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Profit-taking in Financials Leads U.S. Stocks Lower … PG Raises Dividend … INTC Smashes EPS Estimates … EBAY Plans Skype Spinoff … Overbought ETFs for Today Include: SMH, OIH, VHT …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for today from TradingMarkets.com:

  • Intel Corporation
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    announced EPS of 11 cents Tuesday after the bell, far beyond analyst expectations of three cents per share.

  • Abbott Laboratories
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    reports quarterly earnings Wednesday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of 70 cents.

  • Also reporting earnings before the bell on Wednesday is Charles Schwab
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    . EPS of 16 cents is what analysts expect to hear from the brokerage.

  • General Motors
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    announced a recall of 1.5 million cars due to concerns about an engine part that could possible cause a fire.

  • The weak retail sales report on Tuesday seemed to hit Macy’s
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    hardest. The stock was down more than 6% one day after closing above its 200-day moving average for the first time since the summer of 2007.

  • After the impressive quarterly earnings performance from Goldman Sachs, investors, traders and analysts have begun to wonder whether or not Citigroup
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    and JP Morgan Chase
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    will also show surprisingly good profitability when they announce earnings later this week. JP Morgan Chase reports earnings on Thursday. Citigroup reports earnings on Friday.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Zion Oil & Gas ZN 8
Mylan Inc. MYL 8
ITT Educational Services ESI 8
Zoran Corporation ZRAN 7
Aqua America Inc. WTR 7

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Most sectors were lower on Tuesday, but selling was the most aggressive in the financial sector. As a result, leveraged ETFs like the ProShares Ultra Financials ETF was down more than 8% late in trading.

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