Monday Watch

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:

• Sri Lanka Imposes Curfew After Easter Sunday Bombings Kill 207.

• Easter Carnage Threatens to Breed More Violence in Sri Lanka.

• In Photos: Sri Lanka Reels From Deadly Attacks on Hotels, Churches.

• Bond Traders Take Stock After Rebound in Yields Stalls Out.

• Primed for a Rebound? U.S. Growth Set to Stabilize: Economy Week.  

• Tesla Takes Short Seller to Court, Saying He Menaced Its Workers.  

• Diets High in Sodium Are Really Bad for Americans.

Wall Street Journal:

• Easter Bomb Attacks on Sri Lanka Churches, Hotels Kill at Least 207.

• Look What the TV Revolution Did to Your Cable Box.

• Comedian Elected President of Ukraine, Exit Polls Show.

• Parents Can Invest for Years in Kids’ Sports, but Scholarships Are Elusive. 

• Elon Musk to Tout Robot Cars Amid Tesla Sales Slump.

• Democrats Chart Divergent Paths After Mueller’s Report.

• Airline Stocks at Crossroads Ahead of Earnings.

• America’s Biggest Supermarket Company Struggles with Online Grocery Upheaval.

MarketWatch.com:

• You can capture a dividend above 5% and still reap the benefit of stock-market growth.

• These 20 stocks may give you the best shot to cash in on fast-rising dividends.

Fox News:

• ‘Several’ US citizens among 207 killed in explosions by ‘radical terrorists’ in Sri Lanka; 13 arrested.

• ALLIE BETH STUCKEY: Dem candidates' tax returns reveal big problem.

• Nadler: This person should've been charged after Mueller report released.

CNBC:

• US citizens among those killed in Sri Lanka Easter attacks, secretary of State Pompeo says.
  

Zero Hedge:   

• Bloody Sunday: Sri Lanka Easter Church And Hotel Bombings Kill Over 200.

• NYT: The Tables Have Turned -- Time To Investigate The FBI, Steele And The Rest Of The 'Witch Hunters'.

• Easter And Why Government Is Not Our God.

• MSNBC Harasses Mueller After Easter Church Service.

• This Is How Crazy The Climate Alarmists Are Getting.

• "I Was The CIA Director - We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole".

• Lyft IPO To Set Record... For Fastest Shareholder Lawsuit Ever.

• Farage & The Charge Of The Brexit Brigade.

• Toxic Arsenic Found In Major Bottled Water Brands.

• Racist, Sexist "Diversity Disaster" Looming In AI Thanks To White Male Programmers.

• China's Fake Numbers And The Risk They Pose For The Rest Of The World.

Business Insider

• Gap's new minimalist menswear brand is unlike anything we've seen from the company before.

• Long hours, isolating loneliness, and confusing fees: Uber drivers in Washington D.C. are struggling to make ends meet.

• The 24 coolest cars at the 2019 New York Auto Show.

• Sri Lanka has temporarily blocked access to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp after a series of bombings left over 200 dead, fearing the spread of misinformation.

• Italy's 'perma-recession' could trigger a €2 trillion financial crisis that threatens the eurozone itself.

Night Trading

• Asian indices are -.25% to +.5% on average.

• Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 63.75 +.5 basis point.

• China Sovereign CDS 40.0 -1.0 basis point.

• Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 67.31 +.01%.

• FTSE 100 futures -.06%.

• S&P 500 futures +.12%.

• NASDAQ 100 futures +.12%.

Morning Preview Links

Earnings of Note

Company/Estimate

Before the Open:

• (AZZ)/.46

• (HAL)/.23

• (KMB)/1.55

• (NVR)/34.45

• (STLD)/.91

After the Close:

• (BRO)/.36

• (CE)/2.41

• (MINI)/.38

• (SANM)/.74

• (WHR)/2.85

• (ZION)/1.05

Economic Releases
8:30 am EST

• The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for March is estimated to rise to 5.2 versus -.29 in Feb.
  

10:00 am EST

• Existing Home Sales for March are estimated to fall to 5.3M versus 5.51M in Feb.
  

Upcoming Splits

• None of note
  

Other Potential Market Movers

• The Australia PMI report and the (TSLA) investor day could also impact trading today.

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher, boosted by technology and industrial shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open mixed and to strengthen into the afternoon, finishing modestly higher.  The Portfolio is 100% net long heading into the week.