Morning Note – 1/3/19
In After Hours Trading IPOs on deck: IPOs will pick back up in the next couple weeks now that we are in 2019, Secondaries are back in business. IPO Filings After The Close: none of note Secondary Filings no common stock or mixed shelf offering announced. Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings From After the Close:…
In After Hours Trading
IPOs on deck: IPOs will pick back up in the next couple weeks now that we are in 2019, Secondaries are back in business.
IPO Filings After The Close: none of note
Secondary Filings no common stock or mixed shelf offering announced.
Courtesy of IPO Financial
Earnings From After the Close: none of note.
News After The Close:
Apple (AAPL) guides revenues lower by $7 billion on slowing iPhone sales in China and emerging markets. Shares at $148. Tim Cook interviewed by CNBC.
Ironwood (IRWD) and Allergan (AGN) settle with Mylan (MYL) over LINZESS patents.
Nordstrom (JWN) announces the unexpected death of Blake Nordstrom at 58 who was co-President.
UDR adds President title to Jerry Davis who has been COO.
Fiesta Restaurant (FRGI) CFO Lynn Schweinfurth resigns as of 1/25 as she moves to Red Robin Gourmet (RRGB) in role of EVP and CFO as of 1/28.
Tribune Media (TRCO) cuts television stations from 24 markets to Spectrum (CHTR) subscribers which total 6 million viewers and those viewers may not see the NFL playoffs this weekend if on Spectrum.
Special Dividend:
Dividend Increases: OZK
Ticker Changes:.
New Stakes: Progenics Pharm (PGNX) sees Point72 take 5.7% stake, passive.
Hourly Action This Past Week:
Stocks were stronger again yesterday. Intraday action is improving.
Courtesy of Quantitative Partners, Inc.
What’s Happening This Morning:
U.S. futures: S&P – 27, Dow Jones -270 NDX -113 and Russell 2000 -12.00 with fair values HIGHER ADDING TO LOSSES. Asia lower with the Nikkei closed and Europe lower this morning.
Gold and silver higher with copper lower. WTI Crude and Brent Oil Futures higher. Natural Gas is lower. $ is lower vs Euro, higher vs. Pound and lower vs. Yen. US 10 year Treasury price 122.36 with yields lower since Wednesday morning. Prices as of 8:35 a.m. EDT.
Top Sectors Wednesday: Conglomerates, Materials, Services and Financials led.
Weakest Sectors Wednesday: Healthcare and Utilities.
One Month Winners: None.
Three Month Winners: None.
Six Month Winners: None.
Twelve Month Winners: Utilities.
Pending Earnings Of Note:
Thursday After the Close: LNDC RECN
Friday Before The Open: ANGO CALM GBX LW RPM.
Earnings This Morning Of Note: UNFI $0.20 with mixed guidance. SMPL $-0.01 but raises guidance.
Rags & Mags:
Apple (AAPL) blows revenue forecast after the remove disclosing iPhone sales a month earlier. (CNBC)
President Trump and new Congressional leaders dig in their heels, next meeting on Friday. (NYT)
Nancy Pelossi interviewed today and calls for a new world with the new Congress and President Trump. (USA Today)
Federal Reserve Dallas President Robert Kaplan interview this morning on Bloomberg Radio helps futures recover. (Bloomberg)
Date Points:
Yesterday saw 2070 stocks rise and 906 fall on the NYSE. NASDAQ saw 2132 rise and 960 fall.
The SP 500 remains below its 50 day simple moving average and its 200 day simple moving average. The Russell 2000 is still below its 50 day simple moving exponential average and 200 day simple moving average. In a miracle, both indexes are now above their 5 and 10 day moving averages.
The QPI10 Day Moving Average of Breadth (10DMA) moved to cash on 11/21 at 2642.21. For a move to cash, the 10DMA needs to have two days in row below -200. We are in watch mode to get back to a buy.
YTD 26% (+2%) of stocks are higher and 74% (-2%) are lower. Updated 12/28/18 close with next update on 1/4/19 close
Courtesy of Quantitative Partners, Inc and Phil Erlanger Research, Inc.
Trading:
Yesterday saw the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Russell 2000 was another decent day of trading with mostly a pivot to resistance day with the Dow closing above resistance.
The Erlanger Value Lines track the intraday range of resistance, pivot and support. Each day we show where we closed within the range.
Economic & Related:
December ADP Payroll is due out at 8:15 a.m. EDT and was expected to come in at 170,000 from 179,000. The actual number was 271,00.
Weekly Jobless Claims rose to 231,000.
November Construction Spending is due out at 10:00 a.m. EDT and is expected to improve to 0.3% from -0.1%.
December ISM Manufacturing Index is also due out at 10:00 a.m. EDT and is expected to fall to 57/98 from 59.3.
Monthly car and truck sales are due out at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Politico:
The government shutdown continues as no agreements reached.
The 116th U.S. Congress will be sworn in.
Conferences & Analyst Meetings:
Analyst Meetings: WINT F
Sellside Conferences: Goldman Sachs Annual Healthcare CEOs Unscripted.
Industry Conferences: None of note.
M&A News & Rumors
Bristol Myers (BMY) to buy Celgene (CELG) for $102.43 with $50 in cash and stock.
Sempra Energy (SRE) to sell non-utility U.S. natural gas storage facilities to ArcLight Capital Partners for $332 million.
Cubic (CUB) buys GRIDSMART Technologies for $87 million.
Blackbaud (BLKB) buys YourCause for $157 million.
Welltower (WELL) buys medical office and outpatient facilities from CNL Healthcare Properties for $1.25 billion. Deal to close by July,
Upgrades & Downgrades
Gap Up and Downs Pre Market: CELG +33% SESN +15% DBVT +13% STM -9% AAPL -9% BMY -8% LITE -7% SWKS -6% QRVO -6% OLED -5% AVGO -4% NVDA -4% (Apple spillover on most losers)