Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Wednesday Watch

Evening Headlines

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 Wall Street Journal:
Fox News:
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TheGatewayPundit.com: 
Rebel News:
OpenVAERS:
SKirsch.com:
Night Trading 
  • Asian equity indices are -.25% to +.25% on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 127.75 -.25 basis point. 
  • China Sovereign CDS  80.0 +.75 basis point.
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 52.61 -.02%.  
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 3,654.0 -36.0 points.
  • Volatility Index(VIX) futures 29.1 -.29%.
  • Euro Stoxx 50 futures n/a.
  • S&P 500 futures +.41%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures +.66%. 
Morning Preview Links

Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate 
 
Before the Open: 
  • (BMO)/3.22
  • (DKS)/2.53
  • (DY)/.16
After the Close:
  • ((ELF)/.06
  • (GES)/.29
  • (NVDA)/1.29
  • (SNOW)/.00
  • (SPLK)/-.75
  • (VSAT)/.36
  • (WSM)/2.87
Economic Releases
8:30 am EST
  • Durable Goods Orders for April is estimated to fall to +.6% versus a +1.1% gain in March.
  • Durables Ex Transports for April is estimated to rise +.5% versus a +1.4% gain in March.
  • Cap Goods Orders Non-Defense Ex Air for April is estimated to rise +.5% versus a +1.3% gain in March.
10:30 am EST
  • Bloomberg consensus estimates call  for a weekly crude oil inventory inventory decline of -1,850,890 barrels versus a -3,394,000 barrel decline the prior week. Gasoline supplies are estimated to fall by -1,293,440 barrels versus a -4,779,000 barrel decline the prior week. Distillate inventories are estimated to rise by +661,780 barrels versus a +1,235,000 barrel gain the prior week. Finally, Refinery Utilization is estimated to rise by +.66% versus a +1.8% gain prior.
2:00 pm EST
  • FOMC Meeting Minutes for May 4.
Upcoming Splits
  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Fed's Brainard speaking, Eurozone GDP report, weekly MBA Mortgage Applications report, B.Riley Investor Conference, (RJF) investor day and the TD Securities Telecom/Media Conference could also impact global trading today.
US Equity Market Hours
  • 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly lower, weighed down by consumer and technology shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly higher and to maintain gains into the afternoon. The Portfolio is 50% net long heading into the day.

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