TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday

Stocks finished broadly higher on Monday, with the Nasdaq leading on a percentage basis. The Dow ended the day up +130.43. The S&P 500 closed higher by +15.30. And the Nasdaq finished ahead by +42.97.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday

Ann Taylor
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gained 17% as the retailer surprised analysts by raising its quarterly earnings forecast to between $0.45 and $0.47 per share.

The world’s largest bond insurer, MBIA
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, reported a massive quarterly loss of $2.4 billion on Monday.

Wal-Mart
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announces earnings Tuesday before the market opens, with analysts expecting $0.75 EPS.

Research in Motion
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introduced a new, faster Blackberry as suspicions grew that Apple
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was clearing iPhone inventory to make way for a new device of their own.

Shares of Electronic Data Systems
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leapt by more than 25% on news that Hewlett-Packard
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was in talks to buy the company.

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