The U.S. annual shopping spree has begun and is expected to be the busiest buying season over the recent years. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), holiday sales (November and December) will see a solid 4.1% jump to $616.9 bn.

I wanted to find 5 Large Caps with good momentum so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 500 Large Cap Index stocks for the ones with the most frequent new highs in the last month, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

On October 23, The Macerich Company announced a 4.8% increase in its quarterly dividend. Matt likes that increase and highlights a number of reasons he's staying bullish on the stock.