Do You Own Any Of These Top 10 Stocks?
Stocks are lower Monday on
disappointing earnings.
BellSouth
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BLS |
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PowerRating) missed by 0.05. Kimberly Clark
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PowerRating)
missed by 0.07. Quest Diagnostics
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DGX |
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PowerRating) missed by a penny.
LaBranche
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LAB |
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PowerRating) reported a <0.61> loss, vs. an estimate of 0.02.
Existing homes sales for September rose a
better-than–expected 3/1%, to an annual rate 6.75 million. Homebuilders are up
on the news. CSFB upgraded Pulte Homes
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PowerRating).
Texas Utilities
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PowerRating) increased its
dividend by 350%–to 56.25 cents per quarter–and guided higher.
According to The Investors Business Daily,
the top 10 young companies are: Chicago Mercantile Exchange
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PowerRating),
Knightsbridge Tankers
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PowerRating), Google
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PowerRating), First Marblehead
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PowerRating),
Dynamex
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DDN |
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PowerRating), Wipro
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WIT |
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PowerRating), Eurobancshares
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EUBK |
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PowerRating), Infosys
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INFY |
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PowerRating),
Whiting Petroleum
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WLL |
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PowerRating) and Cal Dive International
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CDIS |
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PowerRating).
The dollar made an 8-day low against the euro.
| Dow | -18.65 | 9738.50 |
| S&P 500 | -3.14 | 1092.60 |
| Nasdaq | -5.91 | 1909.20 |
Strong sectors are: Gold
(
XAU.X |
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PowerRating) +2.82%, AIrlines
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XAL.X |
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PowerRating) +2.11%, Utilities
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UTY.X |
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PowerRating) +1.32%.
Weak sectors are:Â Biotech
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BTK.X |
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PowerRating)
-1.71%, Oil Services
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OSX.X |
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PowerRating)
-1.17%, Retail
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RLX.X |
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PowerRating) -1.17%, .
10-year notes are: +105
at 114 020
The dollar is -0.82 at
85.05
Gold is +0.20 at 428.50
Crude Oil is -0.52 at 54.65
755 million on the Nasdaq.
Market breadth is negative.
| NYSE | Issues | |
| Advancing | 1329 | Up Vol 226 |
| Declining | 1748 | Down Vol 340 |
| Ratio | 1.31 | 1.50 |
| Nasdaq |
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| Advancing | 1289 | Up Vol 339 |
| Declining | 1552 | Down Vol 364 |
| Ratio | 1.20 | 1.07 |
Stocks in the News
Kellogg
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K |
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PowerRating) beat by 0.04 and raised estimates.
Ryder
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R |
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PowerRating) beat by 0.04.
Aon Corp.
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AON |
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PowerRating) is the latest company to be investigated by Eliot
Spitzer.
Flextronics
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PowerRating) will report after the bell. The estimate is 0.17.
Wellpoint
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PowerRating) will report after the bell. The estimate is 1.91.
Brice Wightman