{"id":10010,"date":"2016-10-28T08:18:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=10010"},"modified":"2016-10-28T08:18:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:18:48","slug":"before-the-open-oct-28-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=10010","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (Oct 28)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning. Happy Friday. <\/span>
\n The Asian\/Pacific<\/strong> markets closed mixed and little changed. Japan moved up; Hong Kong and Singapore moved down. Everything was close to unchanged. Europe<\/strong> currently leans to the downside. Unless this is a misprint, Denmark is down 4%. Germany, Austria, Belgium, Turkey and Italy are weak. Futures in the States<\/strong> point towards a positive open for the cash market. <\/span>
\n The dollar is down. Oil is down; copper is up. Gold and silver are up small amounts. Bonds are down. <\/span>
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\nStock headlines<\/strong> from barchart.com…<\/span>
\n Amazon.com (AMZN -0.51%) is down -4% in overnight trading after forecasting weak holiday sales that may produce an earnings miss.
\n Alphabet (GOOG -0.47%) rallied +1.2% in after-hours trading after reporting a 20.2% rise in revenue and announcing a $7 billion buyback of its Class C stock.
\n GE (GE -0.83%) is in talks to buy Baker Hughes (BHI), according to a Dow Jones report, which boosted BHI 17% in post-market trading. GE was down -1.3% after the report. However, GE officials later denied that it is discussing an outright purchase of BHI.
\n Apple (AAPL -0.96%) raised the price of its Macs in the UK by 20% due to Brexit-induced sterling weakness.
\n Expedia (EXPE +0.70%) rallied 1% in after-hours trading on positive revenue and bookings news.
\n TripAdvisor (TRIP +0.16%) bookings to Cuba were cleared by the U.S. Treasury Department.
\n Tesla (TSLR) and Solar City (SCTY +3.25%) will unveil their solar roof on Friday, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
\n VeriSign (VRSN +1.94%) rallied 4% in after-hours trading and beating revenue and earnings estimates.
\n Decker Outdoor Corp (DECK -1.72%) rallied +0.8% in after-hours trading on an earnings beat.
\n Cirrus Logic (CRUS -1.63%) rallied 6% in after-hours trading on positive earnings news.
\n Hanesbrands (HBI -0.38%) rallied 4% in after-hours trading on positive earnings news.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n Thursday’s Key Earnings<\/strong>
\n Altria (NYSE:MO) -0.1% following a narrow beat.
\n Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) +1.3% AH with Google strength driving profits.
\n Amazon (AMZN) -6.1% AH as expenses hurt the retailer.
\n Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) -1.4% AH on sluggish revenue.
\n Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) +1.3% AH although posting a grim outlook.
\n Blackstone (NYSE:BX) -0.2% despite managed assets climbing 8%.
\n Bristol-Myers (NYSE:BMY) +5.4% hiking its forecasts.
\n Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG) +6.4% topping expectations.
\n Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) -1% on falling volumes.
\n ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) -5.3% raising outlook, cutting capex.
\n Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) +1.5% on its 12th straight quarterly beat.
\n Enterprise Products (NYSE:EPD) -1.5% after an in-line Q3.
\n Ford (NYSE:F) -1.2% on profit pressure outside NA.
\n LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) +0.2% AH after topping expectations.
\n Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) -3.1% following in-line earnings.
\n Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) +0.6% beating estimates, restructuring.
\n UPS (NYSE:UPS) +0.5% booking solid sales.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nToday’s Earnings here<\/a><\/span>
\nOther<\/strong>…<\/span>
\ntoday’s upgrades\/downgrades<\/a> from briefing.com<\/span>
\nthis week’s Earnings<\/a><\/span>
\nthis week’s Economic Numbers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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