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Best Trades Now: Financials, Medical Suppliers & More

Topics:Earnings | Nasdaq | NYSE | Stock Picks | Stock Market

By: Brooke Sopelsa,, Video Producer | 14 Jul 2008 | 03:16 PM ET

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To give investors an edge in this volatile market environment, CNBC asked the experts for their best trades now.

Playing Whisper Numbers

"They’re [Harley Davidson [HOG Loading... () ]] what we consider a ten-day earnings reactor, meaning within ten days we’re going to see the most price movement for this company… Textron [TXT Loading... () ] is also a company that reports on the 17^th, which is this week. They’re a 20-day reactor so within 20 days when they beat the whisper number we’re expecting a 6.8 percent price move, but when they miss it, a 0 percent move. So there’s no downside… Google [GOOG Loading... () ] is what we call a high risk momentum reactor.”

- John Scherr, WhisperNumber.com founder

Sector Spotlight: Medical Supplies

“We really love the orthopedic market right now. It’s got about, in the United States, about five points of unit growth. Hospitals are making a lot of money on these procedures…So this should be a high single-digit market for the long term.

- Bruce Nudell, UBS Senior Research Analyst

Zimmer [ZMH Loading... () ], Stryker [SYK Loading... () ], Abbott [ABT Loading... () ], Smith & Nephew [SNN Loading... () ], Johnson & Johnson [JNJ Loading... () ], Medtronic [MDT Loading... () ]

'Good to Go' Financials

"Get out of utilities, buy MasterCard [MA Loading... () ] and Visa [V Loading... () ], the consumers are good to go, and don't forget about Brazil."

- Joe Clark, Financial Enhancement Group

Clark also likes: Volt Information Sciences [VOL Loading... () ]

Thinking Small

“Smaller more value-oriented stocks tend to be a little bit more economically sensitive. They actually started to head down last summer. And just like they led us down, I think they will start to lead us to positive territory as soon as this recover begins.”

- Eric Nelson, Burns Advisory Group Chief Investment Strategist

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