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U.S. stock index futures fell sharply on Monday on concerns about China’s slowing growth in the wake of the biggest drop in Shanghai shares in eight years. * Chinese shares tumbled more than 8 percent …

For those investors, who view the recent drop as a buying opportunity for Chinese stocks traded in the American marketplace, Gene Munster, senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray suggest Baidu and JD

Details from the June 2015 Durable goods orders data report 27 July 2015
– Prior -2.2%. Revised to -2.1%
– Durables ex-transport 0.8% vs 0.5% exp m/m. Prior 0.0%. Revised to -0.1%
Better than expected but the dollar isn’t getting excited by the number. That’s a worrying sign as it’s moved much more on less numbers than these. USDJPY sits at 123.16

BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) – Talks between Greece and its international creditors on a third bailout began in Athens on Monday but the lenders want to see more reforms turned into law before they disburse the first loans to keep the near-bankrupt country afloat. The government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has pushed two packages of measures through parliament this month as conditions for starting negotiations on a three-year loan program worth up to 86 billion euros ($95 billion) to keep Greece in the euro zone.

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Walt Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger said Monday he sees ESPN as a media property that could be eventually sold directly to consumers like Time Warner’s HBO has done.

China is plunging and the dollar is getting beat down.

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USDJPY is looking a bit scared of the upcoming durable goods numbers
Durable goods is one of those volatile data points and it’s got added scrutiny with the FOMC this week. It’s not a data point I like because of the vol and it’s often hard to find a trend in it