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Pullback Plays

By Alan Farley
12:12 p.m. EDT Tech stocks are a tough trade, after the Nasdaq-100(NDX Quote) broke its two-month rising channel on Wednesday. However, a number of other stocks and sectors have held up reasonably well through the selling pressure.

Here's a quick list of good-looking pullback plays:

• Ameristar Casinos(ASCA Quote)
• Boyd Gaming(BYD Quote)
• General Cable(BGC Quote)
• Oceaneering(OII Quote)
• Bill Barrett(BBG Quote)

No positions.

Bearish Hedge on the Dow

By Timothy Collins
10:14 a.m. EDT ...