Momentum Stocks in Consideration: Actavis plc (NYSE:ACT), Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG (NYSE:AWH), Halcon Resources Corp. (NYSE:HK),

Actavis plc ( NYSE:ACT) declared that Maria Teresa Hilado will join the firm, effective December 8, 2014, as CFO Ms. Hilado joins Actavis from PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP), where she has served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer since 2009. Previous to PepsiCo, she served as VP and Treasurer for Schering-Plough Corporation from 2008 to 2009. Actavis plc (NYSE:ACT) Trend Analysis begun last trade with a price of $245.58 and throughout the trading session climbed at a high of $246.82. The day-trade ended with -0.85% to $243.63. The stock is going forward to its 52 week low with 55.77% and lagging behind from its 52 week high price with -4.24%. ACT last month stock price volatility remained 2.99%.Allied World Assurance Co Holdings, AG. (NYSE:AWH) reported that its U.S. unit has signed an contract to purchase Latin American Holdings (LAU), a program administrator that has underwritten trade credit and political risk coverages solely for AWH since 2010. Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG (NYSE:AWH) Trend Analysis stock price closed at $37.25 with the total traded volume of 432362 shares. Its price to sales ratio ended at 1.45. Its market capitalization is 3.591 Billion. The stock owned by the Financial Institutions was 88.40% while by insiders was 1.20%.Halcon Resources Corp (NYSE:HK) released that its third quarter earnings of $0.03 a share, $0.03 lower than the Capital IQ Consensus anticipates of $0.06. Production rose 16 percent quarter over prior year quarter to an average of 43,554 barrels of oil equivalent per day (Boe/d). Halcon Resources Corp. (NYSE:HK) Trend Analysis has the market capitalization of 1.273 Billion. Shares of firm plunged -7.08% to close at $3.02 with the total traded volume of 7.44 Million. The firm has current ratio of 0.70 for the most recent quarter.