Asia

Apple supplier to make bigger iPhones July in China

Apple Inc’s suppliers will begin producing larger versions of the iPhone in China (FXI, quote)  next month, Bloomberg reported citing sources.

Asia shares mostly up, China inflation at 4-month high

Asian markets were mostly higher on Tuesday following fresh records on Wall Street, while Shanghai and Hong Kong headed higher after data showed Chinese inflation surged in May. Tokyo fell 0.85 percent, or 129.20 points, to finish at 14,994.80 owing…

 China accelerates as euro zone stumbles

Signs of an economic revival in China have raised hopes that Beijing’s targeted measures to bolster growth are having an impact but a slowdown in the euro zone will increase expectations of policy easing there.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Monday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are suggesting a positive open this morning after Friday’s sharpest one day drop in nearly four months.  Market participants will be starting the week off with no economic data releases putting the focus on earnings and U.S. politics.  Headlines in the Euro Zone will have a stronger impact on U.S. markets as well.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Friday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. equity futures are suggesting lower open on final session of the week, weak Google (GOOG, quote) results dampened investor expectations for the remaining earnings season, especially those names in the tech sector.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Wednesday’s Morning Coffee Break – Yesterday’s rally of triple digits on the Dow Jones Industrial and over 14 points in the S&P 500 has put U.S. markets back in the green for the month of October, just 8 session before Friday’s 25th anniversary of the 1987 stock crash.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Tuesday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are hanging in this morning as the market participants prepare for a slew of earnings results from the likes of Coca Cola (KO, quote), Mattel (MAT, quote) and Intel (INTC, quote) as well as a busy economic calendar today.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Monday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets this week start off behind the eight ball as markets come off their largest weekly losses in 4 months.  Market participants find themselves about to embark into the fast lane of earnings season with the S&P 500 at a low point not seen since last month on the September 4. The tech heavy NASDAQ is worse off sitting on a low

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Thursday’s Morning Coffee Break – As we count down the final two sessions of the week U.S. indexes are on pace for the largest weekly drop since week ending on June 1st.  Will bulls be able to muster the first daily gain this week for S&P 500 and NASDAQ?

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Wednesday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. market participants sold Tuesday’s session making it the largest one day drop since August 23 it’s also the last time the Dow Jones index has seen a 1% drop in 6 years. The NASDAQ has not seen this large of loss since June 25.