January 3, 2013
In After Hours Trading
HOTT holiday comps up 2.2% versus 2.3% estimate. MLNX lowers guidance. AMD names new CFO. LNDC (+.18).
What’s Happening This Morning
US futures: (S&P -4.00, DJI -27, NDX -5.50 with fair value flat) Asia higher and Europe lower. Copper and gold lower with WTI Crude Futures lower. $ is higher vs Euro, higher vs. Pound and lower vs. Yen. US ten-year Treasury Yield -.008. Prices as of 7:55 a.m. EST.
Earnings Expected
Earnings due after the close ANGO PRGS SHLM SONC. Due tomorrow morning before the open FINL MOS.
Rags & Mags: Inside Wall Street
We are big fans of www.247wallst.com summary of the newspapers each day. Going forward we will link to their website so you can read their summary, Media Digest
Reported Earnings This Morning
FDO (-.06).
Data Points
Yesterday saw 2822 stocks rise and 278 fall on the NYSE. NASDAQ saw 2204 rise and 335 fall. The S&P 500 now back above its 50 day moving average and above the 200 day moving average. The 10 day spread moving average of breadth is positive. We are back to invested on the Madison Market Timing Indicator.
Economics
Challenger, Gray & Christmas and ADP issue their monthly job cuts and jobs survey respectively. December auto sales are due out from Ford (F), General Motors (GM) and Chrysler along with several overseas manufacturers.
Politico
President Obama is now basking in the sun of Hawaii until next Monday as the Fiscal Cliff has been kinda solved.
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) issues minutes from its December meeting.
Conference & Analyst Meetings
IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conference 2013 with CSCO and IBM presenting. BKS to announce holiday sales at 8:30 a.m. EST.
Conference of Note
Goldman Sachs Healthcare CEOs Unscripted with MRK SIAL BDX WPI REGN OCR.
M & A News
Key Upgrades and Downgrades
| Firm | Upgrades | Downgrades |
|---|---|---|
| JP Morgan | ||
| Goldman Sachs | ||
| Morgan Stanley | BCR | |
| Deutsche Bank | ||
| Citigroup | ACOR HUN WGP | |
| Barclays | ||
| Wachovia/Wells Fargo | ||
| Credit Suisse | ||
| Banc of America | ||
| UBS | ||
| Lazard | SPWR | |
| Merrill Lynch | MR PCLN | |
| Jefferies | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerlad | ||
| Dahlman Rose | ||
| Sterne Agee | ||
| Stifel Nicolaus | ||
| Societe Generale | ||
| Keefe Bruyette | ||
| Friedman Billings | ||
| Robert W. Baird | ||
| Needham | ||
| Sun Trust RH | MS |
