{"id":10725,"date":"2017-09-06T07:48:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T12:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=10725"},"modified":"2017-09-06T07:48:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T12:48:21","slug":"before-the-open-sep-6-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=10725","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (Sep 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Good morning. Happy Wednesday. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>Asian\/Pacific<\/strong> markets leaned to the downside. Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines posted the biggest losses. <strong>Europe, Africa and the Middle East<\/strong> currently leans down. Germany, Italy and Saudi Arabia are up, but the UK, Denmark, South Africa, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden are down. Futures in the <strong>States<\/strong> point towards a positive open for the cash market. <\/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\/udnVXIQdRQs\">There&#8217;s a Bull Market Somewhere<\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The dollar is flat. Oil and copper are up. Gold is flat; silver is up. Bonds are mixed and virtually flat. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Stock headlines<\/strong> from barchart.com&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Rockwell Collins (COL +0.30%) was downgraded to &#8216;Hold&#8217; from &#8216;Buy&#8217; at Drexel Hamilton LLC.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Marathon Petroleum (MPC -4.59%) was downgraded to &#8216;Market Perform&#8217; from &#8216;Outperform&#8217; at Wells Fargo Securities.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Exxon Mobil (XOM +0.80%) was upgraded to &#8216;Neutral&#8217; from &#8216;Sell&#8217; at UBS.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE -1.89%) rose 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 net revenue of $8.21 billion, higher than consensus of $7.50 billion.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Dave &amp; Busters Entertainment (PLAY +0.52%) dropped 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 comparable sales were up +1.1%, weaker than consensus of +2.6%.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Electronics for Imaging (EFII -1.01%) jumped 8% in after-hours trading after it said it sees Q3 adjusted EOS of 55 cents-60 cents, the midpoint above consensus of 56 cents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Microchip Technology (MCHP -1.55%) lost 1% in after-hours trading after it reaffirmed its Q2 financial outlook.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Portola Pharmaceuticals (PTLA -5.47%) slipped nearly 3% in after-hours trading as a disagreement with the FDA on relevance of a 2nd polymorph in its Bevyxxa drug may delay the launch of the drug until Nov 2017 and possibly Q1 of 2018.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Monster Beverage (MNST +0.48%) rose 2% in after-hours trading after the Deal.com speculated Cocoa-Cola may acquire MNST as it already has a 16.7% stake in the company.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> HealthEquity (HQY -0.43%) rallied 7% in after-hours trading after it said it sees full-year revenue of $223 million-$228 million, the midpoint above consensus of $224.8 million.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Coupa Software (COUP -2.41%) climbed 8% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 revenue of $44.6 million, higher than consensus of $41.6 million, and said it sees full-year revenue of $177 million-$179 million, better than consensus of $174.3 million.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> GoDaddy (GDDY +0.51%) slid -0.5% in after-hours trading after it announced that it intends to offer 20.5 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Duluth Holdings ({=DLTH jumped nearly 8% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 EPS of 13 cents, better than consensus of 10 cents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> At Home Group (HOME +0.99%) gained over 1% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 adjusted proforma EPS of 18 cents, above consensus of 17 cents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions (KTOS +3.14%) dropped over 5% in after-hours trading after it announced that it intends to offer 12.5 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <strong>Tuesday&#8217;s Key Earnings<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) +4.3% AH on Q3 beat.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) +6% AH on Q2 beat.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Coupa Software (NASDAQ:COUP) +4.8% AH on Q2 revenue growth.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Dave &amp; Buster&#8217;s (NASDAQ:PLAY) -7% AH on weak same-store sales growth.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Duluth Holdings (NASDAQ:DLTH) +8.9% AH on strong Q2 earnings.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> At Home Group (NASDAQ:HOME) +4.5% AH on Q2 revenue growth.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <strong>Today&#8217;s Economic Calendar<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 7:00 MBA Mortgage Applications<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 8:30 International Trade<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 8:55 Redbook Chain Store Sales<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 9:45 PMI Services Index<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 10:00 ISM Non-Manufacturing Index<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 2:00 PM Fed&#8217;s Beige Book<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/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 Wednesday. The Asian\/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines posted the biggest losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently leans down. Germany, Italy and Saudi Arabia are up, but the UK, Denmark, South Africa, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden are down. Futures in the States [&hellip;]<\/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\/10725"}],"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=10725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}