Wall Street Journal:
- Jeffrey Greenberg, former chairman and chief executive of Marsh & McLennan, is trying to raise money for a new private-equity fund in NY.
Financial Times:
- Pfizer Inc., Alteria Group, Microsoft and Walt Disney are among US companies changing their corporate governance rules to give investors more chance to remove directors and decide executive compensation.
- The Chicago Mercantile Exchange may launch Asia’s first regional stock index futures contract. The contract will be based on S&P’s Asia 50 Index.
Xinhua news:
- Chinese companies more than doubled spending on overseas mergers and acquisitions in the first half of this year.
Late Buy/Sell Recommendations
Goldman Sachs:
- Reiterated Outperform on MERQE.
Night Trading
Asian Indices are -.25% to +.75% on average.
S&P 500 indicated +.03%.
NASDAQ 100 indicated +.03%.
Morning Preview
US AM Market Call
NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator/Heat Map
Pre-market Commentary
Before the Bell CNBC Video(bottom right)
Global Commentary
Asian Indices
European Indices
Top 20 Business Stories
In Play
Bond Ticker
Daily Stock Events
Macro Calls
Rasmussen Consumer/Investor Daily Indices
CNBC Guest Schedule
Earnings of Note
Company/EPS Estimate
AMD/.08
AAPL/.37
GCI/1.13
Upcoming Splits
- None of note
Economic Releases
2:00 pm EST
- Minutes of Sep. 20 FOMC Meeting
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher, boosted by financial companies in the region. I expect US equities to open mixed and to fall modestly later in the day. The Portfolio is 25% net long heading into the day.
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