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Here are 7 stocks for traders for Monday from TradingMarkets.com:
Arena Resources (NYSE:ARD - News) announces earnings Monday before the market opens; watch for $0.46 EPS. ARD's PowerRating is 4.
Merix (NasdaqGM:MERX - News) reports earnings after the bell Monday, with analysts looking for $0.12 EPS. MERX is not PowerRated due to volume constraints.
United Technologies (NYSE:UTX - News) made an offer to acquire the electronic security division of Rentokil Initial for $1.17 billion. UTX's PowerRating is 6.
Eli Broad and Ron Burkle bested Sam Zell's $8 billion the takeover offer for Tribune (NYSE:TRB - News) by $1 a share. TRB's PowerRating is 5.
Oil prices are near their highs for this year. Watch oil producers and energy stocks like Conoco-Phillips (NYSE:COP - News), Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM - News) and the US Oil Fund (AMEX:USO - News). COP's PowerRating is 6, XOM's PowerRating is 5 and USO's PowerRating is 3.
PowerRatings are courtesy of PowerRatings.net

Labels: ARD, COP, MERX, TRB, USO, UTX, XOM

Here are 7 stocks for traders for Monday from TradingMarkets.com:
Arena Resources (NYSE:ARD - News) announces earnings Monday before the market opens; watch for $0.46 EPS. ARD's PowerRating is 4.
Merix (NasdaqGM:MERX - News) reports earnings after the bell Monday, with analysts looking for $0.12 EPS. MERX is not PowerRated due to volume constraints.
United Technologies (NYSE:UTX - News) made an offer to acquire the electronic security division of Rentokil Initial for $1.17 billion. UTX's PowerRating is 6.
Eli Broad and Ron Burkle bested Sam Zell's $8 billion the takeover offer for Tribune (NYSE:TRB - News) by $1 a share. TRB's PowerRating is 5.
Oil prices are near their highs for this year. Watch oil producers and energy stocks like Conoco-Phillips (NYSE:COP - News), Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM - News) and the US Oil Fund (AMEX:USO - News). COP's PowerRating is 6, XOM's PowerRating is 5 and USO's PowerRating is 3.
PowerRatings are courtesy of PowerRatings.net

Labels: ARD, COP, Hot Stocks, MERX, TRB, USO, UTX, XOM

Bullish calls:
Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ: FWLT - News): ' ... I'm not selling the rest, because this company, and KBR ... both have the single best pin action off all the oil that's been found, and the money - particularly the new need to have petro plants and nuclear - that FWLT is going to be a core position for me. Two thumbs up, way up.'KBR (NYSE: KBR - News)Conceptus (CPTS): 'I like it, but I can't rave about it, because I like other companies in medical devices. And I haven't tried it personally, but I hear good things.'Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO - News)J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP - News)Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN - News)Best Buy (NYSE: BBY - News): 'The best of times at BBY ... should be bought here. Why? Because they are annihilating CC. 'Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX - News): ' ... brutally knocked down by momentum sellers. And I have been calling a bottom here at $52 bucks. I like that better than Bio-Reference Laboratories."Indevus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IDEV - News): 'A lot of ways to win. I mentioned the stock as being a good speculative play. Everyone do a little homework, and see if you like the stock.'
Bearish calls:
O2 Micro International (NASDAQ: OIIM - News): ' My friend, we're trying to stay away from mixed signals. I'm talking about mixed-signal circuits, which I have lost money in for maybe 15 years. I want you to get off right now, and sell that stock.'SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK - News): ' ... for a trade, I think it can go to $47. But this stock has got tremendous tax-loss selling. And I don't want you to run into that, because that is a buzzsaw! Wait until January if you have to own SNDK.'Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO - News):Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT - News): 'I can't get wild about WMT, which has that look and feel of a dollar store.'Dollar General (NYSE: DG - News): 'I see a trade at $14-17, $14-17. I can't get wild about that.'UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA - News): 'I want you to ring the register. You made a great trade... but no, you must take that money off the table. I cannot have it turn into a loss. Congratulations on a good one.'CPFL Energia (NYSE: CPL - News): 'Too dicey! I think that a Brazillian 4% yield is not enough to keep me with maybe so-so growth ... I would rather see you, honestly, in an American growth utility.'Brightpoint (NASDAQ: CELL - News): 'You know I don't like the wireless business ... It's too hard a business. I don't want to touch it. 'Arena Resources (NYSE: ARD - News): 'It is a sleeper oil stock, but it's up a lot, and as much as I like ARD, I feel like that's a good swap out of some of the crazier.'Motorola (NYSE: MOT - News): 'Can't get behind the MOT. It's been a real house of pain; I see no real momentum there.'Nokia (NYSE: NOK - News): 'I don't like the NOK. I don't like the cell phone business.'Bio-Reference Laboratories (NASDAQ: BRLI - News): ' Let's swap out of BRLI; let's go to DGX.'Circuit City (NYSE: CC - News): ' ... the worst of times at CC. When I was going over the CC quarter, I could not believe how much money they are losing on the exact same product that they are making money on at BBY... I question if there even needs to be a CC.'
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Labels: ARD, BBY, BRLI, CC, CPL, CSCO, DGX, DVN, FDO, IDEV, JCP, Jim Cramer, KBR, Lightning Round, Mad Money, MOT, NOK, SNDK, UAUA, WMT