{"id":10182,"date":"2017-01-27T08:47:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=10182"},"modified":"2017-01-27T08:47:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T13:47:05","slug":"before-the-open-jan-27-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=10182","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (Jan 27)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning. Happy Friday.<\/span>
\n The Asian\/Pacific<\/strong> markets closed with a lean to the upside. Australia, India and Singapore did the best. Europe<\/strong> is currently mostly down, but movement isn’t too extreme. Greece is down more than 3%. Sweden, Norway and France are also weak. Russia is doing well. Futures in the States<\/strong> point towards a flat-to-up open for the cash market. <\/span>
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\n VIDEO: <\/strong>There’s a Bull Market Somewhere<\/a><\/strong>
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\n The dollar is up. Oil is down; copper is up. Gold and silver are down. Bonds are down. <\/span>
\n Long is the only side of the market to be on. You can be cautiously long, but you still have to be long. Here’s the S&P weekly. <\/span>
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\nStock headlines<\/strong> from barchart.com…<\/span>
\n Alphabet (GOOGL -0.17%) slid nearly 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of $9.36, lower than consensus of $9.62.<\/span>
\n Starbucks (SBUX -0.41%) dropped over 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q1 comparable same-store sales up 3.0%, weaker than consensus of +3.7%.<\/span>
\n Microsoft (MSFT +0.93%) gained nearly 1% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 adjusted EPS ex-LinkedIn of 84 cents, higher than consensus of 79 cents.<\/span>
\n PayPal Holdings (PYPL -0.50%) fell over 3% in after-hours trading after it forecast 2017 adjusted EPS of $1.69-$1.74, weaker than consensus of $1.74.<\/span>
\n Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN -0.95%) rallied 7% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 net revenue of $1.30 billion, better than consensus of $1.27 billion.<\/span>
\n Juniper Networks (JNPR -1.49%) dropped over 7% in after-hours trading after it said it sees Q1 adjusted EPS of 38 cents-44 cents, weaker than consensus of 46 cents.<\/span>
\n Super Micro Computer (SMCI +0.35%) surged 10% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 48 cents, better than consensus of 46 cents, and then said it sees Q3 sales of $570 million to $630 million, well above consensus of $552.1 million.<\/span>
\n Robert Half International (RHI +0.24%) slid nearly 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 EPS of 61 cents, weaker than consensus of 64 cents.<\/span>
\n KLA-Tencor Corp. (KLAC -1.68%) rose 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $1,52, higher than consensus of $1.40.<\/span>
\n Proofpoint (PFPT +2.26%) fell 4% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 billings of $138.4 million, below some analysts’ estimates of $140 million.<\/span>
\n Valero Energy (VLO -1.40%) gained almost 1% in after-hours trading after it boosted its quarterly dividend to 70 cents a share from 60 cents a share, higher than expectations of 65 cents.<\/span>
\n Synaptics (SYNA -2.87%) jumped over 6% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 net revenue of $461.3 million, above consensus of $451.8 million.<\/span>
\n OSI Systems (OSIS -1.66%) climbed 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 68 cents, better than consensus of 61 cents.<\/span>
\n Microsemi Corp. (MSCC +0.34%) slipped over 1% in after-hours trading after it reported Q1 adjusted EPS of 86 cents, right on expectations.<\/span>
\n Greenhill & Co. (GHL -0.52%) rallied 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 revenue of $101.6 million, higher than consensus of $100.7 million.<\/span>
\n Thursday’s Key Earnings<\/strong>
\n Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) -2.1% AH earnings miss, higher costs.
\n Baker Hughes (NYSE:BHI) -0.6% on a fourth-quarter loss.
\n Blackstone (NYSE:BX) +2% as profit nearly doubled.
\n Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) +2.1% on positive guidance for 2017.
\n Bristol-Myers (NYSE:BMY) -5.5% slashing its outlook.
\n Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) -1% dipping on softer guidance.
\n Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG) -2.2% after acquiring Delinia.
\n Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) +2.8% boosting its buyback, dividend.
\n Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) +2% after topping estimates.
\n Ford (NYSE:F) -3.3% seeing lower 2017 profits.
\n Intel (INTC) +0.1% AH on strong holiday sales.
\n JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) -3.1% expecting soft January revenues.
\n Microsoft (MSFT) +1.4% AH buoyed by its cloud business.
\n PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) -0.6% AH with uninspiring Q1 guidance.
\n Potash (NYSE:POT) -3% on weak fertilizer prices.
\n Southwest (NYSE:LUV) +9% with record earnings in 2016.
\n Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) -4% AH on light comparable sales.
\n VMware (NYSE:VMW) +3.9% AH following strong Q4 results.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n Today’s Economic Calendar<\/strong>
\n 8:30 GDP Q4
\n 8:30 Durable Goods
\n 10:00 Consumer Sentiment
\n 1:00 PM Baker-Hughes Rig Count<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nOther<\/strong>…<\/span>
\ntoday’s upgrades\/downgrades<\/a> from briefing.com<\/span>
\nthis week’s Earnings<\/a><\/span> from Morningstar
\nthis week’s Economic Numbers\/Reports<\/a><\/span> powered by ECONODAY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian\/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Australia, India and Singapore did the best. Europe is currently mostly down, but movement isn’t too extreme. Greece is down more than 3%. Sweden, Norway and France are also weak. Russia is doing well. Futures in the States point towards a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}