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Markets Open to Overbought Conditions … Asian Stocks Rally on Higher Commodities Prices … Obama Considers $300 Billion Tax Cut … Israel Clashes with Hamas in Gaza … Eagles, Chargers, Cardinals, Ravens Survive NFL’s Wild Card Weekend …
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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday |
Here are 7 stocks for traders for Monday from TradingMarkets.com:
- General Motors
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For a list of today’s highest PowerRating stocks, click here.
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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today |
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Symbol | PowerRatings |
| ProShares Short QQQ ETF | PSQ | 7 |
| iShares Lehman Bros 20+ Yr Treasury ETF | TLT | 7 |
| ProShares UltraShort Utilities ETF | SDP | 7 |
| ProShares UltraShort Semiconductor ETF | SSG | 6 |
| iShares Lehman Brots 1-3 Year Bond | SHY | 6 |
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Here are the best of the articles we published this week. We hope you enjoy them and prosper from them!
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