TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday
A loud cheer was heard up and down Wall Street today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average shattered the 10,000 barrier for the first time in a year. Stocks surged higher on better than expected retail news and solid earnings from several big names. Deep seated economic troubles were ignored as the bulls took firm control of the session. The DJIA closed up 144.80, the tech heavy Nasdaq added 32.34, and the broad based S&P 500 surged higher by 18.83.
Here are 7 stocks you need to know about for Thursday.
Search engine pioneer, Google
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$2.38 is the expected EPS for Dow heavyweight International Business Machine‘s
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During the trading session, Safeway
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Zip, nada, zilch or 0 is the hoped for third quarter EPS for Southwest Airlines
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Cell phone handset maker, Nokia
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Monster bank, Goldman Sachs
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Citigroup
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