The Globe and Mail attempts to identify companies that have grown fundamentally in the long term and have appreciated in price in the short term in its Thursday, Sept. 20, edition. The Globe's Ian Tam writes in the Number Cruncher column that compared with the S&P 500, the S&P/TSX composite index really has not done much of anything this year. Weak markets in February and a strong rally in May adds up to a year-to-date return of about 2 per cent. However, Mr. Tam says this is not to say that there is no momentum in the Canadian markets. This week, Mr. Tam says he looked for momentum-oriented names that have been growing their long-term fundamentals but have also exhibited recent positive price momentum. To make his picks he sorted through the largest 250 stocks in Canada. He looked at five-year sales, earnings and cash-flow growth. He considered average return on equity over the past five years. To qualify, stocks needed to be ranked in the top quartile of the universe after sorting on the above criteria. Mr. Tam's recommended stocks are Domtar, ATS Automation Tooling Systems, TFI International, Alimentation Couche-Tard and Enghouse Systems.