Bloomberg:
- Oil and gasoline shortages in some parts of the country caused by the destruction from Hurricane Katrina should end in about a week, Allan Hubbard, director of the US National Economic Council, told CNBC.
- Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the country will strengthen counter-terrorism laws and citizenship rules to help guard the country against terror attacks.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Koizumi may win Sept. 11 elections, gaining a mandate to sell state assets, including postal services, and giver private companies a bigger role in spurring the world’s No. 2 economy.
Financial Times:
- Wyeth, the US drugmaker, is in talks with the US government to help prepare for a future flu pandemic.
Late Buy/Sell Recommendations
Goldman Sachs:
- Reiterated Outperform on PFE, MSFT, BSX and LVS.
- Reiterated Underperform on UST and TER.
Night Trading
Asian Indices are -.25% to +.25% on average.
S&P 500 indicated -.18%.
NASDAQ 100 indicated -.13%.
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PLB/.03
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CBRL/.74
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MATK/-.03
NSM/.22
ZQK/.20
SHLD/1.36
SLR/.04
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Economic Releases
8:30 am EST
- Initial Jobless Claims for last week are estimated to fall to 315K from 320K the prior week.
- Continuing Claims are estimated to fall to 2582K from 2607K prior.
9:30 am EST
- Platt's estimates weekly crude inventories fell 7 million barrels, gasoline inventories fell 6.5 million barrels, distillate inventories declined 2.5 million barrels and refinery utilization fell 11.5%.
10:00 am EST
- Wholesale Inventories for July are estimated to rise .6% versus a .7% gain in June.
3:00 pm EST
- Consumer Credit for July is estimated to fall to $10.0B from $14.5B in June.
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher as falling energy prices boosted exporters in the region. I expect US equities to open modestly lower, spurred by losses in the homebuilding stocks. The Portfolio is 100% net long heading into the day.
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