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Dow Jones Industrial Average Moving Ahead of Apple Earnings

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Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average today (Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015) slipped 18 points ahead of today's first day of the Fed Open Market Committee's seventh meeting of 2015 and a very busy day of company earnings reports.

The central bank is unlikely to raise interest rates in October, but it could change language on its statement regarding exposure to foreign markets. The U.S. dollar was sliding against a basket of currencies due to these expectations.

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Moving Today - October 2015

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Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average today (Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015) were down 16 points this morning as markets prepare for a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who is expected to offer some insight into the central bank's outlook on monetary policy.

Markets predict there is a 31% chance that the central bank will hike rates in 2015. The odds are more in favor of a rate hike in March 2016.

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Down Today on Slowing China Growth

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Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average today (Monday, Oct. 19, 2015) were down 57 points as investors keep an eye on China and a busy week of earnings reports.

Early this morning, China reported an annualized GDP of 6.9%, a little ahead of consensus expectations. In addition, the National Bureau of Statistics of China reported that year-over-year industrial production grew by 5.7%, just below forecasts.

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