{"id":11839,"date":"2018-05-25T07:55:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=11839"},"modified":"2018-05-25T07:55:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T12:55:35","slug":"before-the-open-may-25-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=11839","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (May 25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Good morning. Happy Friday. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>Asian\/Pacific<\/strong> markets closed mixed. India, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand did well; China, Hong Kong and Sinapore posted losses. <strong>Europe, Africa and the Middle East<\/strong> currently lean to the downside. Turkey and Germany are up, but Greece, Norway, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic are down. Futures in the <strong>States<\/strong> point towards a gap down 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\/E0HXsOLIbw0\">Why You Need to Look at Multiple Time Frames<\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The dollar is up. Oil is down almost 2 bucks; copper is also down. Gold and silver are down. Bonds are up. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <strong>Overnight Stock Movers<\/strong> from barchart.com&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> PayPal (PYPL +0.58%) was upgraded to &#8216;Buy&#8217; from &#8216;Hold&#8217; at Stifel with a price target of $99.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Autodesk (ADSK -0.28%) fell more than 4% in after-hours trading after it forecast Q2 adjusted EPS of 13 cents to 16 cents, below consensus of 18 cents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Deckers Outdoor (DECK +0.81%) rallied 6% in after-hours trading after it forecast Q1 net sales of $225 million to $235 million, better than consensus of $213.6 million, and said it expects full-year adjusted EPS of $6.20 to $6.40, above consensus of $6.01.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Splunk (SPLK -0.28%) slid 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q1 billings of $288 million, weaker than expectations of $305 million to $310 million.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Ross Stores (ROST +0.42%) dropped nearly 5% in after-hours trading after it forecast Q2 EPS of 95 cents to 99 cents, below consensus of $1.03.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The Gap (GPS +3.03%) fell almost 8% in after-hours trading after it reported Q1 EPS of 42 cents, weaker than consensus of 46 cents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Shoe Carnival (SCVL +2.85%) rose more than 2% in after-hours trading after it reported Q1 EPS of 83 cents, better than consensus of 71 cents, and forecast full-year EPS of $1.90 to $2.05, the midpoint above consensus of $1.94.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 8&#215;8 Inc (EGHT +1.85%) tumbled -13% in after-hours trading after it reported an unexpected loss of -3 cents per share when expectations were for $0.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Zoe&#8217;s Kitchen (ZOES -2.89%) plunged 20% in after-hours trading after it reported Q1 revenue of $102.1 million, below consensus of $104.9 million, and forecast full-year revenue of $345 million to $352 million, weaker than consensus of $361 million.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Nutanix (NTNX -1.63%) fell 4% in after0hours trading after it forecast a Q4 adjusted loss per share of -20 cents to -22 cents, wider than consensus of -13 cents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Pandora Media (P -0.14%) lost almost 2% in after-hours trading after it extended the maturity of certain holders of its existing 1.75% senior convertible notes due 2020 to exchange $192.9 million of the 2020 notes for a new series of 1.75% senior convertible notes due 2023.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> New York &amp; Co. (NWY +0.26%) rose 3% in after-hours trading after Q1 comparable store sales rose +2.7% and gross margins improved from 30.7% to 32%.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <strong>Thursday&#8217;s Key Earnings<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) -6.7% after slumping online sales.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Gap (NYSE:GPS) -7.7% AH after a sales momentum disappointment.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) +2% beating expectations.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> McKesson (NYSE:MCK) -1.9% with a Q4 earnings miss.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> RBC (NYSE:RY) -2% on flat capital markets profit.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> TD Bank (NYSE:TD) +0.4% on volume growth, lower taxes.<\/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;\"> 8:30 Durable Goods<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 9:20 Fed&#8217;s Powell: \u201cFinancial Stability and Central Bank Transparency\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 10:00 Consumer Sentiment<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 11:45 Fed&#8217;s Evans Speech<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 11:45 Fed&#8217;s Bostic Speech<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 11:45 Fed&#8217;s Kaplan Speech<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 1:00 PM Baker-Hughes Rig Count<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> SIFMA close 2:00 PM<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 4:30 PM Fed Balance Sheet<\/span><\/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 Friday. The Asian\/Pacific markets closed mixed. India, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand did well; China, Hong Kong and Sinapore posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. Turkey and Germany are up, but Greece, Norway, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic are down. Futures [&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\/11839"}],"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=11839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}