Thursday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets

  • November 6, 2008
  • David Penn

Good Morning!

Stocks Sell Off Following Historic U.S. Presidential Election … Asian Stocks Lower on Earnings Worries … ECB, Bank of England Rate Cut Decisions Today … Beazer Homes USA, Walt Disney, Hansen Natural, Jones Soda, Anheuser-Busch Report Earnings

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday

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

  • Reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday after the markets closed, Cisco Systems
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  • Beazer Homes USA
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  • Among the stocks analysts believe will outperform in a Barack Obama presidential administration were Caterpillar
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  • Medco Health Solutions
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    • Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 0.49 when Walt Disney
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  • Anheuser-Busch
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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
 Symbol PowerRatings
Usana Health Sciences Inc. USNA 9
Life Partners Holdings Inc. LPHI 8
CSG Systems International CSGS 8
Alpharma Inc. ALO 8
Ultratech Inc. UTEK 7

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