Stocks To Watch For October 17, 2013

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Goldman Sachs Group GS to report its Q3 earnings at $2.43 per share on revenue of $7.36 billion. Goldman Sachs shares eBay EBAY issued a weak forecast for the fourth quarter. eBay shares tumbled 4.28% to $51.23 in the after-hours trading session. Analysts are expecting Google GOOG to have earned $10.35 per share on revenue of $14.82 billion in the third quarter. Google shares fell 0.45% to $894.03 in after-hours trading. International Business Machines IBM reported downbeat third-quarter revenue. IBM shares declined 6.19% to $175.17 in the after-hours trading session. Analysts expect Verizon Communications VZ to report its Q3 earnings at $0.74 per share on revenue of $30.16 billion. Verizon shares rose 0.44% to $47.46 in after-hours trading.