Monday, May 22, 2017

5.22.17 Monday Stock Market Movers & News

Good morning traders of the r/StockMarket sub! Happy Monday to all! Here are your stock market movers & news on this Monday morning-


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Frontrunning: May 22

  • Trump Arrives in Israel, May Show His Cards on the Peace Process (BBG)
  • Taxes, Budget Are Focus for White House Despite Probes (WSJ)
  • Paul Manafort’s Lucrative Ukraine Years Are Central to the Russia Probe (BBG)
  • Ford set to fire CEO Mark Fields as shares founder (Reuters)
  • Producers Set to Extend Cuts as Rally Stalls: OPEC Reality Check (BBG)
  • Times Square Driver Says He Tried to Get Mental Help (BBG)
  • America’s Cities Are Running Out of Room (BBG)
  • Here’s Why the Fed Will Stay Central to Markets (WSJ)
  • Commodity Traders Have a Really Big Problem (BBG)
  • The Quants Run Wall Street Now (WSJ)
  • Huntsman, Clariant Agree to Merge, Creating $14 Billion Chemicals Giant (WSJ)
  • EU Discusses Brexit Position as U.K. Threatens to Quit Talks (BBG)
  • British PM May's election lead halves after 'dementia tax': surveys (Reuters)
  • Solar-Energy Giant Manipulated Sales Data, Say Former Managers (WSJ)
  • Trump to Propose Deep Cuts to Anti-Poverty Programs and Medicaid (BBG)
  • Venezuela holds 5,000 Russian surface-to-air MANPADS missiles (Reuters)
  • Seth Klarman Scores Preakness Win (WSJ)
  • Bomb Injures Dozens at Bangkok Army Hospital on Coup Anniversary (BBG)
  • Why Millennials Are (Partly) to Blame for the Housing Shortage (WSJ)
  • Ghost of the 1997 Crisis Stalks Hong Kong's Economy (BBG)
  • China Seeks More Private Money for Its Massive State-Owned Energy Companies (WSJ)
  • Move Over Tesla, Europe's Building Its Own Battery Gigafactories (BBG)
  • Hackers hit Russian bank customers, planned international cyber raids (Reuters)
  • Hospitals around the country are scrambling to stockpile vials of a critical drug (NYT)

STOCK FUTURES NOW:

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FRIDAY'S MARKET HEAT MAP:

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FRIDAY'S S&P SECTORS:

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THIS WEEK'S IPO'S:

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THIS WEEK'S EARNINGS CALENDAR:

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THIS MORNING'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS CALENDAR:

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EARNINGS RELEASES BEFORE THE OPEN TODAY:

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EARNINGS RELEASES AFTER THE CLOSE TODAY:

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THIS MORNING'S ANALYST UPGRADES/DOWNGRADES:

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THIS MORNING'S INSIDER TRADING FILINGS:

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TODAY'S DIVIDEND CALENDAR:

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THIS MORNING'S MOST ACTIVE TRENDING DISCUSSIONS:

  • F
  • BBRY
  • AMGN
  • LJPC
  • LMT
  • RDUS
  • HUN
  • YRD
  • QCOM
  • DGAZ
  • BAH
  • SODA
  • GD
  • CQP
  • CMCM
  • RTN
  • HTBK
  • NTNX
  • CALA
  • RLI
  • NUTR
  • ARDX
  • A
  • BX

THIS MORNING'S STOCK NEWS MOVERS:

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Ford - CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports that the automaker will announce that it's replaced CEO Mark Fields. The automaker's new CEO will be Jim Hackett, former chief executive of Steelcase and currently chairman of the autonomous vehicles unit at Ford. The news comes amid profit margins at Ford that trail those of rivals and a nearly 40 percent drop in Ford's stock price since Field took over three years ago. Ford has scheduled a news conference for 9:45 a.m. ET.

STOCK SYMBOL: F

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Huntsman – U.S.-based Huntsman and Switzerland's Clariant are combining in a more than $14 billion merger of specialty chemical companies. The all-stock transaction will create a company that will be 52 percent owned by Clariant shareholders.

STOCK SYMBOL: HUN

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Royal Bank of Scotland - RBS is trying to reach a last-minute settlement with investors who sued the bank, accusing it of misleading them over a 2008 capital increase.

STOCK SYMBOL: RBS

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Amgen – The biotech company does not expect an experimental osteoporosis drug to win FDA approval this year, following a trial which showed a higher rate of heart problems.

STOCK SYMBOL: AMGN

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PPG Industries - Akzo Nobel shareholders are taking the Dutch paint maker to court over its rejection of a $29.5 billion takeover bid from PPG. Elliott Advisors is leading the effort to convince judges to order a probe into alleged mismanagement by Akzo's board.

STOCK SYMBOL: PPG

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Boeing – The jet maker signed a handful of deals with Saudi Arabia during President Trump's weekend visit, involving the sale of military and passenger aircraft.

STOCK SYMBOL: BA

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Berkshire Hathaway – Berkshire got a bullish mention in this weekend's Barron's, which said Warren Buffett's company could see double-digit gains in its stock over the next 18 months.

STOCK SYMBOL: BRK.A

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Blackstone – The private equity firm and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund announced plans to create a $40 billion infrastructure fund, investing mostly in U.S. projects.

STOCK SYMBOL: BX

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General Electric– GE is also among the companies inking new deals in Saudi Arabia over the weekend, with GE signing $15 billion in agreements involving power, health care, and energy.

STOCK SYMBOL: GE

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Apple – Apple is being sued for patent infringement by a small Boston-based company called Universal Secure Registry over technology used in its Apple Pay service.

STOCK SYMBOL: AAPL

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Ciena –Ciena was upgraded to "buy" from "hold" at Stifel Nicolaus, which said the maker of networking equipment is in a position to benefit from improving market trends, as well as recent contract wins and possible profit margin improvements from new products.

STOCK SYMBOL: CIEN

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Qualcomm – JPMorgan Chase upgraded the chip maker' stock to "overweight" from "neutral", citing the benefits of the soon-to-close deal to acquire NXP Semiconductors (NXPI).

STOCK SYMBOL: QCOM

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Mylan – Barclays upgraded the generic drug maker's stock to "overweight" from "equal weight, with the expected approval of a generic version of multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone among the positive factors.

STOCK SYMBOL: MYL

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DISCUSS!

What is on everyone's radar for today's trading day ahead here at r/StockMarket?


Hope you all have a wonderful trading day ahead here on this Monday, May the 22nd! :)



Submitted May 22, 2017 at 08:46AM by bigbear0083 http://ift.tt/2qOkKOf

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