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U.S. Stocks Fall on Monday as Sellers Dominate Financial Shares … Asian Stocks Lower on Commodity Weakness … Bernanke Speaks, Takes Questions in London Speech Today … Abbott Labs to Buy Advanced Medical …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for today from TradingMarkets.com:

  • In its earnings announcement after the market closed on Monday, Alcoa
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    reported an EPS loss of 28 cents against expectations of a 5 cent loss.

  • Citigroup
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    stands to gain as much as $10 billion by selling a controlling interest in its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley
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    . Both stocks were lower on Monday, Citigroup dramatically so in losing more than 17%.

  • Goldman Sachs
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    added Harley-Davidson
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    to its “conviction selling” list. Goldman also cut its price target on the stock to $11.

  • General Motors
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    CEO Rick Wagoner said that his company had enough cash on hand to make it through the spring and was still optimistic about avoiding Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The stock was higher on the day.

  • Linear Technology Corporation
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    reports quarterly earnings Tuesday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 34 cents.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Omnicare Inc. OCR 9
Athena Health Inc. ATHN 9
Viropharma Inc. VPHM 8
Netflix Inc. NFLX 8
Skywest Inc. SKYW 8

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Back in the Soup
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As we head into earnings season, Gary Kaltbaum comments on the market’s dismal performance last week, while taking the government to task for its continued interference in the market.

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Let’s face it — the markets are unpredictable. But amid all the chaos, there is a very orderly way to approach trading and to make consistent profits and that is by knowing how to read stock charts and making trades that are rooted in solid technical analysis.

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ETFs linked to fixed income rallied from oversold conditions above their respective 200-day moving averages on Monday. These included the iShares Lehman Brothers 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF and the iShares Lehman Brother Aggregate Bond ETF.

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5 PowerRatings Stocks for the Next 5 Days
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Looking for stocks that are likely to be higher than the average stock over the next 5 days? Our 5 PowerRatings Stocks for the Next 5 Days column is a great place to start!

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