Zacks.com Announces That Gregory Spear Highlights the Following Stocks: Taser, Ventiv, and Amedisys.CHICAGO -- We may have entered the next leg of a bull market, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gregory Spear, but this expert is going to wait for an orderly pullback Pullback A falling back of a price from its peak. This type of price movement might be seen as a brief reversal of the prevailing upward trend, signaling a slight pause in upward momentum. before getting involved. Read about Taser (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :TASR TASR Tlacova Agentura Slovenskej Republiky (News Agency of the Slovak Republic) TASR Terminal Airport Surveillance Radar TASR Tactical Automated Situational Receiver TASR Telecommunication Assessment Survey Report ), Ventiv (NASDAQ:VTIV), and Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED AMED Allied and Alternative Medicine (database / base de donnée) AMED Association for Management Education and Development AMED Army Medical (US Army) AMED Army Medical Department ). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84 Highlights from the November 5th Featured Expert column by Gregory Spear includes: So much for that buyable pullback Gregory Spear was hoping for. The senior indices marked time for an hour to catch their breath and then rallied steadily into the close as oil prices plummeted over $2 over the course of the day, ending below $49. This is the bullish linkage Spear and his team have been anticipating as a driver for the rally and it is kicking in a tad earlier than expected. If you had any doubt that we have started the next leg of the 2002 cyclical cyclical Of or relating to a variable, such as housing starts, car sales, or the price of a certain stock, that is subject to regular or irregular up-and-down movements. bull market, it was most likely dispelled on Thursday. This impressive performance, which now looks a little like a buying panic buying panic A period of rapidly rising stock prices on very high volume as investors, speculators, traders, and institutions attempt to establish investment positions without regard to price. , is typical of the first week or two of a bull leg. What's Hot Taser (NASDAQ:TASR) announced a 2:1 stock split and a large order from the city of Houston. This triggered a short squeeze Short Squeeze A situation in which a lack of supply and an excess demand for a traded stock forces the price upward. Notes: Short squeezes occur more often in smaller cap stocks with small floats. , as 84% of the 19 million share float is sold short. The candle suggests that TASR may challenge old highs near $60. Ventiv (NASDAQ:VTIV): For the six months ended 6/30/04, revenues increased 62% to $145.9 million, while net income totaled $9.8 million, up from $2 million. The company reports earnings before the bell on 11/8. They boosted guidance on 8/31 so Spear doesn't expect a negative surprise. Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) reported service revenue increased by 58% and an increase in net income for the quarter of approximately 117%. The stock is starting a breakout from a solid 7-month base and has 13% of the 9.8 million share float sold short. 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