Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Tuesday Watch

Night Trading 
  • Asian equity indices are -.25% to +.75% on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 63.75 +.5 basis point.
  • China Sovereign CDS 42.0 +1.0 basis point.
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 67.21 -.01%.
  • S&P 500 futures -.03%
  • NASDAQ 100 futures +.02%.

Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate
Before the Open:
  • (ATI)/.11
  • (CIT)/1.07
  • (KO)/.46
  • (FITB)/.39
  • (HOG)/.86
  • (HAS)/-.11
  • (IPI)/.04
  • (JBLU)/.12
  • (LMT)/4.34
  • (NUE)/1.51
  • (PII)/.91
  • (PG)/1.04
  • (PHM)/.47 
  • (DGX)/1.38
  • (SHW)/3.68
  • (STT)/1.21
  • (TWTR)/.15
  • (UTX)/1.72
  • (VZ)/1.16
  • (WAT)/1.73
After the Close:
  • (CP)/3.00
  • (EBAY)/.63
  • (MANH)/.34
  • (RHI)/.95
  • (SYK)/1.84
  • (AMTD)/.92
  • (TER)/.44
  • (TNX)/1.16
  • (VMI)/1.74
Economic Releases
9:00 am EST
  • The FHFA House Price Index MoM for Feb. is estimated to rise +.5% versus a +.6% gain in Jan.
10:00 am EST
  • Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index for April is estimated at 10.0 versus 10.0 in March.
  • New Home Sales for March is estimated to fall to 650K versus 667K in Feb.
Upcoming Splits
  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Eurozone PMI report, $40B 2Y T-Note auction and the US weekly retail sales reports could also impact trading today.
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher, boosted by commodity and technology 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 day.

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