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U.S. Stocks End Week Higher … Financial Stocks Soar Led by WFC, BAC, MS … IBM Deal to Buy Sun Micro “Collapsed” … Asian Markets Advance … Most Overbought ETFs Include: XLF, EWH, SPY … Most Oversold ETFs Include: GLD, DOG, SIJ ….

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

  • Research in Motion
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    continued to climb after reporting earnings that were significantly higher than analyst expectations Thursday after the market closed. RIMM closed up more than 20% on Friday and is now more overbought below the 200-day moving average than at any point since mid-January.

  • IBM
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    will announce its acquisition of Sun Microsystems
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    on Monday. Both stocks finished higher on Friday, with JAVA up more than 3% and IBM more than 1%.

  • An analyst at Bernstein Research downgraded shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb
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    on Friday after concluding that the pharmaceutical company was unlikely to be bought out. BMY is now rated by the firm as “market perform” from “outperform.”

  • Although many health care stocks sold off on Friday, a number of biotechnology stocks advanced including those of Celgene Corporation
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    and Gilead Sciences
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  • The best performing stock in the Nasdaq 100 this past week was Wynn Resorts
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    . Trading below its 200-day moving average, WYNN has closed higher for the past four consecutive sessions.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Family Dollar Stores FDO 9
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods ETF SZK 8
ProShares Short S&P 500 ETF SH 8
Dollar Tree Inc.. DLTR 8
Zion Oil & Gas (note corrected symbol) ZN 7

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