TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Monday

Stocks were mixed on Friday, and nearly
unchanged for the week.
Nonfarm payrolls for
November rose 215,000, near expectations; the unemployment rate was 5%.
Average hourly earnings rose +0.2%.
Crude climbed to a
three-week high, up 1% on the week.

Starbucks
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reported
November comps rose 7%–much higher than the 4.4% anticipated.

Ford
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will close plants in St.
Louis, Atlanta and St. Paul; 7500 workers are employed at these locations.

Novell
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beat by 0.04, ex-items.

Now, here are a few stocks to watch on Monday:

Joseph A. Bank
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reports before the bell Monday; look for 0.31.

Disney
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raised its
dividend 12%, to 0.27.

UPS
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may rally from a pullback.

Citigroup
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may also rally from a pullback.

As might Wells Fargo
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.

And Affymetrix
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American Pharmaceutical
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is oversold and
may bounce.

Brice Wightman


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