{"id":12211,"date":"2018-09-14T07:35:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T12:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=12211"},"modified":"2018-09-14T07:35:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T12:35:25","slug":"before-the-open-sep-14-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=12211","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (Sep 14)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning. Happy Friday. <\/span>
\nThe Asian\/Pacific<\/strong> markets closed mostly up. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan and Indonesia each rallied more than 1%; the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East<\/strong> are currently mixed and little changed. Turkey, South Africa and Finland are up; Denmark, the UAE, Kenya and Saudi Arabia are down. Futures in the States<\/strong> point towards a positive open for the cash market. <\/span>
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\n BLOG: <\/strong>RSI \u2013 Everything You Need to Know<\/a>
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\nThe dollar is up slightly. Oil is up; copper is down. Gold and silver are up. Bonds are down.<\/span>
\nOvernight Stock Movers<\/strong> from barchart.com…<\/span>
\nCorning (GLW +3.09%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ at Citibank with a price target of $40.<\/span>
\nAdobe Systems (ADBE +0.27%) lost 1% in after-hours trading after it forecast Q4 GAAP EPS of $1.42, weaker than consensus of $1.47.<\/span>
\nEsperion Therapeutics (ESPR +1.32%) was rated a ‘Buy’ at Stifel with a price target of $89.<\/span>
\nNational Beverage (FIZZ -0.52%) was rated a new ‘Sell’ at Guggenheim Securities with a price target of $91.<\/span>
\nAnaptysBio (ANAB +0.36%) was rated a ‘Buy’ at Stifel with a price target of $127.<\/span>
\nConstellation Brands (STZ -0.54%) was rated a new ‘Sell’ at Guggenheim Securities.<\/span>
\nvMomenta Pharmaceuticals (MNTA -4.05%) was rated a ‘Buy’ at Stifel with a price target of $40.
\nPacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX +1.94%) was rated a new ‘Sell’ at Stifel with a price target of $41.<\/span>
\nVanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA +0.27%) gained 1% in after-hours trading after it was rated a new ‘Buy’ at Stifel with a price target of $30.<\/span>
\nAngi Homeservices (ANGI +3.74%) was rated a new ‘Outperform’ at Wedbush with a price target of $26.<\/span>
\nChampions Oncology (CSBR +2.17%) surged 19% in after-hours trading after it reported Q1 revenue rose +24% to $6.2 million, stronger than expectations of $5.64 million.<\/span>
\nGlobalscape (GSB -1.01%) climbed nearly 4% in after-hours trading after it received an unsolicited offer to buy the company for $4.15 a share.<\/span>
\nRadiant Logistics (RLGT +1.55%) jumped 14% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted Ebitda of $9.9 million, well above consensus of $7.14 million.<\/span>
\nThursday’s Key Earnings<\/strong>
\nAdobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) -0.9% AH despite an earnings beat.
\nKroger (NYSE:KR) -9.9% on disappointing guidance.
\nSears (NASDAQ:SHLD) +21.5% AH slowing a sales decline.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nToday’s Economic Calendar<\/strong>
\n8:30 Retail Sales
\n8:30 Import\/Export Prices
\n9:00 Fed’s Evans: Monetary Policy and Economic Outlook
\n9:15 Industrial Production
\n10:00 Business Inventories
\n10:00 Consumer Sentiment
\n1:00 PM Baker-Hughes Rig Count<\/span><\/span><\/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. The Asian\/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan and Indonesia each rallied more than 1%; the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed and little changed. Turkey, South Africa and Finland are up; Denmark, the UAE, Kenya and Saudi Arabia are […]<\/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\/12211"}],"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=12211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}