Thursday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets

  • October 23, 2008
  • David Penn

Good Morning!

U.S. Stocks Plunge … New Zealand Central Bank Lowers Rate … AIG Freezes Executive Payouts … Boeing Strike Bludgeons Boeing Earnings … Altria Group, Bristol Myers, Microsoft Report Earnings Today …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday

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

  • The machinist strike at Boeing
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    PowerRating)     continues to weigh heavily on the aerospace giant’s profits, which were down 38% for the third quarter.

  • Thursday after the market closes, Microsoft
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  • The global economic crisis continued to make the world difficult for mergers, with Samsung Electronics deciding to walk away from its planned acquisition of SanDisk
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  • TD Ameritrade
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  • Coal stocks were among those in the energy group to sell-off aggressively on Wednesday. Massey Energy
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    PowerRating)     fell more than 10%..

  • Reporting earnings Thursday morning before the market opens, UPS
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    PowerRating)     is expected to announce earnings per share of 0.89.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
 Symbol PowerRatings
Wilshire Bancorp WIBC 8
Transmeta Corporation TMTA 8
Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. TCBI 8
Stanley Inc. SXE 8
Wells Fargo & Company WFC 6

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