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Stocks in Asia Rally on G7 Optimism … U.K. Takes Stake in Four Major Banks … Europeans Back Banks Refinancing … GM, Chrysler Merger Considered … Earnings This Week: INTC, JPM, WFC, C, EBAY, GOOG

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday

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

  • Concerns over the weakening economy led Macy’s
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    to warn that annual profits might be lower than previously forecast. At its lowest on Friday, the stock was off by more than 9%.

  • Among those financial stocks rebounding on Friday were shares of Wachovia
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    , up more than 34%.

  • Johnson & Johnson [JNJ] reports earnings Tuesday morning before the bell. Analysts are expecting EPS of 1.12.

  • Traders worried that Morgan Stanley
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    might face a cut in its credit rating by Moody’s sent shares of the stock lower by more than 20%.

  • Reporting earnings before the market opens on Tuesday, PepsiCo
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    is expected to announce EPS of 1.08.

  • Falling oil prices led to lower prices for major oil service company like Exxon-Mobil
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    , which lost more than 8% on Friday.

  • Capital One Financial
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    announced on Friday that it would no longer provide inventory financing to automobile dealers in New York and New Jersey.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Philadelphia Consolidated Holdings PHLY 9
Jos. A Bank Clothiers JOSB 9
Life Partners Holdings LPHI 9
Foundry Networks Inc. FDRY 9
Fording Canadian Coal Trust FDG 9

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