Apple Today - 10/07/2015 (AAPL)
seymour_greenz • October 7th 2015 09:29:45 AM
Good Morning,
NASDAQ Futures are up 35 with +30 Fair Value, Dow Futures are up 96, a great improvement over red Futures last night. Hong Kong rallied over 3% while the rest of China markets are still on holiday. Europe is currently in solid green territory. Oil jumped 5% yesterday on American Petroleum Institute showing a 1.2M barrel decrease in crude stocks last week and looks to open nearly 2% higher again today. Gold is looking to open green this morning, by about 0.5%. Yum! Brands (YUM) of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, plumetted yesterday after earnings and is currently down 16%. Monsanto reported results this morning and is down 3.5%. Volkswagen (VLKAY) is bouncing this morning, up 6% after details of the recall plan emerged.
AAPL opened strong yesterday morning after a cheerful Monday and hit 111.24 within minutes of the open on relatively high volume before sinking to 109.80 at 10:08am on moderate volume. After that breach of 110, AAPL recovered pretty strong and regained green by noontime. The afternoon brought a continued rise and by 2:32pm AAPL peaked at 111.74 on relatively moderate volume. Towards the close AAPL settled back down towards mid-111 and ended the intra-day session at 111.31. After-hours was rough on AAPL, dropping a staggering 1.19 to 110.12 at 5:10pm on relatively high volume before bouncing slightly and ending the session at 110.55.
This morning in pre-market, AAPL opened a penny higher, 111.32, at 4:02am on light volume. By 5:43am AAPL hit 111.93 on light volume and began a wobble down hitting 111.06 at 7am on moderate volume before bouncing back strong. By 8:30 AAPL broke 112 and at 8:34am AAPL peaked at 112.12 on relatively high volume and has remained in the 112-area. AAPL is currently up 69 cents at 112.
Classic max-pain is 111.
Moody's good mood on US:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/07/us-usa-ratings-moody-s-idUSKCN0S11AM20151007
Yuan gains:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-07/china-foreign-reserves-in-record-quarterly-drop-on-intervention
Crisis reunion:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/business/in-a-reunion-bernanke-and-geithner-revisit-the-crisis.html
VW board in crisis talks:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/07/us-volkswagen-emissions-idUSKCN0S113S20151007
Apple is getting smarter:
http://www.businessfinancenews.com/24738-apple-inc-purchases-machine-learning-startup-perceptio-to-boost-ai-efforts/
Porsche chooses Apple:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2492672,00.asp
MIcrosoft's grand vision:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2989897/windows/why-microsofts-audacious-vision-for-the-future-of-computing-is-finally-ready-for-prime-time.html
HoloLens 2016:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2989754/gadgets/microsoft-promises-its-3k-hololens-dev-kit-for-q1-2016.html
Pre-order Band 2:
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2015/10/07/the-new-microsoft-band-2-is-available-now-for-pre-order/
Force Touch on Android?
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/92447/20151007/synaptics-clearpad-3700-display-controller-promises-to-bring-apple-s-3d-touch-to-your-android-phone.htm
Is Chrome the big Windows 10 winner?
http://betanews.com/2015/10/07/windows-10-sees-people-ditching-ie-but-chrome-wins-out-not-edge/
Facebook, faster:
http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/10/facebook-news-feed-loading/
That's one luxurious, curvy wide screen, HP:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2990029/computers/hp-envy-34-all-in-one-lives-up-to-its-name-with-a-luscious-curved-34-inch-screen.html
Self-driving cars in 2020, Toyota:
http://www.cnet.com/au/news/toyota-expects-to-have-self-driving-cars-for-sale-by-2020/
Tesla downgraded?
http://learnbonds.com/123872/tesla-motors-inc-tsla-street-halo-hurt-by-baird-downgrade/
Nobel link between DNA repair, disease:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/10/07/world/europe/ap-nobel-the-latest.html
Good idea, NASA:
http://www.themonitordaily.com/nasa-consults-the-navy-for-the-mars-mission/27187/
Seems logical:
http://www.universityherald.com/articles/24530/20151007/sex-dramatically-increases-fertility.htm
Another reason to go to sleep early:
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/92474/20151007/late-bedtime-isnt-good-for-your-waistline-study-finds-link-between-sleeping-late-and-weight-gain.htm
I've always preferred whole milk:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20151007_Some_asking__Is_whole_milk_healthier_after_all_.html
Today's Economic Calendar:
7:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
8:30 Gallup U.S. Job Creation Index
10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories
1:00 PM Results of $21B, 10-Year Note Auction
3:00 PM Consumer Credit
Notable earnings after today's close: RATE, FORM, MG, RECN
And tomorrow before the open: EMMS, ISCA