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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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  • Carnival
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    reports quarterly earnings Tuesday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of 18 cents.

  • Treasury secretary Tim Geithner’s strategy for dealing with “toxic assets” was met with aggressive buying in a number of financial stocks. Leading on the day were shares of Bank of America
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    up more than 19% and Wells Fargo
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    , which gained more than 15% intraday on Monday.

  • Brokerages were also booming on Monday. E*Trade Financial
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    was up more than 9% and Charles Schwab
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    gained more than 5%.

  • Also reporting quarterly earnings before the bell Tuesday morning is The Talbots Inc.
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    , which is expected to announce an earnings per share loss of 61 cents.

  • The Wall Street Journal reported that Goldman Sachs
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    is considering selling part of its near 5% stake in the Industrial &Commercial Bank of China. The sale could raise as much as $1 billion. Proceeds would contribute toward repaying $10 billion in public assistance received in 2008, according to Journal sources.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Starent Networks Corporation STAR 8
ProShares UltraShort Utilities ETF SDP 8
HMS Holdings Corporation HMSY 8
ProShares MSCI EAFE Trust ETF EFZ 8
Autozone Inc. AZO 8

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Kaltbaum to Geithner: This Had Better Work!
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Massive government infusions in capital are entering the banking sector once more, and Bernanke is back to printing dollars en masse. Is it going to work this time? It better.

The Geithner Sequel to Toxic AssetsTradingMarkets

Treasury Secretary Geithner is expected to announce today a plan to expand the current $700 bill Government investment to save the financial system. Considering Geithner’s “no specifics” speech in February sent the market south, what effect will his second attempt have on the market?

TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for TodayTradingMarkets

Leading the markets higher were the financials, which meant higher prices for the ProShares Ultra Financials ETF. Energy ETFs were also attracting buyers on Monday. As a result, Energy Select Sector SPDRS ETF was up more than 7% intraday.

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