IPOs on deck:  None of note.

IPOs Filed: None filed after the close.

Secondaries Priced:  None of note.

Notes Priced: None of note.

Common Stock filings: NGL of note.

Mixed Shelf Offerings: IIPR APTO PHAS GPRE   of note.

Convertible Offering Files:  None of note.

Senior Notes Filed:  None of note.

Courtesy of IPO Financial

Earnings After The Close:

Beat:

None  of note.

Missed:

None of note.

Hourly Action This Week: Updated 12/27

News After The Close (In Order of Time)

U.S. bombed Iraq and Syria on Sunday, The military strike was against Iranians forces in those countries.

Barron’s was positive on AMAT and mixed on GOOS BA .

Stock Repurchase Announcements: None of note.

Dividend Increase:None of note.

Gap Higher:  NIO +4%, TTM +4%.

Gap Lower:  PHAS -6%, RAD -6%.

What’s Happening This Morning: Futures value reflects the change with fair value. We will still indicate the fair value direction. 

S&P 500 -1 Dow Jones Industrial Average +3 NASDAQ -6 Russell 2000 +1.52. Fair values are higher cutting to gains. Asia mixed and Europe lower.

Gold, silver and copper lower. WTI Crude Oil higher and Brent Oil Futures lower. Natural Gas is lower. $ is higher vs Euro, lower vs Pound and lower vs Yen. US 10 year Treasury price is at $128.33 from $128.58 with yields at 1.914% from 1.87%. Prices as of 8:30 a.m. EDT.

Positive Sectors On Friday: Consumer Goods, Utilities and Real Estate of note.

Negative Sectors On Friday: Materials, Energy, Technology and Conglomerates.

One Month Winners: Healthcare, Materials, Energy, Consumer Goods and Technology.

Three Month Winners: Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Technology.

Six Month Winners: Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Technology and Financials.

Twelve Month Winners: Technology, Industrials and Services.

Year to Date: Consumer Goods, Technology, Industrials, Technology, Services and Financials.

Upcoming Earnings Of Note (sorted by market cap, highest to lowest)

Today After The Close:  

None of note.

Tuesday Before The Open:

None of note.

Earnings This Morning Of Note

Beat:

NIO +0.25 of note.

Missed:   

None of note.

Still to Report:

Rags & Mags: Highlighted Stories may be clicked through to the original story.

Top News Story:  Chinese Vice Premier Liu to visit the U.S. to sign the Phase One Trade Deal. (CNBC)

Stocks making the biggest move this morning. (CNBC)

5 Things To Know Before The Market Opens. (CNBC)

The European Union (EU) wants to restart trade negotiations. (Reuters)

Rep. John Lewis undergoes treatment for Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. (CNBC)

The Federal Reserve could face an “inflation scare” in 2020. (CNBC)

Tesla (TSLA) delivers its first cars in China. (Bloomberg)

Stock Index Tracking

All  stock indexes remain strong. Current through 12/27.

Bold means a change from prior day.

The advance/decline line model is now a buy though it is struggling with the recent action. Updated through 12/27. Year to date model up 17.10% on the S&P 500. 5 buy signals and 4 cash signals in 2019. Current signal is a buy and is up 8.37%.

YTD 65% (+1% change week over week) of stocks are higher and 35% are lower. Updated  through 12/13 close.

Courtesy of Phil Erlanger Research, Inc.

Algo/HFT Trading Levels:

The Erlanger Value Lines track the intraday range of resistance, pivot and support used by Algo/HFT Traders. Each day we show where we closed within the range. Update through 12/27. Notice the strength.

Economic & Related:

Chicago PMI for December is released at 9:45 a.m. EDT and the estimate is a rise of 47.3 from 46.3.

November Pending Home Sales due out at 10:00 a.m. EDT are expected to rise by 1.0%.

China Manufacturing PMI numbers are due out tonight.

Geopolitical:      

President Trump will remain on vacation with no scheduled events.

Conferences & Analyst Meetings: 

Investor/Analyst Days & Conference Calls of Note:  None of note.

Sellside Conferences: None of note.

Industry Conferences: None of note.

M&A Activity

Franchise Group (FRG) to buy American Freight Group for $450 million in cash.

Upgrades & Downgrades