Stocks Fall In Early Afternoon But Apple At New High

Stocks continued to trade moderately lower in early afternoon trading Tuesday as investors looked toward the release of Fed minutes this afternoon. The minutes are slated to hit the wires around 2 p.m. ET and market observers are going to search for any hints of a possible third round of quantitative easing by the central bank to shore up the economy. The Nasdaq was down 0.2% after eking out a small gain in the morning. The Dow Jones industrial