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Four Apple Stories From Monday You May Have Missed

The Apple (AAPL, quote) news cycle, normally full of activity, has been largely quiet in 2014 but some smaller, yet significant stories, are still worth noting.

Apple Applies for Patent to Protect Dropped iPhone

Apple Inc. (AAPL, quote) watches today are pointing to a patent the focuses on protecting components of the iPhone such as the glass screen if the phone happen to be dropped.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Morning Coffee Break – Thursday March 21 With no significant impact from the Federal Reserve’s two day meeting and statement the S&P 500 is coming off its largest gain in over two weeks.  The crisis over in Cyprus hasn’t even deterred the U.S. equities from moving higher.

The eResearch Clarion Letter

A clarion is a medieval trumpet that had clear, shrill tones.  Trumpets were often uses to get people’s attention when making announcements.  We are using “clarion” in the context of making announcements, as well as being thought-provoking when sharing our information and opinions with those who are interested in new investment ideas.   Topic: Country Indexes   The first chart, below, shows the weekly closes of the major bourses since

Intel Option Trade

Intel Corporation (INTC, quote) has been in downward spiral for the past 6 months as traders leave the chip maker on concerns of a landscape shift away from the desktop to tablets and other mobile devices. To see just how of impact the mobile landscape is look no further than the giant stodgy software maker Microsoft (MSFT, quote) as they ready their release of Windows 8 which attempts to branch

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Friday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are moving lower on the last day of the week and quarter on fears from the Euro Zone fears and U.S. economic data. After mix data from the U.S. economic calendar traders are looking towards Consumer Income, Spending and Sentiment reports.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S futures are indicating a lower open with fair value for the Dow Jones at -23.10, S&P 500 at -2.24 and the NASDAQ fair value at -5.84. Market participants will get to hear from two Federal Reserve officials throughout the day today.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – On the first day of trading this week traders are waking up to lower futures in the U.S. stock indexes after last week’s rally sparked by the Federal Reserve’s aggressive new round of quantitative (QE3) easing last week Thursday.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – The Federal Reserve decisively stepped off the sidelines with a stronger than expected new round of unlimited quantitative easing (QE3) sending U.S. markets rallying. Market participants are clearly satisfied with the FMOC’s move as U.S. futures are indicating an extension of yesterday’s rally.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Traders are setting their focus on 3 key events today as U.S. market session prepares to open. U.S futures are suggesting positive open with the Dow Jones fair value up by 20.64 and the S&P 500’s fair value higher by 3.34.  The NASDAQ is getting nice push higher ahead of Apple’s (APPL,  [stock APPL]).  Fair value for the NASDAQ is higher by 9.81.