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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

  • Oracle
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    has agreed to buy Sun Microsystems
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    for $7.4 billion, the company announced Monday morning.

  • A number of companies are reporting quarterly earnings Tuesday morning before the market opens. Coca Cola
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    is expected to announce EPS of 65 cents. Caterpillar
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    , also reporting Tuesday before the bell, is expected to announce per share earnings of four cents.

  • Merck & Company
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    , reporting earnings before the bell on Tuesday, is expected to announce EPS of 77 cents.

  • 23 cents is what analysts are expecting to hear from TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
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    , when it reports quarterly earnings Tuesday morning.

  • Among those companies reporting quarterly earnings after the market closes on Tuesday is Yahoo
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    . Analysts are expecting to hear earnings per share of 8 cents from the internet company.

  • Among the companies reporting earnings after the market closes on Monday is Netflix
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    , which is expected to announce per share earnings of 32 cents.

  • Amazon.com
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    said on Friday that sales of its electronic book reader, Kindle, have greatly surpassed expectations.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Tata Motors Ltd. TTM 9
Horsehead Holding Corporation ZINC 8
E-House Holdings ADRs EJ 8
Qwest Communications Q 8
Ford Motor Company F 8

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TradingMarkets Most Overbought and Oversold ETFs for TuesdayTradingMarkets

Tuesday’s overbought and oversold ETFs include a myriad of pics ranging from the ProShares UltraShort Semiconductor ETF, SSG on the overbought side to the iShares Barclays TIPS Bond ETF, TIP on the oversold.

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