{"id":11001,"date":"2017-11-22T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=11001"},"modified":"2017-11-22T08:30:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T13:30:01","slug":"before-the-open-nov-22-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=11001","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (Nov 22)"},"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 closed mostly up. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Indonesia led the way. <strong>Europe, Africa and the Middle East<\/strong> are currently split. The UK, Kenya, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Saudi Arabia are up; Turkey, Greece, South Africa, Norway and Austria are down. Futures in the <strong>States<\/strong> point towards a slight 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\/KbOcE84GkyY\">LeavittBrothers.net Overview<\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The dollar is down. Oil is up a buck; copper is flat. 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;\"> Deere &amp; Co (DE +1.69%) is up over 3% in pre-market trading after it reported Q4 EPS of $1.57, higher than consensus of $1.47.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL -4.08%) was downgraded to &#8216;Neutral&#8217; from &#8216;Buy&#8217; at Longbow Reasearch.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Salesforce.com (CRM +1.33%) lost 1% in after-hours trading after it said it sees Q4 adjusted EPS of 32 cents to 33 cents, below consensus of 34 cents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Exelixis (EXEL +1.56%) gained almost 2% in after-hours trading after it said it will submit a supplemental New Drug Application to the U.S. Food &amp; Drug Administration in Q1 of next year for its Cabozantinib in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Halozyme (HALO +2.67%) was downgraded to &#8216;Equal-Weight&#8217; from &#8216;Overweight&#8217; at Barclays.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Terreno Realty (TRNO +2.00%) was upgraded to &#8216;Buy&#8217; from &#8216;Neutral&#8217; at National Securities with a target price of $45.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Caleres (CAL +0.16%) slumped over 9% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 net sales of $774.7 million, below consensus of $785.8 million.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> GameStop (GME +1.76%) climbed 4% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 comparable sales unexpectedly rose +1.9%, better than consensus for -2.4% loss.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA +0.98%) rose almost 3% in after-hours trading after Reuters reported the company received an all-cash offer from Nippon Paint today.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Guess? Inc (GES +0.96%) tumbled 10% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 net revenue of $554.1 million, weaker than consensus of $569.8 million, and then said it sees full-year adjusted EPS of 56 cents-63 cents, the mid-point below consensus of 60 cents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> TiVo (TIVO +0.86%) rallied over 10% in after-hours trading after the U.S. International Trade Commission said Comcast&#8217;s set-top boxes infringe on two TiVo patents and issued an import ban on the X1 television set-up boxes used by Comcast.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE +0.21%) fell 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 net revenue of $7.66 billion, below consensus of $7.77 billion, and said it sees Q1 adjusted EPS of 20 cents to 24 cents, weaker than consensus of 27 cents. Also, CEO Meg Whitman will step down on Feb 1 and be replaced by President Antonio Neri.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> DryShips (DRYS +5.30%) dropped over 8% in after-hours trading after it reported that its Q3 net loss attributable to common stockholders widened to -$15.2 million from a year-ago loss of -$5.8 million.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <strong>Tuesday&#8217;s Key Earnings<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) +2.4% boosted by same-store sales.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> GameStop (NYSE:GME) +7.6% AH on strong gaming demand.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) +3.4% beating estimates.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> HP Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) -6% AH following a CEO change.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) -5.6% AH after in-line results.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Lowe&#8217;s (NYSE:LOW) -1.1% on a disappointing outlook.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) +4.8% reiterating FY18 forecast.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) -1.5% AH with mixed guidance.<\/span><\/span><\/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 Durable Goods<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 8:30 Initial Jobless Claims<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 9:45 Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 10:00 Consumer Sentiment<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 2:00 PM FOMC minutes<\/span><\/span><\/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 closed mostly up. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Indonesia led the way. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently split. The UK, Kenya, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Saudi Arabia are up; Turkey, Greece, South Africa, Norway and Austria are down. 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