Tuesday Watch

Evening Headlines

Bloomberg:

• The Chinese Car Invasion Is Coming.

• Mnuchin Gives Rusal Sanctions Escape Route After Market Tumult. 

• Yen Drop Buoys Japan Stocks as Dollar Holds Gain: Markets Wrap. The greenback held on to gains, with the 10-year Treasury yield remaining just below its highest level since 2014. As the yen retreated, equities in Japan climbed. Stocks nudged higher in Australia and in South Korea, despite SK Hynix Inc. continuing a pattern seen from a string of semiconductor makers where earnings disappointed investors. Aluminum prices plunged after the U.S. softened its position on sanctions against Russia’s United Co. Rusal. Japan’s Topix index added 0.8 percent as of 9:01 a.m. in Tokyo. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index advanced 0.1 percent. South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.2 percent. Futures on Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index climbed 0.1 percent. Futures on the S&P 500 Index rose 0.2 percent after the underlying gauge closed little changed on Monday.

• Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day.

• Yields Approaching 3% Are Good News for Dollar Bulls.

Wall Street Journal:

• If GDP Lags, Watch the Economy GO. ‘Gross output’ reflects the full value of the supply chain, and it portends much faster growth.

• Sers(SHLD) CEO Pushes Board to Sell Units, and Offers to Buy Them.

• The Next Winners From the Oil Rally.

MarketWatch.com: 

• Hedge-fund managers offer their top stock-market picks: Sohn live blog.

• Google(GOOGL) earnings boosted to big beat by Uber stake: live blog recap.

Fox News:

• Pompeo secures Senate panel's OK after Republican can't make it to the Hill.

CNBC:

• Why Amazon(AMZN) is obsessed with getting inside our homes.

• Gundlach says he's long energy stocks, short Facebook(FB) at Sohn Conference.

• Glenview's Larry Robbins is hot on health care stocks again.

• Hedge fund manager David Einhorn is betting against Assured Guaranty.

• Google(GOOGL) CEO tells investors not to worry about Europe's upcoming privacy rules.

• Tech hedge fund manager Palihapitiya says Box(BOX) is his favorite A.I. stock idea.

Zero Hedge:       

• Toronto Killer Van Attack Suspect Named As Alek Minassian.  

• AI-Operated Health Pods To Be Introduced In Dubai.

• Saudi Media Claims Houthis Are Holding 19 Oil Tankers Hostage Off Yemeni Coast.

• Ex-Facebook Executive: "You Don't Realize It But You Are Being Programmed".

• Desperate John Paulson Partners With "First Loss" Funds To Unlock 10x Leverage.

• Narco-Politics: 7,667 Mexicans Killed In 3 Months As Drug Cartels Unleash Hell Before Elections.   

• Dollar Soars To 3-Month Highs As Bonds Spook Stocks, China Blamed. (graph)

Business Insider:

• Alphabet(GOOGL) tops Wall Street's Q1 revenue target.

Night Trading 

• Asian equity indices are -.5% to +.25% on average.

• Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 77.25 +1.75 basis points. 

• Asia Pacific Sovereign CDS Index 12.25 +.25 basis point.

• Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 73.61 -.97%.

• FTSE 100 futures +.60%.

• S&P 500 futures +.08%.

• NASDAQ 100 futures unch.

Morning Preview Links

Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate

• (MMM)/2.48

• (ATI)/.24

• (BIIB)/5.94

• (CAT)/2.10

• (CIT)/.94

• (KO)/.46

• (GLW)/.29

• (LLY)/1.13

• (FITB)/.48

• (FCX)/.56

• (HOG)/1.08

• (JBLU)/.22

• (LMT)/3.36

• (MDR)/.16

• (PCAR)/1.31

• (PII)/.87

• (PHM)/.45

• (R)/.87

• (SAP)/.73

• (SHW)/3.16

• (TRV)/2.69

• (UTX)/1.51

• (VZ)/1.11

• (AMGN)/3.25

• (COF)/2.34

• (CB)/2.26

• (ILMN)/1.02

• (RHI)/.74

• (TER)/.42

• (TXN)/1.16

• (WYNN)/2.00

Economic Releases
9:00 am EST

• The FHFA House Price Index MoM for February is estimated to rise +.6% versus a +.8% gain in January.

• S&P CoreLogic CS 20-City  MoM SA for February is estimated to rise +.68% versus a +.75% gain in January.
  

10:00 am EST

• New Home Sales for March is estimated to rise to 630K versus 618K in February. 

• The Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index for April is estimated to rise to 16.0 versus 15.0 in March.

• The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for April is estimated to fall to 126.0 versus 127.7 in March.
  

Upcoming Splits

• None of note

Other Potential Market Movers

• The Australia CPI report, German IFO Expectations Index, $32B 2Y T-Note auction, weekly US retail sales report and the Arizona House Special Election could also impact trading today.

BOTTOM LINE:  Asian indices are mostly lower, weighed down by consumer and technology shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly lower and to rally into the afternoon, finishing mixed.  The Portfolio is 75% net long heading into the day.