Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:
1. Potential market movers -- McDonald's and Apple
Shares in McDonald's (MCD) could be on the move Monday as the fast food giant prepares to unveil a turnaround plan.
Shares in Apple (AAPL, Tech30) look poised to inch higher at the open. This comes after influential activist investor Carl Icahn continued to act as a cheerleader for the company during a weekend television interview on "Wall Street Week". Icahn praised the company and said the firm's shares looked undervalued compared to the rest of the market.
2. Earnings
Comcast (CCV) is reporting first-quarter earnings ahead of the open. This comes after the collapse of its $45 billion takeover bid for Time Warner Cable (TWC).
MGM Resorts (MGM) is also reporting earnings before the bell, along with Tyson Foods (TSN).
Denny's (DENN) will report after the close.
3. Stock market overview
U.S. stock futures are looking solid ahead of the open.
European markets are mostly moving higher in early trading. However, the FTSE 100 in London is closed for a long weekend holiday.
Meanwhile, most Asian markets ended with gains.
Looking back at Friday, U.S. stocks made some healthy gains. The Dow Jones industrial average rose by 184 points, the S&P 500 shot up by 1.1% and the Nasdaq closed with a 1.3% gain.
4. Economics
The U.S. government will report monthly factory orders at 10 a.m. ET.
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