Monday, July 24, 2017

7.24.17 Monday Market Movers & News

Good morning traders of the r/StockMarket sub! Happy Monday to ya! Been ages since I've done one of these on here. :P Here are your market movers & news as we kick off a new trading week this Monday morning-


Frontrunning: July 24

  • Kushner, Russian Ambassador Had Undisclosed Contact (WSJ)
  • Democrats take aim at big companies in economic blueprint (Reuters)
  • Trump open to signing Russia sanctions legislation (Reuters)
  • Schumer Predicts Trump Firing Mueller Would Be GOP Tipping Point (BBG)
  • Senate GOP Unsure of What Health-Care Measure They Will Vote On (WSJ)
  • Japan PM Abe denies favors for friend amid falling support (Reuters)
  • Britain’s Economy Is Almost Flatlining (BBG)
  • Wall Street Outlasts Congress on Banker Pay, But Still Loses (WSJ)
  • An Obscure Nafta Chapter Could Be Canada’s Deal-Breaker Again (BBG)
  • Investors Lose $22 Billion as Sweden's Benchmark Stocks Founder (BBG)
  • German private sector growth slows more than expected in July-PMI (Reuters)
  • Oil rises after Saudi vows to cap crude exports next month (Reuters)
  • Saudi calls OPEC members to stick to limits, sees oil demand up (Reuters)
  • Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Exports (WSJ)
  • IMF Sees U.S. Fading as Global Growth Engine (BBG)
  • Singapore Startup Takes Bitcoin Into Real World With Visa (BBG)
  • ‘They All Deserve to Die’: Caracas Militants Vow to Take Up Arms (BBG)
  • South China Sea: Vietnam halts drilling after 'China threats' (BBC)
  • Traders Fear Hard Landing in Emerging Markets (BBG)
  • This Hedge Fund Is Betting $280 Million on a 34-Year-Old Guy (BBG)
  • UK government to discuss Brexit implementation period later this year (Reuters)
  • Welcome to Xi's Net: Where Politics, Porn and Pooh Are Forbidden (BBG)
  • WebMD Agrees to Be Bought by Buyout Firm KKR for $2.8 Billion (BBG)
  • EPA chief spent almost half of spring in home state of Oklahoma (Reuters)

STOCK FUTURES NOW:

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LAST WEEK'S MARKET HEAT MAP:

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LAST WEEK'S S&P SECTORS:

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TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR:

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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:

  • APRN
  • SRPT
  • GNCA
  • HAL
  • WBMD
  • NKTR
  • VFC
  • HAS
  • NRZ
  • DVAX
  • NDRM
  • HIBB
  • KKR
  • CALM
  • MRSN
  • GILD
  • ATHN
  • SGMS
  • SWK
  • MAN
  • RPM
  • PPG
  • GOOGL

THIS MORNING'S STOCK NEWS MOVERS:

(source: cnbc.com)

WebMD — Private-equity firm KKR is buying the health website operator for $2.8 billion, or $66.50 per share.

STOCK SYMBOL: WBMD

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Hasbro – The toymaker earned an adjusted 52 cents per share for its latest quarter, six cents a share above estimates. Revenue also beat forecasts, as Hasbro saw stronger sales of its Nerf and Transformer toys, among others.

STOCK SYMBOL: HAS

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Cal-Maine Foods – The nation's largest egg producer lost 51 cents per share for its latest quarter, more than twice the 25-cent-a-share loss analysts had anticipated. Revenue fell short of estimates, with the company pointing to "challenging" egg market fundamentals.

STOCK SYMBOL: CALM

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Halliburton – The oilfield services company came in five cents a share above estimates, with adjusted quarterly profit of 23 cents per share. Revenue also exceeded estimates. Its results were driven by increased demand in the North American market.

STOCK SYMBOL: HAL

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VF Corp. – The maker of the Lee, Wrangler, North Face, and Timberland brands reported adjusted quarterly profit of 29 cents per share, a penny a share above estimates. Revenue was also above forecasts on strength in VF's largest brands.

STOCK SYMBOL: VFC

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Caterpillar – BMO upgraded the heavy equipment maker to "outperform" from "market perform," based on anticipation about a new five-year plan from Caterpillar as well as general strength in the industrial sector.

STOCK SYMBOL: CAT

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Blue Apron – The meal kit maker was upgraded at Goldman, RBC, and Stifel Nicolaus, based on expectations that it will maintain its lead in this category as a hyper-competitive market normalizes.

STOCK SYMBOL: APRN

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JPMorgan Chase — Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against two former traders implicated in the 2012 "London Whale" trading case that resulted in $6.2 billion losses.

STOCK SYMBOL: JPM

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Neuroderm – Neuroderm agreed to be bought by Japan's Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma for $1.1 billion in cash. Neuroderm is a drug company based in Israel, and its key attraction of Mitsubishi is a Parkinson's disease treatment that's begun clinical trials in the U.S. and Europe.

STOCK SYMBOL: NDRM

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Blackstone Group – The private-equity firm is reportedly in talks to buy 40 percent of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group. The Israeli business newspaper Calcalist puts the deal's value at $400 million.

STOCK SYMBOL: BX

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Teva Pharmaceutical – The drugmaker will lay off an unspecified number of its Israeli workforce as it tries to improve its competitiveness. Teva currently employees about 7,000 workers in Israel.

STOCK SYMBOL: TEVA

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American Airlines, Delta Air Lines – American, Delta, and Frontier Airlines were fined by the Department of Transportation for violating various consumer protection rules. Frontier was assessed $400,000, American $250,000, and Delta $200,000.

STOCK SYMBOL: AAL

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MetLife – The insurer's lawsuit against its designation as a systemically important company will the subject of a meeting of U.S. financial regulators this week. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has been reviewing the case, and the Trump administration has been expressing skepticism about the designation of companies as "too big to fail."

STOCK SYMBOL: MET

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Bank of America – The bank has chosen Dublin as its post-Brexit European hub, according to The New York Times.

STOCK SYMBOL: BAC

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Leucadia National – The bank could see its shares rise about 15 percent, according to a Barron's article, as some of its holdings like investment bank Jefferies Group bounce back.

STOCK SYMBOL: LUK

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DISCUSS!

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


I hope you all have a wonderful trading day ahead here on this Monday, July the 24th! :)



Submitted July 24, 2017 at 09:57AM by bigbear0083 http://ift.tt/2vSuxEr

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