{"id":11403,"date":"2018-02-16T08:43:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=11403"},"modified":"2018-02-16T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:43:51","slug":"before-the-open-feb-16-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=11403","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (Feb 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. <\/span>
\n The Asian\/Pacific<\/strong> markets were mostly closed. Japan moved up; India moved down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East<\/strong> are mostly up. France, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Israel and Saudi Arabia are up 1%. Futures in the States<\/strong> point towards a flat open for the cash market. <\/span>
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\n VIDEO: <\/strong>Dead Cat Bounce of Beginning of Next Uptrend<\/a>
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\nThe dollar is up. Bitcoin is down. Oil and copper are up. Gold and silver are mixed and little changed. Bonds are up. <\/span>
\n Stock headlines<\/strong> from barchart.com…<\/span>
\n H&E Equipment (HEES -0.25%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at Stifel with a 12-month target price of $46.<\/span>
\n Arista Networks (ANET +1.93%) dropped 14% in after-hours trading on disappointment its Q1 revenue estimate wasn’t stronger after the company said it sees Q1 revenue between $450 million to $468 million, the midpoint just above consensus of $457.6 million.<\/span>
\n Jack in the Box (JACK +2.43%) gained 2% in after-hours trading after Jana Partners reported a 7.3% stake in the company.<\/span>
\n Cognex (CGNX +1.29%) sank 11% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 EPS from continuing operations of 25 cents, below consensus of 26 cents.<\/span>
\n Flowserve (FLS +1.61%) fell over 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 50 cents, below consensus of 51 cents, and said it sees full-year adjusted EPS of $1.50 to $1.70, well below consensus of $1.85.<\/span>
\n Shake Shack (SHAK +3.96%) lost 2% in after-hours trading after it said it sees full-year revenue of $444 million to $448 million, weaker than consensus of $457.2 million.<\/span>
\n Mulesoft (MULE +2.79%) rose almost 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 revenue of $88.7 million, better than consensus of $83.5 million.<\/span>
\n Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX +0.56%) tumbled 15% in after-hours trading after an expanded use of the company’s Exparel injections as a nerve block failed to win the backing of an FDA advisory committee.<\/span>
\n Ichor Holdings (ICHR +3.79%) gained nearly 2% in after-hours trading after it reported its board authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million in company shares.<\/span>
\n Sleep Number (SNBR -0.78%) rallied 11% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 comparable sales rose +12%, stronger than consensus of +3.2%.<\/span>
\n Energous (WATT +0.99%) slid 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 revenue of $29K, weaker than consensus of $345K.<\/span>
\n TrueCar (TRUE +5.87%) declined 6% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 automobile purchases of 239,521, below consensus of 245,000.<\/span>
\n Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX +2.70%) dropped 12% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 bookings of $314 million, well below consensus of $419 million.<\/span>
\n Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR +1.08%) surged 25% in after-hours trading after it said that it has closed the previously announced sale of $185 million in a newly created series of preferred stock to affiliates of Siris Capital Group LLC.<\/span>
\n Thursday’s Key Earnings<\/strong>
\n CBS (NYSE:CBS) +1.6% AH lifted by distribution fees, streaming.<\/span><\/span>
\n Today’s Economic Calendar<\/strong>
\n 8:30 Housing Starts
\n 8:30 Import\/Export Prices
\n 10:00 Consumer Sentiment
\n 10:00 E-Commerce Retail Sales
\n 1:00 PM Baker-Hughes Rig Count<\/span><\/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. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian\/Pacific markets were mostly closed. Japan moved up; India moved down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly up. France, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Israel and Saudi Arabia are up 1%. Futures in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.<\/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\/11403"}],"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=11403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}