Apple Today - 11/09/2015 (AAPL)
seymour_greenz • November 9th 2015 09:32:33 AM
Good Morning,
Welcome back from the weekend. NASDAQ Futures are down 16, Dow Futures are down 40 on rate hike concerns after Friday's excellent job report, reduced OECD forecast and a dash of weak China data.
Asian markets closed mostly up. China was up 1.58% while Japan fared even better at 1.96%. On the down side, Hong Kong dropped 0.61%. European markets are mostly lower. Germany is currently down around 0.2% while France is down nearly 0.5% and UK is slightly above flat. Oil is up nearly 1%, natural gas is down over 1.5% and gold is up under 0.5% in pre-market. Diabetes-focused bio-pharmaceutical MannKind (MNKD) reported this morning and is currently down nearly 2% in pre-market trading. Other third quarter earnings results before opening bell this morning include DISH Network (DISH) and Sotheby’s (BID). Upcoming earnings this afternoon include smoothie retailer Jamba (JMBA) and therapeutic drug manufacturer Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ).
AAPL had a roller coaster of a week, starting out at 120, rising to nearly 124 early in the week in what appeared to be strong a "divvy-run", then selling off on ex-div, yet still winding up a full point higher than the week started. AAPL dipped as low as 120.62 on Friday on relatively low volume and saw as high as 121.81. AAPL closed the intra-day session and week at 121.06, ending another OPEX.
This morning in pre-market, AAPL opened 3 cents lower on huge volume and dipped to the mid-120 area for most of the morning in conjunction with Futures. By late pre-market, AAPL regained 121 and hit a high of 121.24 at 8:47am on low volume before settling back down towards 121. AAPL is currently up 4 cents at 121.1.
Classic max-pain is 120.
China October imports slump:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/as-prices-of-raw-materials-drop-china-october-imports-slump/
US dollar and Fed December hike:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/09/us-global-markets-idUSKCN0SY00R20151109
Dish beats:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/09/us-dish-network-results-idUSKCN0SY15120151109
iPad Pro available to order Wednesday, delivers later this week:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/11/09/apples-ipad-pro-available-to-order-wednesday-delivers-later-this-week
Apple lawsuit dismissed:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3002603/legal/apple-employee-class-action-lawsuit-over-bag-checks-dismissed.html
Google failed?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2015/11/09/google-android-one-failure/
Snapchat gaining on Facebook?
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a48ca1fc-84e7-11e5-8095-ed1a37d1e096.html
Samsung going after FitBit?
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/11/report-samsung-release-affordable-fitness-tracker.html
AMD hit with "core lawsuit":
http://www.bidnessetc.com/57068-amd-slapped-with-lawsuit-over-performance-of-8core-bulldozer-chips/
Just flyin' my jetpack around the Statue of Liberty:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/jetpack-pilot-soars-over-lady-liberty-151108.htm
NSA keeps the good ones:
http://betanews.com/2015/11/07/the-nsa-keeps-9-percent-of-the-vulnerabilities-it-discovers-to-itself/
Meet the 13 "Breakthrough" scientists:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scientists-honored-breakthrough-prize_562fd729e4b0c66bae59e39f
Evidence of huge rats discovered!
http://www.morningticker.com/2015/11/scientists-stunned-to-find-evidence-of-massive-11-pound-rats/
Bagpipes on International Space Station:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34757254
Link between diet and arthritis?
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2015/11/08/studies-explore-link-between-diet-rheumatoid-arthritis
Moms pawn in kids' plot for snacks:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/09/health/snack-advertisers-target-parents/index.html
Today's Economic Calendar:
10:00 Labor market condition index
12:30 PM TD Ameritrade IMX
Notable earnings after today's close: AEGR, AFH, ALSWF, AMBC, AMID, APEI, APPS, APU, ARP, ARTX, ASCMA, ASEI, ASM, AST, ATLS, ATW, BBLU, BDE, BEAT, CALA, *CALL*, CARA, CCXI, CHMI, CIDM, CKEC, CPRX, CUI, *CZR*, DEPO, DTSI, ECIG, EGAS, ELTP, ENV, ERN, FLXN, FMD, FPI, FQVLF, FSM, FULL, GALE, HALO, HEAR, HIIQ, HMIN, HTM, IFF, IILG, IIN, IPAR, *JAZZ*, JIVE, *JMBA*, JPEP, KEYW, LEAF, *LF*, *LGF*, *LQMT*, LWAY, MACK, MCQPF, MDR, MODN, NAME, NCMI, NPIFF, NROM, NSPH, NSPR, NVRO, ONVO, OPK, *OSTK*, PAHC, PCYG, PDM, PFIE, PFSW, PINC, PME, PRKR, PRSC, PSIX, PTCT, PVA, QNST, RARE, *RAX*, RBCN, REI, REXX, RGSE, RLD, RMTI, RNET, *RNWK*, RVNC, SALM, SB, SBRA, SCLN, SGMS, SPAN, SYUT, TBPH, TERP, TG, TPC, TRIV, TROV, TTEC, TTGT, TUBE, TWER, TXTR, UGI, UNIS, UPIP, VGZ, VSAT, VTNR, WHLR, WWD, WYY, XONE, YDLE, ZGNX, ZSAN
And tomorrow before the open: ACM, ACTS, AER, AERO, AFMD, ALARF, ARES, ATRO, BZH, CACQ, CGIX, CPTA, CPXGF, CSIQ, CWCO, CYD, DCIX, DCIXV, DHI, EGY, ELTK, ETAK, EVOTF, HENKY, HYGS, IDN, III, KMDA, MRKT, NGG, NNA, OCUL, OHAI, QIWI, RNF, ROK, RONAF, SCON, SEMI, SOHO, SRDX, TCEHY, TISA, *TRCO*, USEG, VTTI, *W*, WATT, XXII, ZAYO, ZBRA