Monday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets
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U.S. Stocks Index Futures Lower Overnight … Asian Stocks Slide, Financial and Tech Lead Lower … ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index Data Due Today … Steelers Win Super Bowl, 27-23 … Earnings on Deck for Today Include HUM, RCII, SNDK …
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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today |
Here are 7 stocks for traders for today from TradingMarkets.com:
- AFLAC
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PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings on Monday, with analysts expecting EPS of 1.00. - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche’s bid for the rest of Genentech
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PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings on Monday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting earnings per share loss of 60 cents. - Announcing quarterly earnings on Monday is Humana
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PowerRating) which is expected to report EPS of 1.07. - Earnings per share of 38 cents is what analysts are expecting from Sysco
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PowerRating) when it reports quarterly earnings on Monday.. - Exxon Mobil
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PowerRating) announced record full year profits despite the fall in the price of oil., beating analyst estimates. Also surprising to the upside in terms of earnings on Friday was Chevron Corporation
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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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| Sequenom Inc. | SQNM | 9 |
| ViroPharma Inc. | VPHM | 8 |
| Trico Bancshares | TCBK | 8 |
| Vanguard Extended Duration Tsy Index ETF | EDV | 8 |
| Biovail Corporation | BVF | 8 |
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When Short Term PowerRatings slide from “consider buying” to “neutral”, short term traders should consider taking at least partial profits.
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