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Notable movers today that are getting some attention are:
IT:NYSE – Gartner, Inc is have a spectacular day with a 16% gain to $17.13. The stock recently hit a 52wk low of $13.75 and is rebounding.

With Pfizer hovering in the low $20’s, their 5.40% dividend yield is looking very attractive in this interest rate environment. With support in the $22 range area, long term investors looking for good dividend paying stocks should pay closer attention to this one:

JDSU – JDS Uniphase Corporation +28% gap this morning
PNSN – Penson Worldwide, Inc 17% gap
MGAM – Multimedia Games, Inc making a 10% move, resistance at $8
IOM – Cult stock Iomega Corporation (IOM message board) showing strength in morning trades, +5%
INSP – InfoSpace, Inc took a hit from $18 in Jan, but closing on $10 and [...]

With presidential candidates primed to raise $1B this election season, which big investment banks and tech firms are ponying up to support the top contenders?
Alexandra Twin of CNNMoney.com has the following share:
One of the most competitive presidential elections in years is also on track to become the most expensive election ever, according to OpenSecrets.org, the [...]

With the financial sector taking the biggest beat down out there, it is the perfect place to fish around for picks. The following bank stocks are within 10% of their 52wk lows: UBB, MFG, ABN, ITU, VNBC, AWBC, MBVA, NBTF, BOFL, SBBX, ORIT, MCBF, PCBI, NASB, WFBC, ITYC.
Looking for increasing RSI coming off the lows, [...]

When times are tough and you do not have the cash to spend, you tend to spend what you have where the prices are the best. Enter Walmart.
“Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) delivers amid the recent retail meltdown,” says Richard Moroney, editior of Dow Theory Forecast, a blue chip service that has been published for over 50 [...]