The KUIK Morning Market Report for Monday, January 14: |
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Markets opened down. |
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Index |
Direction |
Change |
Units |
Last |
Time |
Change |
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Dow |
Down |
(24) |
points |
13,463 |
7:02 AM |
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S&P500 |
Down |
-0.3% |
percent |
1,468 |
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(4.47) |
points |
Nasdaq Composite |
Down |
-0.5% |
percent |
3,110 |
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(15.01) |
points |
30 Year Treasury |
Down |
(3) |
Basis Points |
3.02 |
Annual Yield |
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Apple is hurting stocks. It is down 3% to $504.5 and briefly fell below $500 for the first time since February 2012 on reports it reduced orders for iPhone 5 parts due to sales being below expectations. |
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Treasury prices are up, pushing yields down, ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this afternoon. Analysts expect Bernanke, in a speech at 1 pm.Pacific time, to push back against interpretations of the minutes from the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting that the Fed may end its bond purchases this year. |
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President Barack Obama will hold a press conference this morning at 8:15 a.m. Pacific Time. In addition to the showdown over the debt ceiling, Obama may be asked about measures to curb gun violence and immigration policy. A report in the New York Times on Sunday said Obama plans to push Congress to move quickly on an ambitious overhaul of the immigration system instead of a piecemeal approach favored by Republicans. |
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Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. |
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks-open-mostly-lower-as-apple-shares-fall-3-2013-01-14 |
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bonds-gain-ahead-of-bernanke-speech-2013-01-14-91031132 |
http://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politics?link=MW_Nav_EP |
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