Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:
1) Expecting Earnings
1) Expecting Earnings
Alibaba (BABA, Tech30), Ford (F), Coach (COH) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) will report earnings before the opening bell, as well as oil companies Valero (VLO), Phillips 66 (PSXP) and ConocoPhillips (COP).
Google (GOOGL, Tech30), Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) and Visa (V) will report after the close.
US stock futures are holding steady but Thursday's direction will likely depend on how well those earnings are received.
2) Investors lovin' McDonald's News
2) Investors lovin' McDonald's News
Investors are bidding up shares in McDonald's (MCD) ahead of the open after CEO Don Thompson announced his retirement. This comes a week after McDonald's reported awful financial results.
3) Greece Markets Steady
3) Greece Markets Steady
The main stock market index in Greece stabilized, trading up by about 2% after plunging Wednesday.
The index has fallen 12% since the start of the year as investors have grown increasingly worried about Greece's financial health following the election of a new government that wants to renegotiate the terms of its international bailout.
European markets were all edging down in early trading. Asian markets mostly closed with losses.
4) Economic Announcements
4) Economic Announcements
The US government will report weekly jobless claims at 8:30am ET.
At 10:00am, new US data on pending home sales will be released from December.
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