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U.S. Stocks Rally on Leadership from Financials … Blue Chips Enter Overbought Area Below 200-Day … Technology Best Performing Sector in 2009 … Asian Markets Advance … Earnings on Deck for Today Include: MON, RIMM, SCHN ….

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

  • Monsanto
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    reports quarterly earnings Thursday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of 2.09.

  • Also reporting earnings before the bell on Thursday is Schnitzer Steel Industries
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    . The steelmaker is expected to announce per share earnings of 15 cents.

  • Goldman Sachs cut it first quarter sales forecast for Google
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    , citing drops in the Euro and pound.

  • Research in Motion
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    is expected to announce per share earnings of 84 cents Thursday after the market closes.

  • Also announcing earnings after the bell on Thursday is Immucor Inc.
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    , which is expected to report EPS of 22 cents.

  • Closing lower for a fourth consecutive trading session in a row were shares of Amgen
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    . But the selling was even more aggressive in Celgene Corporation
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    , which dropped by more than 14% after announcing that ther profits for 2009 would be at the lower end of the forecast range.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation SWHC 9
Starent Networks Corporation STAR 8
Pap John’s International Inc. PZZA 8
Buffalo Wild Wings BWLD 8
Intermune Inc. ITMN 8

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