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U.S. Stocks Close Lower … Illinois Governor Blagojevich Arrested on Corruption Charges … Asian Stocks Rally … Lawmakers, White House Move Toward Auto Aid Agreement, “Car Czar” … Technology
ETFs: XLK, IGW, ROM, SMH, USD Finish Higher on Tuesday …

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

  • Sony Corporation
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    announced that it would cut 16,000 jobs as part of an overall cost-cutting strategy.

  • Lowered profit forecasts for 2009 from FedEx Corporation
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    , contributed to selling throughout the transportation industry, including truckers and other shippers.

  • Mixed in with the more traditional industrially oriented stocks expected to benefit from President elect Obama’s public infrastructure plan is networking king, Cisco Systems
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    as more communities are wired for high-speed Internet access.

  • A final deal between the White House, Congress and the Big Three automakers of General Motors
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    , Ford Motor Company
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    and Chrysler may involve the government taking equity stakes in the companies.

  • Citing a weakness in steel demand due to the credit crisis, Nucor Corporation
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    announced that its quarterly profits were likely to be worse than expected.

  • The CFO of Netflix
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    reported on Tuesday that the current quarter was “remarkably strong.”

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width=”14″ height=”13″ /> TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductor ETF target=”_blank”>SSG 8
ProShares UltraShort Technology ETF target=”_blank”>REW 8
ProShares UltraShort QQQ ETF target=”_blank”>QID 8
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials ETF target=”_blank”>SMN 7
ProShares UltraShort S&P 500 ETF target=”_blank”>SDS 7

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