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Stocks closed broadly if modestly higher Friday on light volume as traders avoided making any big bets ahead of a long holiday weekend. The equity markets closed up for the third straight day and extended their winning ways to a third consecutive week.
With corporate earnings season in full swing -- watch for McDonalds, along with Catepillar, Amazon and other -- and with the Fed meeting on interest rates, the GDP estimate and housing numbers coming out -- the week ahead is expected to be quite busy.
The path to profits for most of Corporate America lately has been cutting costs rather than raising revenue. But a careful look reveals a few companies that are poised to deliver real revenue growth. We've found six with a plus: Their stocks look like bargains.
It's been a long time since the DJIA reflected just America's smokestack economy. But today's economic rebound is being led so far by manufacturers. And if you plot those Dow components as a group, you'll see they're leading the larger pack by far.
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McDonald's, Caterpillar and Verizon are all major American companies that play an influential role in our daily lives. But while you may (or may not) admire and respect them, should you covet their stocks?

Stocks fell sharply Tuesday after a surprise rate hike from China's central bank and mixed quarterly earnings reports led to heavy selling in technology, materials and energy stocks.

Market Movers

SymbolLastChange / %Volume

Most Actives

BAC
Bank of America Corp
8.07-0.11
-1.34%
254.23M
ALU
Alcatel-Lucent (ADR)
2.19+0.25
+12.89%
122.18M
GE
General Electric Company
18.88-0.26
-1.33%
109.55M
F
Ford
12.44-0.25
-1.97%
52.49M

% Gainers

CIE
Cobalt International Energy
31.68 +7.78
+32.55%
18.42M
LNKD
LinkedIn Corp.
89.96 +13.57
+17.76%
13.27M
ALU
Alcatel-Lucent (ADR)
2.19 +0.25
+12.89%
122.18M
WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited (ADR)
10.50 +1.10
+11.70%
3.07M

% Losers

NBG-A
National Bank of Greece SA (ADR)
5.72-1.03
-15.26%
188,505
OSG
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
10.18-1.65
-13.95%
1.88M
AB
AllianceBernstein Holding LP
14.35-2.16
-13.08%
1.30M
OC-B
Owens Corning (Warrant) 'B'
2.31-0.34
-12.83%
26,436
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