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S&P 500 Overbought Below 200-Day … Technology, Energy ETFs Among Most Overbought … HPQ Earnings in Line with Estimates, Shares Fall … Euro, Pound, Aussie Advance Against Greenback … Earnings Reports Scheduled for Wednesday Include: TGT, BJ, DE ….

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

  • Hewlett-Packard
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    reported quarterly earnings after the bell on Tuesday that were in-line with analyst estimates. The stocks was lower immediately after the announcement in after hours trading.

  • Among the companies reporting quarterly earnings on Wednesday, Target Corporation
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    is expected to report per share earnings of 60 cents, Deere & Company
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    is expected to announce EPS of 1.09, and 44 cents per share is what analysts are expecting to hear from BJ’s Wholesale Club
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    . All three stocks are trading above their 200-day moving averages, but it was BJ’s Wholesale Club that was up more than 2% in advance of Wednesday’s earnings report.

  • On a day when the Senate passed major legislation tightening regulations on the credit card industry, shares of MasterCard
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    were down more than 3% and retreating to their 200-day moving average, while shares of Visa
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    were off by more than 2%, continuing to move in the narrow, $2 range they have traded in all week. Of the two, MA is significantly more oversold.

  • Per share earnings of two cents is what analysts are expecting to hear from retailer Hot Topic
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    when it reports after the market closes on Wednesday. Shares of Hot Topic have traded in a tight range just cents above their 200-day moving average for the past five trading days.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Hot Topic Inc. HOTT 9
The Pantry PTRY 9
Thoratec Corporation 8
Hansen Natural Corporation HANS 8
Tower Group Inc. TWGP 8

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