TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday

The more overbought stocks become in the short term, the harder they correct when profit-taking arrives – at least that was the tale of the tape on Monday as overbought conditions helped bring about a 4% drop in the S&P 500.

The Dow lost 289.60. The Nasdaq Composite fell 64.86. And the S&P 500 ended the day down 37.21.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday.

Oracle
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has agreed to buy Sun Microsystems
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for $7.4 billion, the company announced Monday morning.

A number of companies are reporting quarterly earnings Tuesday morning before the market opens. Coca Cola
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is expected to announce EPS of 65 cents. Caterpillar
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, also reporting Tuesday before the bell, is expected to announce per share earnings of four cents.

IBM
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beat analyst estimates in its quarterly earnings report on Monday.

23 cents is what analysts are expecting to hear from TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
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, when it reports quarterly earnings Tuesday morning.

Among those companies reporting quarterly earnings after the market closes on Tuesday is Yahoo!
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. Analysts are expecting to hear earnings per share of 8 cents from the internet company.

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