	polaroid prd up on reaffirmed opinion shares of polaroid corp rose following a reiterated recommendation by merrill lynch and co that focused on strong ings momentum for the company traders said we have been recommending the stock since it was in the s but we reiterated today because of expectations of strong ings momentum its benefits from the lower dollar and anticipation of nice gains in margins merrill lynch analyst charles ryan said he said a negative opinion by another brokerage house hurt the stock wednesday and it can be bought at a relatively bargain price today ryan said you always have to look at polaroid at its weakness its a volatile stock that has to be caught on weakness polaroid s stock which gained more than a point early this morning was trading at up it was down over three points wednesday morning before closing down polaroid is working overtime on production of cameras and film so we expect first quarter ings to be up about pct ryan said estimating ings of cts a share in the first quarter compared to cts a share ed a year earlier he expects the company to  four dlrs a share in as compared to dlrs a share last year reuter 
