Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Wednesday Watch

Night Trading 
  • Asian equity indices are -.5% to +.25% on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 69.25 -.75 basis point.
  • China Sovereign CDS 39.25 -.25 basis point.
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index  66.10 +.02%.
  • FTSE 100 futures unch.
  • S&P 500 futures -.09%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures -.12%.

Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate

Before the Open:
  • (ABB)/.25
  • (ALXN)/2.47
  • (ANTM)/4.82
  • (BX)/.55
  • (BA)/2.14
  • (BSX)/.38
  • (CAT)/2.90
  • (CLF)/.26
  • (CMC)/.70
  • (LLY)/1.41
  • (FCX)/.01
  • (GD)/3.06
  • (HLT)/1.02
  • (KNX)/.48
  • (NDAQ)/1.21
  • (NSC)/2.59
  • (OC)/1.51
  • (PNR)/.55
  • (WGO)/1.01
After the Close:
  • (ALGN)/1.14
  • (AMP)/4.09
  • (CP)/4.50
  • (EBAY)/.64
  • (FFIV)/2.55
  • (F)/.26
  • (LRCX)/3.02
  • (LSTR)/1.41
  • (LVS)/.75
  • (MSFT)/1.24
  • (ORLY)/4.79
  • (PYPL)/.62
  • (RJF)/1.91
  • (RHI)/1.00
  • (NOW)/.89
  • (TSLA)/-.28
  • (VMI)/2.30 
  • (VAR)/1.21
  • (XLNX)/.92
Economic Releases
9:00 am EST
  • The FHFA House Price Index MoM for Aug. is estimated to rise +.3% versus a +.4% gain in July.
10:30 am EST
  • Bloomberg consensus estimates call for a weekly crude oil inventory gain of +2,397,330 barrels versus a +9,281,000 barrel gain the prior week.Gasoline supplies are estimated to fall by -2,106,550 barrels versus a -2,562,000 barrel decline the prior week. Distillate inventories are estimated to fall by -2,711,550 barrels versus a -3,823,000 barrel decline the prior week. Finally, Refinery Utilization is estimated to rise by +.96% versus a -2.6% decline prior.
Upcoming Splits
  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Japan manufacturing data, $41B 5Y T-Note auction, weekly MBA Mortgage Applications report, Zuckerberg(FB) testimony to House regarding Libra and the (HPE) analyst meeting could also impact trading today.
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are slightly lower, weighed down by technology and commodity shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open mixed and to weaken into the afternoon, finishing modestly lower. The Portfolio is 75% net long heading into the day.

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