TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday

Stocks continued to move lower on Tuesday following Friday’s bump higher. The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 have closed down for four out of the past five trading days.

The Dow lost 176.58. The Nasdaq Composite closed lower by 35.84. And the S&P 500 ended the day down 20.26.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday

American Express
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successfully petitioned the Federal Reserve to become a bank, following the lead of investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

Macy’s
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is expected to announce a quarterly EPS loss of 0.19 Wednesday morning before the markets open.

Citigroup
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announced that it would suspend foreclosures and modify mortgages to make it easier for many homeowners to keep their homes.

Applied Materials
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will report quarterly earnings Wednesday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting EPS of 0.14.

Additional quarterly losses for American International Group
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mean that insurance giant’s taxpayer bailout will nearly double to $150 billion.

The cash crunch at General Motors
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has increasingly drawn the attention of lawmakers as the automaker slides closer to bankruptcy.

Fears of weaker PC demand led to selling in shares of Intel
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on Tuesday. The lowered earnings and share price projections come at a time of traditionally strong seasonality for technology stocks.

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