Friday Watch

Late-Night Headlines
Bloomberg:
- Goldman Sachs Group(GS), Morgan Stanley(MS) and US futures exchanges are fighting efforts by Congress to give two regulators authority over the $4.2 trillion commodities market, a move they say will drive trading overseas.
- China’s refined copper imports, the world’s biggest, may plunge next year as domestic output increases, Beijing Antaike Information Development said. Imports may decline 43% to 800,000 metric tons from an estimated 1.4 million tons this year.
- Japan’s consumer prices fell for an eighth month in September, a sign that deflation lingers in the world’s second-largest economy.
- Honda Motor(HMC), Japan’s second-largest automaker, gained the most in two months after it raised its full-year profit forecast on a weaker yen and higher sales of fuel-efficient models.
- Microsoft Corp.(MSFT) said first-quarter earnings rose 23%, exceeding analysts’ estimates, and raised its forecasts for this year on sales of the new versions of Windows and the “Halo” video game. The stock surged 11.2% in after-hours trading.
- Sony Corp., the world’s second-largest consumer electronics maker, rose the most in 21 months on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as sales of Cyber-shot cameras boosted earnings to the highest in three quarters.

Wall Street Journal:
- Facebook Looks to Hedge Funds, Private Equity for More Cash.

Late Buy/Sell Recommendations
Citigroup:
- Reiterated Buy on (EL), raised target to $52.
- Reiterated Buy on (BMY), target $35.

Morgan Stanley:
- Reiterated Outperform on (CELG), target $73.

Raymond James:
- Raised (AKAM) to Strong Buy, target $46.

Night Trading
Asian Indices are -.50% to +.75% on average.
S&P 500 futures -.05%.
NASDAQ 100 futures +.17%.

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Earnings of Note
Company/EPS Estimate
- (ALE)/.62
- (ALEX)/1.00
- (BHI)/1.22
- (BC)/.12
- (CRDC)/-.34
- (CVH)/1.08
- (FO)/1.29
- (HMA)/.06
- (IR)/.88
- (TDW)/1.55
- (WMI)/.59
- (IDXX)/.79
- (ITT)/.89
- (CFC)/-1.34
- (LZ)/.93
- (EXC)/1.21
- (HTV)/.13
- (HCR)/.66

Upcoming Splits
- (MNRK) 6-for-5

Economic Releases
10:00 am EST
- The Final Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence reading for October is estimated at 82.0 versus 82.0 in September.

Other Potential Market Movers
- The Fed’s Mishkin speaking and (MSA) investors’ day could also impact trading today.

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are higher, boosted by technology and commodity stocks in the region. I expect US equities to open modestly higher and to maintain gains into the afternoon. The Portfolio is 50% net long heading into the day.