| The KUIK Morning Market Report for Wednesday, August 19: | |||||||
| Markets are down. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Time | Change | ||
| Dow | Down | (158) | points | 17,354 | 7:07 AM | ||
| S&P500 | Down | -0.6% | percent | 2,084 | (12.49) | ||
| Nasdaq Composite | Down | -0.5% | percent | 5,033 | (26.43) | ||
| 30 Year Treasury | Up | 2 | Basis Points | 2.88 | Annual Yield | ||
| Intel is going Hollywood. Yesterday at the Intel Developer Forum it announced America’s Greatest Makers is coming to television in 2016. Intel, United Arists and Turner Broadcasting are creating a reality television program in hopes of developing the must-have wearable or connected-home product that will solidify the Internet of Things. Since CEO Brian Krzanich took over in 2013, he has focused on hobbyists known as makers who build things themselves, as a way of getting development help for the next big thing. Intel is developing a tiny, button-size hardware module called Curie — named for physicist Marie Curie — to power wearable devices from smartwatches to rings. Intel will offer a $1 million prize for best product. | |||||||
| A quick drop in China shares flipped to gains early today with the The Shanghai Composite falling 5% earlier, ended up 1.2% at 3,794.11, and the smaller Shenzhen Composite gained 2.2% to 2,222.05. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/not-your-fathers-intel-chipmaker-goes-hollywood-2015-08-18 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-stocks-resume-slide-leading-asian-shares-lower-2015-08-19 | |||||||
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