Tuesday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets

By | TradingMarkets.com | December 23, 2008 09:00 AM
Symbols: GM, GS, MCD, MU, MON








Good Morning!

S&P, Dow Lower for Fourth Consecutive Session ... Walgreen's Misses By Five Cents, Red Hat Beats By Six ... VIX Remains Stretched Below 10-Day Moving Average ... GM, Ford Debt Reaches Junk Status ... Toyota Warns of First Annual Loss Ever


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



  • Micron Technology ( MU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings Tuesday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting an EPS loss of 43 cents.



  • Cost-savings on all fronts have encouraged more and more consumers to opt for inexpensive dining at establishments like McDonald's ( MCD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which was among the few Dow stocks in the green on Monday.



  • Monsanto ( MON | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) found itself cut to a "neutral" by Goldman Sachs ( GS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which cited the company's likely difficulty in maintaining profits during the continued decline in commodity prices.



  • Far and away the worst performer in the Dow on Monday was General Motors ( GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating). GM was down more than 20% late in trading on the day.



  • Reporting earnings Monday before the market opened, Walgreen's ( WAG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) missed expectations by five cents. The stock broke down from a 10-day consolidation range as sellers overwhelmed buyers on the day.



  • Toyota Motor Company ( TM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) warned that was likely to post the first annual operating loss in the company's history due to waning demand.


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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today


















Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Rohm & Haas Company ROH 8
Laclede Group Inc.LG 8
Granite Construction Inc. GVA 8
Epiq Systems Inc. EPIQ 8
USA Mobility Inc. USMO 7





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Original publication: December 23, 2008

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