TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday
A quadruple witching Friday had stocks finishing mixed with the Dow down and both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 up.
The Dow ended the day down 25.88. The Nasdaq Composite closed up 11.95. And the S&P 500 added 2.60.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday.
General Motors
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PowerRating) and Chrysler LLC will get more than $13 billion in loans from the Federal government to help the struggling automakers survive into the spring of 2009. An additional $4 billion will be made available to General Motors in February.
Still drawing interest after its better than expected earnings announcement Thursday after the close, Darden Restaurants
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Electronic Arts
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Among a number of financial institutions to have their outlooks downgraded by Standard and Poor’s on Friday were Goldman Sachs
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A positive forecast from Research in Motion
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Walgreen’s
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