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Thursday, November 15, 2007
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Late-Night Headlines
Bloomberg:
- John Thain, the former Goldman Sachs Group president who has run the NYSE since 2004, was named CEO of Merrill Lynch, the first outsider to lead the firm in its 93-year history.
- Yen Falls on Speculation Japanese Mutual Funds Buying Overseas Assets.
- Billionaire shareholder activist Carl Icahn increased his stake in Motorola(MOT), becoming the mobile-phone company’s third-largest investor.
- Gold may decline as low as $718 an ounce by February as jewelry demand drops with the close of the festival season in
- Billionaire Edward Lampert’s hedge fund acquired a $485 million stake in Home Depot(HD).
- The White House signaled it will opposes subprime legislation set for a vote in the US House of Representatives, saying the measure would constrict mortgage markets and limit credit to potential homebuyers. “The administration is concerned with these and other provisions that could lead to greater uncertainty and increased litigation, which could cause an undesirable reduction in mortgage credit and a drop in future homeownership,” the White House’s Office of Management and Budget said in the statement.
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- China’s industrial production growth slowed in October as the government sought to curb the expansion of factories that are heavy polluters and energy consumers.
- Berkshire Hathaway(BRK/A) boosted its holdings of banks and health insurers and disclosed a stake in CarMax, the biggest US used-car dealer
- Markit Group Ltd. agreed to buy the owners of the iTraxx and CDX credit-default swap indexes, giving it control of the benchmarks for the world’s $45.5 trillion credit-derivatives market.
- Legg Mason’s Bill Miller raised his stakes in Bear Stearns(BSC) and Goldman Sachs(GS) in the third quarter as financial stocks tumbled on losses tied to subprime mortgages.
NY Times:
- Frito-Lay is redesigning a potato-chip factory aiming to reduce the energy it consumers and waste it creates.
- Airlines Vow to Do Better.
MarketWatch.com:
- Gasoline prices rose to an average $3.05 a gallon at the pump last week as consumers cut their demand for gas for the fourth straight week, according to data released Wednesday by SpendingPulse.
- What sound of the other shoe dropping? Wal-Mart(WMT) earnings rebut predictions of a consumer pullback.
CNNMoney.com:
- Google: Half-trillion dollar company by 2010?
- Sony PlayStation sales soar in US after price cut.
Straits Times:
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Late Buy/Sell Recommendations
Citigroup:
- Reiterated Buy on (BX), target $36.
- Upgraded (VCLK) to Buy, target $30..
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NASDAQ 100 futures -.61%.
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Economic Releases
8:30 am EST
- The Consumer Price Index for October is estimated to rise .3% versus a .3% gain in September.
- The CPI Ex Food & Energy for October is estimated to rise .2% versus a .2% gain in September.
- The Empire Manufacturing index for November is estimated to fall to 19.0 versus 28.8 in October.
- Initial Jobless Claims for this week are estimated to rise to 320K versus 317K the prior week.
- Continuing Claims are estimated to fall to 2575K versus 2579K prior.
10:30 am EST
- Bloomberg consensus estimates call for a weekly crude oil drawdown of -750,000 barrels versus a -821,000 barrel decline the prior week. Gasoline supplies are expected to fall by -400,000 barrels versus an -819,000 barrel decline the prior week. Distillate inventories are estimated to fall by -250,000 barrels versus a 98K barrel increase the prior week. Finally, Refinery Utilization is estimated to rise by .50% versus a .07% gain the prior week.
12:00 pm EST
- The Philly Fed for November is estimated to fall to 5.0 versus 6.8 in October.
Other Potential Market Movers
- The Fed’s Evans speaking, Fed’s Hoenig speaking, (SCHW) Business Update, (HAS) analyst meeting, (SRDX) analyst meeting, (TLM) analyst meeting, (IWOV) analyst meeting, (IVZ) analyst day, (LYV) analyst day, (TQNT) analyst day, (VPRT) investor day, (ROK) investor day, Stephens Investment Conference, CSFB Healthcare Conference, CSFB Insurance & Asset Management Conference, Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference, UBS Global Tech & Services Conference, Bank of America Energy Conference and Merrill Lynch Banking & Financial Services Conference could also impact trading today.
Stocks Finish Lower on Profit-taking
Stocks Mixed into Final Hour on Healthy Consolidation of Recent Gains
Producer Prices Decelerate, Retail Sales Above Estimates, Business Sales Rise
- The Producer Price Index for October rose .1% versus estimates of a .3% gain and a 1.1% rise in September.
- The PPI Ex Food & Energy for October was unch. versus estimates of a .2% gain and a .1% rise in September.
- Advance Retail Sales for October rose .2% versus estimates of a .1% increase and an upwardly revised .7% gain in September.
- Retail Sales Less Autos for October rose .2% versus estimates of a .2% increase and a downwardly revised .3% gain in September.
- Business Inventories for September rose .4% versus estimates of a .4% gain and an upwardly revised .3% increase in August.
BOTTOM LINE: Prices paid to US producers rose in October at a slower pace than forecast, suggesting the economy is absorbing the effects of a jump in energy costs, Bloomberg said. Core producer prices are rising at a 2.5% rate over the last 12 months. Prices of light trucks fell 2.7%. Computer prices fell 1.3%. The cost of consumer goods rose .1%. Prices for capital goods fell .1%. While producer prices will likely jump next month on the rise in energy, I still believe inflation has peaked for this cycle and measures will continue to decelerate over the intermediate-term.
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