TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday

  • February 27, 2009
  • David Penn

Sellers dominated both the open and the close on Friday, helping drive stocks deeper into oversold territory below the 200-day moving averages. Among the stronger stocks were technology companies including Dell
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The Dow lost 119.15. The Nasdaq Composite fell 13.63. And the S&P 500 closed lower by 17.74.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday.

The U.S. Treasury reached a deal with Citigroup
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In another effort to support its credit rating, General Electric
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Fannie Mae
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IBM
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A forecast of resilient consumer demand made discount wireless operator Leap Wireless
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Also announcing earnings on Monday are home entertainment-related companies, TiVo Inc.
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