Bloomberg:
- Sony Corp. had its debt rating cut one level to A2 by Moody’s Inventors Service.
Chicago Tribune:
- Chicago’s city council today approved an ordinance that will ban smoking in all public places in the city, including restaurants, bars and sports venues, within three years.
Reuters:
- Worldwide DVD movie sales are probably nearing their peak as customer interest in downloads and video-on-demand rises.
Kyodo News:
- Japan’s government will today announce a one-year extension of the deployment of its troops in Iraq.
Late Buy/Sell Recommendations
Goldman Sachs:
- Reiterated Outperform on KO.
- Reiterated Underperform on TXN.
Smith Barney:
- Upgraded PLAY to Buy, target $36.
Night Trading
Asian Indices are -1.25% to -.25% on average.
S&P 500 indicated -.21%.
NASDAQ 100 indicated -.26%.
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CIEN/-.03
COST/.45
FLE/.00
CMOS/-.02
ESL/.56
NSM/.28
TOL/.65
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CDIS 2-for-1
TXU 2-for-1
Economic Releases
8:30 am EST
- Initial Jobless Claims for last week are estimated to fall to 318K versus 320K the prior week.
- Continuing Claims are estimated to fall to 2745K versus 2767K prior.
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are lower, dragged down by Financial shares in the region. I expect US equities to open lower and to rally modestly into the afternoon, finishing mixed. The Portfolio is 75% net long heading into the day.
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