Monday, April 03, 2006

Tuesday Watch

Late-Night Headlines
Bloomberg:
- Congressman Tom DeLay, former majority leader of the US House of Representatives, plans to quit his post “within months,” Time magazine reported on its web site.
- The Univ. of Florida beat UCLA 73-57 in the championship game of the national men’s college basketball tournament for the school’s first title.

USA Today:
- A growing number of US doctors are making house calls under a three-year Medicare pilot program in California, Texas and Florida.

Nikkei English News:
- Hitachi Ltd. will increase production of flat-panel screens to better match demand and improve its position in the market.

Xinhua News Agency:
- Chinese Internet search firm Baidu.com(BIDU) had a 56.6% share of China’s Internet search market in 2005, ahead of Google’s(GOOG) 32.8% market share.

Wen Wei Po:
- China should gradually reduce its holdings of US debt, citing Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.

Late Buy/Sell Recommendations
- None of note

Night Trading
Asian Indices are unch. to +.25% on average.
S&P 500 indicated +.07%.
NASDAQ 100 indicated +.04%.

Morning Preview
US AM Market Call
NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator/Heat Map
Pre-market Commentary
Before the Bell CNBC Video(bottom right)
Global Commentary
Asian Indices
European Indices
Top 20 Business Stories
In Play
Bond Ticker
Daily Stock Events
Macro Calls
Rasmussen Consumer/Investor Daily Indices
CNBC Guest Schedule

Earnings of Note
Company/EPS Estimate
- (DLP)/.46
- (DRC)/.39
- (PQE)/.52
- (TDS)/.31

Upcoming Splits
- (PVR) 2-for-1
- (BER) 3-for-2

Economic Releases
- None of note

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher, on gains in commodity stocks in the region. I expect US equities to open mixed and to trade modestly lower into the afternoon. The Portfolio is 50% net long heading into the day.

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