I wanted to find which S&P 400 Mid Cap stocks had the highest price appreciation in the past year. I used Barchart to sort the Index for those winners.

The railroad and railcar industry has a long rich history in North America. Though often thought of as a legacy industry, they are still very important to the modern economy.

Today I wanted to find the 5 Mid Cap stocks that I thought had the best technical indicators and charts. I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks first for the best technical buy signals and next used to Flipchart feature to find the chart with the most consistent price momentum.

Welcome to edition 216 of Insider Weekends. Insider buying increased last week with insiders buying $113.26 million of stock compared to $60.16 million in the week prior.

Below are charts with the strength/bullish intensity scores for the strongest stocks on Twitter for the week and month ending 5/6/14.

To execute a value-based investment strategy, one must truly understand the profitability and valuation of a company.