Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Futures Point to a Mixed Open...AAPL, Bonds Down, INTC, ISRG, Euro Up...

BMO – ES -1.00 and NQ -14.00 futures are lower about 20 minutes before the open in pre-market trading and point to a mixed open…volume is moderate for pre-market with slightly more stocks quoting down than up…Financial stocks, XLF is up 3 cents on 63,500 shares in pre-market at this time…

Housing starts up 15% in September, strongest in 17 months, CPI increased only 0.1% in September…

TLT is down 85 cents and the Euro is up 115 pips in overnight trading …

NDX leaders AAPL, AMZN, BIDU, GOOG and QCOM are quoting lower… PCLN no volume…

AAPL -20.93, -4.93%, announced earnings after the close on Tuesday of 7.05 vs. estimates of 7.39 were up 54% from a year earlier, revenues of $28.27 billion vs. estimates of 29.7 billion were affected by iPhone sales below expectations. 

INTC +0.89, +3.80% reported 65 cents vs. estimates of 61 cents on record revenues, strong growth rates and raised Q4 guidance.
ISRG +26.21, +6.85% after earnings
MS +0.49, +2.95% also after earnings..

Oct 17 – 21 Earnings Highlights of Interest:
Monday – C, HAL, HAS, IBM, SWK, STLD, VMW, WFC
Tuesday – AAPL, BAC, CHKP, CREE, CSX, INTC, ISRG, JNJ, JNPR, LLTC, STT
Wednesday – AXP, AMR, APOL, CRUS, EBAY, FCX, LRCX, RVBD, TRV, UAL, UTX, WDC, WYNN, XLNX
Thursday – ALXN, ALTR, T, CY, FLEX, INFA, ESI, KELY, MXIM, MSFT, PCX, SNDK, ST, TPX
Friday – MCD, SLB, STI, VZ

Dave’s Insight for Wednesday:  higher Euro…weaker bonds…Financials up…AAPL down…setting up a mixed open …With the SPX at the 1,225 resistance, watch for a potential breakout …SPX is in a 5 day trading range of 1,200 – 1,225…Follow your entry signals and take trades according to your rules…Watch XLF, TNX, volume and breadth as key factors in any SPX move…move stops on profitable trades

SPX
Resistance: 1,216, 1,230, 1,249
Support: 1,205, 1,177, 1,160

Quoting DownAAPL, PCLN, BIDU, AMZN, LLTC, LNKD, VMW, CREE, TLT, GS, SNDK, SINA, FAZ, SWKS, STI, LVS, RCL, NFLX, WYNN, QCOM, GOOG, BRCM

Quoting UpISRG, APOL, WFM, EBAY, CTXS, INTC, FCX, WDC, V, CAT, GMCR, CROX, TBT, UCO, YHOO, SHLD, NTAP, ESRX, STX

1 comment:

fl_ma_az_sxm said...

Dave - Your daily and at times intra day posts are invaluable - Thanks!!

Question - Do you see a "Bearish Divergence" on the $SPX and/or SPY from the September highs and now the October highs? If yes, how much weight of the evidence would you put into this technical observation?