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U.S. Stocks Edge Higher ... Retailers Among Biggest Gainers ... Asian Stocks Rally on Japanese Spending Pledge ... Most ETFs in Neutral Territory, Overbought ETFs Include: IFN, EWZ, XLU ...

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

• The acquisition of Centex Corporation ( CTX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) by Pulte Homes ( PHM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) for $1.3 billion in stock suggests a major bet by Pulte on the likelihood of a housing market that has stabilized. The combined company will be the largest home builder in the United States.
  
  
  


• Reporting quarterly earnings Thursday morning before the market opens is Jos.A. Bank Clothiers ( JOSB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating). Analysts are expecting EPS of 1.51.
  
  
  


• Earnings per share of 93 cents are what analysts are expecting from Chevron Corporation ( CVX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) when it reports quarterly earnings after the bell on Thursday.
  
  
  


• Bed Bath and Beyond ( BBBY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) soared by more than 20% on Wednesday after surprising analysts with fourth quarter profits that were not as bad as feared.
  
  
  


• JP Morgan Chase & Co. ( JPM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) upgraded shares of Goodyear Tire and Rubber ( GT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) to "overweight" from "neutral," citing the potential for stabilization in the auto industry over the next few months.
  

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

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The Making of a New Bull Market, Part 3 - TradingMarkets

In the last two trading lessons, we looked at the past 7 bull markets since 1982 and the common characteristics of these bear-to-bull market transitions. Today, Larry Connors continues his in depth analysis of the 8 common themes of most new bull markets.

Battle Plan Trade of the Week: DIA Are Forever - TradingMarkets

For our Battle Plan trade this week, we went back to the wellspring of overbought ETFs trading below their 200-day moving averages, with the Dow Diamonds ETF. The overbought ETF picked up a gain of more than 2.5% in 7 days.

A Simple Day Trading Strategy - TradingMarkets

In this article by TradingMarkets contributor Markus Heitkoetter, you will learn how to have confidence in your trading decisions by using a simple day trading strategy to trade the futures market.

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PowerRatings Does It Again - Results for 2008 - TradingMarkets

The results for PowerRatings for 2008 are in and again the top rated PowerRatings stocks outperformed the average stock over a 5-day period.

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