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U.S. Stocks Begin Week Overbought … Asian Stocks Advance on Japanese Stimulus, Lower Yen … Gold, Education Among Top PowerRatings Stocks … Navy Snipers Free Captain from Pirates … Overbought ETFs for Today Include: DIA, QLD, UYG, XLU, EEM ….

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

  • Both Bank of America
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    and Wells Fargo
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    soared higher by more than 30% and 20%, respectively on Thursday due to surprisingly strong earnings and word that all 19 of the banks currently taking the administration’s “stress tests” will pass those tests.

  • Shares of Wal-Mart
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    retreated on an otherwise bullish day on Thursday due to disappointing same-store sales. Rival Target
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    , by contrast, saw its shares rally by more than 5% on the day.with sales that were not as weak as expected.

  • Gapping higher at the open and closing up more than 47% was Textron Inc.
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    on Thursday. The company is subject to widespread rumors that it might be taken over by Lockheed Martin Corporation
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    or Raytheon Company
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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
ITT Educational Services ESI 9
Newmont Mining Corporation NEM 8
Intuit Inc. INTU 8
Aqua America Inc. WTR 7
PetMed Express Inc. PETS 7

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