{"id":10941,"date":"2017-11-06T08:45:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=10941"},"modified":"2017-11-06T08:45:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:45:02","slug":"before-the-open-nov-6-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=10941","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (Nov 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. <\/span>
\n The Asian\/Pacific<\/strong> markets traded quietly and closed with a slight lean to the upside. China, Thailand and the Philippines posted gains; South Korea fell. Europe, Africa and the Middle East<\/strong> are trading mixed. Poland, Turkey, Denmark, South Africa, Kenya and Hungary are up; the UAE, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Austria are down. Futures in the States<\/strong> point towards a flat open for the cash market. <\/span>
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\n The dollar is flat. Oil and copper are up. Gold and silver are up. Bonds are up. <\/span>
\nStock headlines<\/strong> from barchart.com…<\/span>
\n Cavium (CAVM +3.42%) jumped 14% in pre-market trading after the WSJ reported that Marvell Technology is in advanced talks to combine with Cavium. Marvell Technology (MRVL +1.26%) dropped 9% in pre-market trading on the news.<\/span>
\n Dish Network (DISH -0.41%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ at Pivotal Research Group LLC with a price target of $65.<\/span>
\n Berkshire Hathaway ({=BRK\/A=}) lost almost 1% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 operating EPS of $2,094, below consensus of $2,347.<\/span>
\n Qualcomm (QCOM +12.71%) gained over 1% in after-hours trading after Nomura said that Broadcom paying $70 a share for Qualcomm feels a “little low.”<\/span>
\n Host Hotels (HST +0.87%) was upgraded to ‘Outperform’ from ‘Market Perform’ at Wells Fargo Securities with a price target of $21.<\/span>
\n Hyatt Hotels (H +0.97%) were downgraded to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Outperform’ at B Riley FBR.<\/span>
\n Twitter (TWTR +0.96%) was upgraded to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Sell’ at Citigroup.<\/span>
\n Electronics for Imaging (EFII +0.64%) was downgraded to ‘Equal-Weight’ from ‘Overweight’ at Barclays.<\/span>
\n Hilton (HLT +0.99%) was downgraded to ‘Market Perform’ from ‘Outperform’ at Wells Fargo Securities.<\/span>
\n TherapeuticsMD (TXMD -5.42%) rose over 3% in after-hours trading after it said it will provide a “TX-004HR regulatory update” with its Q3 earnings conference call Monday morning.<\/span>
\n Sprint (S +3.73%) was downgraded to ‘Underweight’ from ‘Sector Weight’ at Keybanc Capital Markets with a 12-month target price of $5.50.<\/span>
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