This week's heavy market sell-off could bode well for certain stocks, including Tesla and Moderna , based on one popular metric. Investors are reeling from a tough session on Thursday, with the S & P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite losing more than 1% each during the day's trading session, and the latter falling deeper into correction territory as Meta and Alphabet dragged the index down. All three major averages are on track for steep weekly declines.
Pro used FactSet data to screen for the most overbought and oversold names in the S & P 500 based on their 14-day relative strength index, or RSI. A stock with a 14-day RSI greater than 70 is considered to be overbought and at risk of a pullback. A high RSI typically signals that investors are getting too optimistic about a stock in the near term.
's "Squawk Box" that the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict have created "unprecedented demand" for munitions. Dollar General , which has a 14-day RSI of 76.86, is also overbought. Analysts covering the stock forecast a 4.6% upside for the company's stock price, and less than 30% rate it a buy. Dollar General shares have jumped 13% this month and are on pace for a nearly 4% gain this week.
's Michael Bloom contributed reporting.
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