TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday

Stocks again sold off aggressively on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 the percentage leader to the downside at more than 9%.

The Dow lost 733.08. The Nasdaq Composite closed lower by 150.68. And the S&P 500 slid by 90.17.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday.

Citigroup (C | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is one of many companies reporting earnings Thursday morning before the market opens. The company is expected to announce EPS of -0.70.

Reporting earnings Thursday after the market closes, Google (GOOG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is expected to announce earnings per share of 4.80.

Also announcing its quarterly earnings after the bell on Thursday is IBM (IBM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating). Analysts expect IBM to report EPS of 2.03.

JP Morgan Chase (JPM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) saw its brokerage assets leap by 25% as hedge fund investors leave competitors such as Goldman Sachs (GS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Morgan Stanley (MS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating).

Harley-Davidson (HOG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports earnings Thursday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of 0.79.

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