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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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    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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    that it does not already own became hostile on Friday as Roche threatened to amend and lower its offer.

  • SanDisk
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    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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    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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    when it reports quarterly earnings on Monday..

  • Exxon Mobil
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    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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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
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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Stocks tumbled on Thursday with all sectors down across the board. But that was no hurdle for the $819 billion economic stimulus package, which passed in the House yesterday. See Kevin Haggerty’s commentary on why he believes the stimulus package will be a heavy anchor on the market.

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Among the exchange-traded funds that outperformed over the past week were the Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares ETF and the Rydex 2X S&P Select Sector Financial ETF, though profit-taking was intense in both funds on Friday.

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PowerRatings and Profit-Taking in Short ETFs
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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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