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ALJ, HWCC Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks

December 26, 2016 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net is monitoring the Seasonality of Alon USA Energy Inc. (NYSE:ALJ), Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ:HWCC) and each have a high seasonal probability to go Down in the next weeks. By identifying stocks that are poised to go up or down based on seasonal tendencies, traders can increase their odds of making money. buyins.net is able to analyze over 20 years of data in less than 1 second for any stock in the market and determine if the stock has a long or short seasonal bias, how many trading days the move is expected to last, the probability of that move and the percentage move the stock is expected to make based on the seasonal bias. The technology used to generate these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at:

The following stocks are expected to go Down:

  Symbol  Company                          Expected Return  Odds                 By The Following Date
  ALJ     Alon USA Energy Inc.             -1.67%           100.00% (11 of 11)   Tuesday, December 27th 2016
  HWCC    Houston Wire & Cable Company     -5.69%           90.00% (9 of 10)     Tuesday, January 3rd 2017

Alon USA Energy Inc. (NYSE:ALJ) - Alon USA Energy, Inc. refines and markets petroleum products, primarily in the South Central, Southwestern, and Western regions of the United States. It operates in three segments: Refining and Marketing, Asphalt, and Retail. The Refining and Marketing segment operates sour crude oil refinery located in Big Spring, Texas with a crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 73,000 barrels per day (bpd); light sweet crude oil refinery located in Krotz Springs, Louisiana with a crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 74,000 bpd; and heavy crude oil refineries located in Paramount, Bakersfield and Long Beach, California. This segment refines crude oil into petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, petrochemicals, petrochemical feedstocks, asphalt, and other petroleum-based products. It also markets motor fuels to third-party distributors under the Alon brand, as well as licenses Alon brand name. The Asphalt segment offers asphalt primarily as paving asphalt to road and materials manufacturers, and as ground tire rubber polymer modified or emulsion asphalt to highway construction/maintenance contractors. The Retail segment operates convenience stores that offer various grades of gasoline, diesel, food products and services, tobacco products, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, and general merchandise, as well as money orders to the public primarily under the 7-Eleven and Alon brands. As of December 31, 2015, this segment operated 309 owned and leased convenience store sites primarily in Central and West Texas, and New Mexico. Alon USA Energy, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas..

Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ:HWCC) - Houston Wire & Cable Company, through its subsidiaries, sells electrical and mechanical wire and cable, hardware, and related services in the United States. It offers wire and cable products, including continuous and interlocked armor cables; control and power cables; electronic wires and cables; flexible and portable cords; instrumentation and thermocouple cables; lead and high temperature cables; medium voltage cables; and premise and category wires and cables, primary and secondary aluminum distribution cables, and steel wire ropes and wire rope slings, as well as synthetic fiber rope slings, chains, shackles, and other related hardware. The company also provides private branded products comprising its proprietary brand LifeGuard, a low-smoke zero-halogen cable. Its products are used in maintenance, repair, and operations activities, and related projects; larger-scale projects in the utility, industrial, and infrastructure markets; and a range of industrial applications, such as communications, energy, engineering and construction, general manufacturing, marine construction and marine transportation, mining, construction, infrastructure, oilfield services, petrochemical, transportation, utility, and wastewater treatment. Houston Wire & Cable Company was founded in 1975 and is based in Houston, Texas..

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