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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

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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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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Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:

1) Markets Getting Snowed Under

US stock futures are all pointing down ahead of the open as traders express disappointment over some quarterly results.

Shares in Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) and Caterpillar are both declining more than 7% after releasing their latest earnings.

Microsoft reported a drop in quarterly profit, largely due to the ongoing restructuring of the company. But sales are growing for just about every product Microsoft makes, except for Windows.

2) Natural Gas Bounce

Natural gas futures are bouncing by about 3% in New York. Traders appear to be expecting a surge in heating demand because of the cold weather slamming the northeastern United States.

3) International Markets Overview

Most European markets are down in afternoon trading, with some major indexes off by more than 1%.

However, the Swiss stock exchange is up by about 1%. Swiss markets are clawing back some of the losses endured earlier this month after the central bank allowed the currency to float freely instead of being pegged to the euro.

Asian markets ended with mixed results.

4) Monday Market Recap

The Dow Jones industrial average gained a mere 6 points on Monday, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both put on about 0.3%.

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Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:

1) Greece Votes

The left-wing Syriza party swept to victory in elections on Sunday, fueled by populist anger over years of severe austerity measures in Greece. Syriza has vowed to renegotiate the terms of the country's massive bailouts with the EU and IMF, who have lent Greece €240 billion ($277.8 billion) since 2010.

CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson said the next few weeks are "likely to be crucial ones where one misstep could well cause Greece to leave the euro."

2) Futures Fall

US stock futures were poised for a soft start to the week. Dow and S&P 500 futures were down by 0.4%. Most major U.S. markets posted losses on Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average slipping 0.8% and the S&P 500 down by 0.6% -- though the Nasdaq edged up 0.2%.

3) Economics & Earnings

The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index is released at 9:00am ET, and the Conference Board posts its monthly consumer confidence index at 10:00am ET. Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) will report earnings after the closing bell.

4) International Markets Overview

European markets were mixed in early trading, with France's CAC down 0.1%. Germany's DAX added 0.2% after a survey showed improved business conditions in the largest European economy. Asian markets also diverged, with Shanghai's Composite up 0.9% while Japan's Nikkei index closed down 0.3%.

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Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:

1) Transfer of Power

Saudi Arabia is in transition following the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud. A successor has already been named, and oil market reaction has been muted. Most analysts expect a smooth leadership transition and a continuation of the kingdom's oil policy.

Still, investors will be looking for indications of how Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, the new king, intends to wield power in the world's largest exporter of petroleum. The price of oil was up by about 2%.

 2) Keep Pumping

Fahad Nazer, a former political analyst at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C., said he did not anticipate any "dramatic changes in its oil policy in the short term."

"I think that given the dramatic drop in oil prices, the Saudis might be taking a closer look at their options but if a change is made, it will likely be a function of economics, not because of the change in leadership," he said.

3) Euro is Still Dropping

European markets were higher in early trading, while Asian markets ended the week on a positive note, as investors continued to cheer Thursday's news that the European Central Bank will launch a $1.3 trillion bond buying program in March. The euro continued to plunge, falling to $1.13, and yields on Eurozone government bonds dropped.

4) Earnings and Companies

General Electric (GE) and Honeywell (HON) will report earnings before the opening bell.

Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa is in talks to pay up to £10.25 billion ($15.4 billion) for mobile operator O2, a deal that would further consolidate the UK wireless industry.

Sony (SNE) said it was postponing the release of fiscal third quarter results because of the cyberattack it suffered last year.

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Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:

1) European QE

The ECB is tipped to announce a huge stimulus program that could inject as much as one trillion euros ($1.2 trillion) into the Eurozone economy by the end of 2016. Quantitative easing is the last big weapon left in the ECB's arsenal and most experts say its deployment is long overdue. The euro was steady early Thursday buying $1.16.

2) Earnings & Economics

Verizon (VZ, Tech30) and Southwest Airlines (LUV) are due to report earnings before the opening bell and Starbucks (SBUX) issues its results after the close. It's a light day for economic data, just the US government's weekly jobless claims due out at 8:30am ET.

3) International Markets Overview

European markets were moving higher in early trading, while Asian markets ended with gains. The Shanghai Composite extended its recent strong run, closing up 0.6%.

4) Market Recap

It was an upbeat session for US markets Wednesday. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq added 0.3% and the Dow Jones industrial average put on 0.2%.

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