Tuesday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets
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Tuesday Morning News … S&P 500 Finishes Off 1% … Health Care Stocks Rally Before Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Earnings Reports … U.S. Steel Also Reporting Tuesday AM … Asian Stocks Rally … Top Overbought ETFs for Today: XLV, QQQQ, ROM, XLU, VHT ….
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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today |
Here are 7 stocks for traders for today from TradingMarkets.com:
- Citi Investment Research analyst upgraded shares of Netflix Inc.
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- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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For a list of today’s highest PowerRating stocks, click here.
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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today |
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| Tractor Supply Company | TSCO | 9 |
| InterOil Corporation | IOC | 9 |
| Bed Bath and Beyond | 8 | |
| Brinker International Inc. | EAT | 8 |
| Ross Stores Inc. | ROST | 8 |
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With growing concerns about the spread of swine flu, it is little surprise that the health care sector outperformed on Monday. As a result health care related ETFs such as the Vanguard Health Care ETF also moved higher.
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