5 Rocket Stocks Worth Buying This Week

BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Investors are finger-pointing this morning, looking for justification for the modestly lower direction in stocks to start the final week of February. Plausible explanations include everything from ECB cuts to G20 disappointment to oil prices to Greek debt.

Regardless of what's pushing stocks this morning (in reality, it's likely a combination of all four, plus myriad other factors on investors' minds), a little bit of perspective is needed as we sit just a couple of trading days away from a new month. So far in 2012, stocks have rallied more than 8.6% as U.S. equities post one of the strongest starts in the last decade. And on Friday, the S&P 500 rose to its highest level in nearly four years, testing an important technical resistance level at 1365.

If the index can show some continuation later this week, Mr. Market would be sending a very strong bullish signal to investors.

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To take advantage of that potential momentum, we're looking at a handful of new Rocket Stock names that could benefit:

For the uninitiated, "Rocket Stocks" are our list of companies with short-term gain catalysts and longer-term growth potential. To find them, I run a weekly quantitative screen that seeks out stocks with a combination of analyst upgrades and positive earnings surprises to identify rising analyst expectations, a bullish signal for stocks in any market. After all, where analysts' expectations are increasing, institutional cash often follows.

In the last 141 weeks, our weekly list of five plays has outperformed the S&P 500 by 81.5%.

With that, here's a look at this week's Rocket Stocks.

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