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EQY, HQL, QDEL, GBX, LKFN, RJF, Expected to Trade Higher After Bullish Insider Trading

August 12, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / http://www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring top insider trading patterns and these stocks are the most likely to trade Higher in the next 6 months. EQUITY ONE, INC. (NYSE:EQY), H & Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS (NYSE:HQL), QUIDEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:QDEL), GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC. (THE) (NYSE:GBX), LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:LKFN), RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. (NYSE:RJF) are all expected to go Higher as Buy signals have been generated by top insider trading patterns. The most important data elements considered when performing insider analysis are: Insiders Track Record - An insiders track record is best summarized by the Insider Score which ranges from 1 (least predictive) to 100 (most predictive) based on prior trading performance. In addition, the actual returns following the insiders prior trades are included to determine the potential magnitude of future returns. Insiders Role - Trades by higher-level insiders are generally more predictive than trades by lower level insiders. Higher-level insiders to include Chairman (CB), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President (P), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Vice Chairman (VC).

The chart below displays the stocks expected to go Higher along with the insider name, position, predictive insider score, 6 month expected return and number of trading decisions included in the score.

     Symbol     Company Name                        Insider Name                        Role        Shares         Insider Score     Avg 6 Month Return     # of Dec. 
     EQY        EQUITY ONE, INC.                    Katzman, Chaim                      CB          326,868        85                3.0%                   133       
     HQL        H & Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS       Omstead, Daniel R                   P           10,000         83                7.0%                   9         
     QDEL       QUIDEL CORPORATION                  Schuler, Jack W                     D           100,000        84                20.6%                  5         
     GBX        GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC. (THE)     Furman, William A                   CEO         29,200         79                31.3%                  10        
     LKFN       LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION      Welch, M Scott                      D           6,000          97                12.3%                  25        
     RJF        RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC.       Godbold, Francis Stanley            OD          24,589         91                17.1%                  6         

The insider buying report presents recent insider purchases, reported on Forms 3, 4, and 5 filed with the SEC. The transactions are aggregated to a 'decision' level which simplifies the data analysis. A decision is a grouping of buying or selling by an individual at the specified company.

EQUITY ONE, INC. (NYSE:EQY) - Equity One, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership, management, acquisition, renovation, and development of neighborhood and community shopping centers in the United States. Its shopping centers are anchored by supermarkets, drug stores, or discount retail store chains. As of December 31, 2006, the companys property portfolio consisted of 179 properties, including 166 shopping centers, 6 development parcels, and 7 non-retail properties. As a REIT, Equity One would not be subject to federal tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in North Miami Beach, Florida with an additional office in Israel.

H & Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS (NYSE:HQL) - H&Q Life Sciences Investors

QUIDEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:QDEL) - Quidel Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of diagnostic testing solutions for applications primarily in infectious diseases, and reproductive and womens health. It provides point-of-care and other diagnostic tests under the QuickVue, QuickVue+, Quidel, and MicroVue brand names. The company offers products for infectious diseases, such as Influenza, Group A Strep, and Respiratory Syncitial Virus test; and for reproductive and women's health, including pregnancy, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Bone Health. It also provides Immunoassay fecal occult blood test used to detect the presence of blood in stool specimens; and Helicobacter pylori test, a serological test to measure antibodies circulating in the blood caused by the immune response to the H. pylori bacterium. In addition, the company offers veterinary products; and clinical laboratory and research tests that are used in the measurement of circulating immune complexes, complement deficiencies, and complement activation. Quidel Corporation sells its products to professionals for use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, universities, retail clinics, and wellness screening centers through a network of national and regional distributors, and a direct sales force in the United States, as well as through distributor arrangements primarily in Japan, Europe, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in San Diego, California.

GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC. (THE) (NYSE:GBX) - The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of railroad freight car equipment in North America and Europe. It offers double-stack railcars; boxcars used in forest products, automotive, perishables, and general merchandise applications; covered hopper cars for grain and cement industries; gondolas and coil cars for steel and metal markets; conventional railcars; center partition cars for forest products industry; bulkhead flat cars; flat cars for automotive transportation; and solid waste service flat cars. The company also provides pressurized tank cars for liquid petroleum gas and ammonia; non-pressurized tank cars for light oil and chemical products; coal cars; and sliding wall cars, as well as ocean-going barges, including conventional deck barges, double-hull tank barges, railcar/deck barges, barges for aggregates, and other heavy industrial products and ocean-going barges. In addition, it involves in the repair and refurbishment of railcars for third parties, as well as for its own leased and managed fleet; provision of wheel services, including reconditioning of wheels, axles, and roller bearings; and production of recondition railcar cushioning units, couplers, yokes, side frames, and bolsters, as well as roofs, doors, and associated parts for boxcars. Further, the company offers finance lease programs. Additionally, it provides management services that comprise railcar maintenance management; railcar accounting services, such as billing and revenue collection, and car hire receivable and payable administration; and fleet management, including railcar tracking, administration, and remarketing. The company also produces railcar castings through a joint venture. It owns approximately 8,000 railcars; and provides management services for approximately 225,000 railcars for railroads, shippers, carriers, institutional investors, and other leasing companies. The company was founded in 1974 and is based in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:LKFN) - Lakeland Financial Corporation operates as a holding company of Lake City Bank, which provides various commercial and retail banking, wealth advisory, and investment management services in Indiana. The company accepts savings deposits, checking accounts, time deposits, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, and health savings accounts. It provides commercial, real estate, and agricultural loans; direct and indirect consumer loans; and commercial and residential real estate mortgage loans, as well as home equity lines of credit and retail installment loans, including indirect automotive financing. In addition, the company offers retail and merchant credit card services, corporate treasury management services, retirement services, bond administration, safe deposit box services, and trust and brokerage services, as well as involves in the sale of securities under agreements to repurchase. Further, it provides retail brokerage services, including various financial and investment products, such as annuities and life insurance; and Internet business banking and on-line treasury management services. As of December 31, 2009, the company had 43 offices in 12 counties in Northern Indiana, as well as a loan production office in Indianapolis. The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana.

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. (NYSE:RJF) - Raymond James Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the underwriting, distribution, trading, and brokerage of equity and debt securities, as well as the sale of mutual funds and other investment products in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Its Private Client Group segment provides securities brokerage services, including the sale of equities, mutual funds, fixed income products, and insurance products to their individual clients; and correspondent clearing services to other broker-dealer firms. The companys Capital Markets segment offers securities brokerage, trading, and research services to institutions with a focus on the sale of U.S. and Canadian equities and fixed income products; and manages participation in underwritings, merger and acquisition services, and public finance activities. Raymond James Financials Asset Management segment provides investment portfolio management services, mutual fund management, and trust services, as well as offers fee-based programs for portfolio management services customers. The companys RJ Bank segment offers consumer, residential, and commercial loans, as well as FDIC-insured deposit accounts. Its Emerging Markets segment has interest in joint ventures that operate in securities brokerage, investment banking, and asset management in Turkey and Latin America. The companys Stock Loan/Borrow segment involves in borrowing and lending securities from and to other broker-dealers, financial institutions, and other counterparties, primarily as an intermediary. Raymond James Financials Proprietary Capital segment consists of principal capital and private equity activities, including various direct and third party private equity and merchant banking investments, short-term special situation mezzanine and bridge investments, and private equity funds. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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