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U.S. Markets Edge Higher … S&P 500 (SPY) Leads Dow (DIA), Nasdaq 100 (QQQQ) … Top Stock PowerRatings Stocks for Today Include: NTRI, VLTR, ARUN … VIX Stretch Below 10-Day Nears 4% … Silver (SLV), Crude Oil (USO) Among Major Commodity Gainers … Top ETF PowerRatings Funds for Today Include: RTH, XLY, ICF …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

• ^MON^ reports prior to the bell with an expected EPS of 1 cent.
• Discount retailer, ^FDO^, has its sights set on an EPS of 47 cents before the open on Wednesday morning.

• After the close on Wednesday, ^BBBY^ announces its results with a forecast
  number of 42 cents/share.

• Mid-range dining specialists, ^RT^ is expecting to see a loss of 1 cent after the bell on Wednesday.
• Meredith Whitney cut ^GS^ for the second time in a month.
• ^GOOG^ announced that it will be releasing its own mobile phone called Nexus One.
• ^F^ announced its first full year gain in U.S. market share since 1995 despite a dismal overall year for U.S. automakers.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company	Symbol	PowerRatings
NutriSystem Inc.	NTRI	10
Hertz Global Holdings Inc.	HTZ	10
The Steak N Shake Company	SNS	9
Volterra Semiconductor Corp	VLTR	9
Aruba Networks Inc.	ARUN	8

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REIT, Real Estate ETFs Among Top Rated for Wednesday: VNQ, RWR, IYR – TradingMarkets

Day two of 2010’s trading saw the rise of PowerShares QQQ Trust ETF, QQQQ into overbought territory, placing it firmly on our list of exchange traded funds to watch for Wednesday’s trading.

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