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West Coast Bancorp Shares Up 10.3% Since SmarTrend's Buy Recommendation (WCBO)Dec 31, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) Spotlight via COMTEX) -- SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for West Coast Bancorp (NASDAQ:WCBO) on July 3rd, 2012 at $20.02. In approximately 6 months, West Coast Bancorp has returned 10.34% as of today's recent price of $22.09. Over the past year, West Coast Bancorp has traded in a range of $12.91 to $23.00 and is now at $22.09, 71% above that low. Over the last five market days, the 200-day moving average (MA) has gone up 0.4% while the 50-day MA has declined 0.2%. West Coast Bancorp is the holding company for West Coast Bank. The Bank provides community banking and related services to individuals, professionals, and small and medium-sized businesses through a network of offices in western Oregon and southwestern Washington. SmarTrend will continue to scan these moving averages and a number of other proprietary indicators for any shifts in the trajectory of West Coast Bancorp shares.Log in and add West Coast Bancorp (WCBO) to your watchlist today so you can receive a real-time alert when the shares are about to change trend. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup |