{"id":10550,"date":"2017-07-24T07:50:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T12:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=10550"},"modified":"2017-07-24T07:50:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T12:50:39","slug":"before-the-open-jul-24-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=10550","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (Jul 24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>Asian\/Pacific<\/strong> markets lean to the upside. Japan and Austrilia are down; China, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia are down. <strong>Europe, Africa and the Middle East<\/strong> currently leans to the downside. Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Portugal and Sweden are downl South Africa is up. Futures in the <strong>States<\/strong> point towards a flat open. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><!--more-->&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n<strong> VIDEO: <\/strong><a style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KbOcE84GkyY\">LeavittBrothers.net Overview<\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The dollar is up a small amount. Oil and copper are up. Gold and silver are up. Bonds are down. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Stock headlines<\/strong> from barchart.com&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> There were positive earnings reports this morning from Hasbro (HAS +0.91%) of 0.53, Halliburton (HAL -2.20%) of 0.23, VF Corp (VFC +1.63%) of 0.28, Illinois Tool Works (ITW +0.12%) of 1.66, and Lennox (LII -0.09%) of +2.83. Manpower (MAN -0.18%) reported disappointing earnings of 1.02 vs expectations of 1.17.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> WebMD (WBMD -0.11%) agreed to be purchased by buyout firm KKR for $2.8 billion.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Radius Health (RDUS -0.28%) announced that the European regulator, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use&#8217;s (CHMP), has requested additional data related to Radius Health&#8217;s marketing application for its osteoporosis medicine Eladyno. The drug was approved in the U.S. in April under the brand name Tymlos and if approved by the CHMP, would be the first commercially available anabolic in Europe in 14-years.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> TerraForm Power (TERP unch) reported Q4 adjusted Ebitda of $112 million, below consensus of $118.7 million.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Trustco Bank NY (TRST -1.29%) reported Q2 net income of $12.2 million, up +17.0% y\/y.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <strong>Today&#8217;s Economic Calendar<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 9:45 PMI Composite Flash<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 10:00 Existing Home Sales<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Other<\/strong>&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.briefing.com\/investor\/calendars\/upgrades-downgrades\/\">upgrades\/downgrades<\/a> from briefing.com<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">this week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/earnings\/earnings-calendar.aspx\">Earnings<\/a><\/span> from Morningstar<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">this week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/mam.econoday.com\/\">Economic Numbers\/Reports<\/a><\/span> powered by ECONODAY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian\/Pacific markets lean to the upside. Japan and Austrilia are down; China, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia are down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently leans to the downside. Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Portugal and Sweden are downl South Africa is up. 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