Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:
Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:
1) Big Tech Gets a Boost
1) Big Tech Gets a Boost
Shares in Apple (AAPL, Tech30) are expected to jump at the open after the company posted the biggest profit in corporate history in the last quarter, when it sold 74.5 million iPhones.
Apple's earnings are helping ARM Holdings (ARMH, Tech30) in London, a company that sells chip designs to Apple and other smartphone makers. Shares in ARM were rising by 2% in London.
Yahoo (YHOO, Tech30) shares are also expected to soar at the open after the company said it would spin off its remaining stake in Chinese e-retailer Alibaba (BABA, Tech30). The deal is expected to save shareholders $16 billion in tax, according to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.
2) Greek Stocks and Bonds Plunge
2) Greek Stocks and Bonds Plunge
Greek markets plunged again, with banks suffering the most, after the country's new anti-austerity government was reported to have canceled a planned privatization -- one condition of its international bailout. The benchmark Athens index has now fallen nearly 10% already this year.
The yield on Greece 10-year government bonds jumped 60 basis points to more than 10%.
3) More Earnings
3) More Earnings
Quarterly results are coming in thick and fast.
Boeing (BA), Hess (HES) and Fiat Chrysler (FCAM) are among the main companies reporting earnings before the opening bell.
Facebook (FB, Tech30) will report after the close.
4) Focus on the Fed
4) Focus on the Fed
At 2:00pm ET, investors around the world will be focusing on the latest announcements from the US Federal Reserve. The Fed is concluding its two-day meeting Wednesday and investors will be parsing through the Fed's new statement to guess when the central bank may be ready to raise interest rates.
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