprise factor of 5% or more which typically creates greater movement in a stock and larger opportunities to profit.
How Big Movers™ Works for You:
- Big Mover Recommendation Tiffany and Co. (NYSE: TIF) on May 31, 2006. TIF had a surprise factor of 7.14%.
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