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U.S. Stocks Soar … Apple Smashes Earnings Estimates … Asian Stocks Rally on Government Stimulus … Chinese Growth at 6.8% for Q4, Slowest in Years … Earnings on Deck for Today Include: AMD, GOOG, MSFT, LMT, NOK …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

  • Apple
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    announced quarterly earnings Wednesday after the market closed, blowing away estimates by a wide margin of more than 30 cents.

  • Also announcing earnings after the bell on Wednesday was eBay
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    , which reported quarterly results that were in line with analyst expectations.

  • Announcing its quarterly earnings before the market opens on Thursday, Lockheed Martin
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    is expected to report earnings per share of 1.92

  • Earnings per share of 37 cents is what analysts are expecting Nokia
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    to report on Thursday when the company makes its quarterly earnings announcement.

  • Advanced Micro Devices
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    will report earnings on Thursday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting an earnings per share loss of 54 cents.

  • Also reporting earnings Thursday after the bell are both Google
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    and Microsoft
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    . Analysts are expecting Google to announce earnings per share of 4.96. For its part, Microsoft is expected to report EPS of 49 cents.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Usec Inc. USU 8
iShares iBoxx Inv. Grade Corp Bond ETF LQD 8
iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF TLT 7
SkyWest Inc. SKYW 7
Ryanair Holdings PLC RYAAY 7

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