TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Thursday

  • October 19, 2005
  • Brice Wightman

Stocks rallied Wednesday on a
raft of good earnings reports. Altria
(MO)
beat by 0.05 and narrowed its earnings forecast. Yahoo (YHOO)
beat by 0.04. Motorola (MOT)
beat by 0.02. General Dynamics (GD)
beat by 0.09; net income was $374 million.

The Fed’s Beige Book was also bullish,
saying that the economy continues to grow.

The CBOT (BOT) priced 3.2 million shares
at $54, above the range. The stock opened at 87 and closed at $80.32.

Now, here are a few stock to watch on Thursday:

Amgen (AMGN)
beat by 0.03 and reaffirmed FY 2005 $3.10 – $3.20. 

Ford
(
F |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) is expected to report (0.09) before the bell.

Pfizer
(
PFE |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) is due to report 0.48 before the market opens.

SBC Communications
(
SBC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) is expected to report 0.41 before the bell.

Google
(
GOOG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) is scheduled to report $1.36.

Tractor Supply (TSCO)
beat by 0.02 and guided higher.

Home Depot
(
HD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had a wide range bar and a huge volume day.
There was a 10 million share block trade at 1:45 PM.
Plus, a lot of people are going to be buying plywood and generators before
Wilma.

Brice Wightman

 

 

Stocks rallied Wednesday on a
raft of good earnings reports. Altria
(MO)
beat by 0.05 and narrowed its earnings forecast. Yahoo (YHOO)
beat by 0.04. Motorola (MOT)
beat by 0.02. General Dynamics (GD)
beat by 0.09; net income was $374 million.

The Fed’s Beige Book was also bullish,
saying that the economy continues to grow.

The CBOT (BOT) priced 3.2 million shares
at $54, above the range. The stock opened at 87 and closed at $80.32.

Now, here are a few stock to watch on Thursday:

Amgen (AMGN)
beat by 0.03 and reaffirmed FY 2005 $3.10 – $3.20. 

Ford
(
F |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) is expected to report (0.09) before the bell.

Pfizer
(
PFE |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) is due to report 0.48 before the market opens.

SBC Communications
(
SBC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) is expected to report 0.41 before the bell.

Google
(
GOOG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) is scheduled to report $1.36.

Tractor Supply (TSCO)
beat by 0.02 and guided higher.

Home Depot
(
HD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had a wide range bar and a huge volume day.
There was a 10 million share block trade at 1:45 PM.
Plus, a lot of people are going to be buying plywood and generators before
Wilma.

Brice Wightman

 

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