Monday, April 29, 2019

Tuesday Watch

Night Trading 
  • Asian equity indices are -.25% to +.25% on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 64.0 -.25 basis point.
  • China Sovereign CDS 41.25 unch.
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 66.51 unch.
  • S&P 500 futures -.08%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures -.21%.

Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate
Before the Open:
  • (BP)/.12
  • (EAT)/1.20
  • (CRI)/.72
  • (COP)/.90
  • (GLW)/.40
  • (CMI)/3.55
  • (DBD)/-.35
  • (ETN)/1.25
  • (LLY)/1.33
  • (GE)/.09
  • (GM)/1.12
  • (HCA)/2.33
  • (IR)/.80
  • (MLM)/.26
  • (MA)/1.66
  • (MCD)/1.76
  • (MRK)/1.05
  • (OSK)/1.66
  • (PCAR)/1.65
  • (PFE)/.75
  • (PSX)/.35
  • (R)/.99
  • (STX)/.71
  • (WCG)/3.03
  • (WH)/.46
After the Close:
  • (AMD)/.06
  • (AKAM)/1.02
  • (AMED)/.89
  • (AMGN)/3.48
  • (AAPL)/2.36
  • (BXP)/1.66
  • (CHRW)/1.14
  • (CB)/2.56
  • (COHR)/1.47
  • (CYH)/-.45
  • (MXIM)/.52
  • (MDLZ)/.61
  • (NBR)/-.26
  • (OLN)/.32
  • (TDOC)/-.44
  • (TEX)/.61
  • (TWLO)/.01
  • (WYNN)/1.58
  • (ZEN)/.03
Economic Releases 
8:30 am EST
  • The Employment Cost Index for 1Q is estimated to rise +.7% versus a +.7% gain in 4Q.
9:00 am EST
  • The S&P CoreLogic CS 20-City MoM for February is estimated to rise +.2% versus a +.11% gain in January.
9:45 am EST
  • The MNI Chicago PMI for April is estimated to fall to 58.5 versus 58.7 in March.
10:00 am EST
  • Pending Home Sales MoM for March is estimated to rise +1.5% versus a -1.0% decline in February. 
  • The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for April is estimated to rise to 126.7 versus 124.1 in March.
Upcoming Splits
  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The China Manufacturing PMI report, Eurozone GDP report, Capitol Hill drug pricing/medicare-for-all hearings and the weekly US retail sales reports could also impact trading today.
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly lower, weighed down by commodity and technology shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly lower and to strengthen into the afternoon, finishing mixed. The Portfolio is 100% net long heading into the day.

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