TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know About For Thursday

November 30, 2005
Brice Wightman

A bright start to the session turned into a
disappointing finish.Â Stocks started the day by
moving higher after positive third quarter GDP was released but traders
enthusiasm waned through the morning before selling took over as the dominant
theme in the afternoon.

A slew of economic data hit the market today and when it was
all said and done Treasuries were lower and
the US Dollar Index higher.

TradingMarkets.com published some brand new
research today on what the month of December is likely to have in store for the
stock market. Our research, titled “Will
December Be Up Or Down?” showed some interesting results when comparing
all Decembers with those that have followed a market that is up after the first
11-months (as it is this year).

Economic Recap

The Mortgage Bankers Association‘s Weekly
Market Index Down 1.8%; Purchase Index Up 0.8%, Refi Index Down 6.3% (report).

GDP Revised To 4.3% Growth In Q3 (report).

Chicago PMI At 61.7 In Nov. (report).

EIA: Crude Oil Inventories Down 4.2 Mln.
Barrels. Gasoline Inventories Down 500,000 Barrels (report).

Beige Book: Economic Activity Continued To
Expand From Mid-October Through Mid-November (report).

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Aeropostale
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total net sales for November increased 26.7% to $134.3 million from $106.0
million in the year-ago period (more).

American Eagle Outfitters
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said its November Comparable store sales increased 1.7% from the same period
last year (more).

Men’s Wearhouse
(
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company sales for November rose 7.5% to $133.7 million from $124.3 million in
the same period of last year (more).

Synopsys
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quarter revenue of $254.8 million, an 11% increase compared to $230.6 million
for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004 (more).

Highwoods Properties
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that it has an executed contract to sell in a single transaction $143 million of
non-core assets in Atlanta, Columbia and Tampa to Capital Partners (more).

Max Re Capital
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preliminary estimates indicate that its fourth quarter earnings will be
adversely affected by $40 million following Hurricane Wilma (more).

Florida Rock Industries
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reported fourth quarter earnings of $46.55 million, compared to $23.99 million
in the corresponding quarter of last year (more).