Apple Today - 08/20/2015 (AAPL)
seymour_greenz • August 20th 2015 09:22:48 AM
Good Morning,
Uh oh. NASDAQ Futures are down 26 with -31 Fair Value, Dow Futures are down 106 on a further China drop over 3%. Oil slides. Sears (SHLD) reports this morning and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) after the bell. Greece gets 1st new loan. Jobless claims edge up.
Yesterday, AAPL sold off at the open, reaching a low of just under 114.7 at 11:52am on moderate volume. AAPL failed to turn green all day, although there was a brief afternoon recovery up to 116.24 at 2:14pm on moderately high volume before sinking back down to 115 where yesterday's intra-day session closed. AAPL further weakened in after-hours, losing another 20 cents.
This morning in pre-market, AAPL opened up lower in conjunction with Futures, near 114.5 and quickly dropped to 114 on low volume before recovering back to 114.48 on moderate volume at 6:12am. AAPL then hit another pre-market low of 114.07at 8:28am on moderately high volume, seemingly alongside Futures. AAPL is currently down 79 cents at 114.22.
Classic max-pain is 118.
Futures and oil down:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/20/us-markets-stocks-usa-idUSKCN0QP15320150820
Jobless claims up:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/20/us-economy-jobless-idUSKCN0QP1AB20150820
Greece gets 1st new bailout loan:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/20/world/europe/ap-eu-greece-bailout.html
Oil's sticky situation continues:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/20/us-markets-oil-idUSKCN0QP01M20150820
Sears reports quarterly profit:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/20/sears-holdings-results-idUSL3N10V3QE20150820
More on the upcoming Apple TV:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/17/9168867/apple-tv-ios-9-launch-september-app-store-siri
http://www.wired.com/2015/08/live-tv-wont-make-apple-tv-juggernaut-apps-will/
iPad Pro on the way?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/11814195/iPad-Pro-release-date-everything-we-know.html
Samsung Pay vs Apple Pay:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33957376
iOS gets WhatsApp:
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/19/at-long-last-whatsappweb-ios/
LinkedIn's new app:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2015/08/19/linkedins-new-employee-directory-app-lookup-daily-activity-network/
Sony launches SmartBand 2:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/sony/11814109/Sony-unveils-smartwatch-like-SmartBand-2-fitness-tracker.html
Audi invading Elon's turf?
http://www.cnet.com/news/audi-e-tron-concept-previews-310-mile-electric-suv/
Where do planets come from?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2015/08/20/the-biggest-planets-grow-from-tiny-space-pebbles/
Nanotubes from thin air:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33998697
Mars rover selfie:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34006653
Today's Economic Calendar
8:30 Initial Jobless Claims
9:45 Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
10:00 Philly Fed Business Outlook
10:00 Existing Home Sales
10:00 Leading Indicators
10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory
4:30 Money Supply
4:30 Fed Balance Sheet
Notable earnings after today's close: TFM, HPQ, INTU, MRVL, ROST, CRM
And tomorrow before the open: DE, DSKY