Economic Calendar & Watch List 8/22/2017

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Tuesday August 22, 2017

 

Economic Calendar & Watch List

 

Morning Notes

US Futures are trending higher this morning along with European stocks in early morning trading. Advances in the mining sector pushed European shares higher. Investors are still waiting on the central bank symposium running Thursday to Friday in which Fed chair Yellen and ECB President Draghi are both slated to speak. Asian stocks closed mostly higher for the day.

 

Technicals

The SPY found support at its 100SMA and continued to consolidate just slightly above throughout yesterday’s session. Support will lie at the low of yesterday’s range at $241.83, followed by the 100SMA at $241.58, then $240.85, and the recent support pivot at $240.65. Resistance will lie at the high of yesterday’s range at $243.20, followed by $244.19, then the 50SMA at $244.71, the 20EMA at $245.33, then $246.60, ascending resistance at $248.05 and record highs at $248.91.

 

Small Cap Watch List

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**Others On Watch**

 

Economic Calendar

0855  Redbook

1000  Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index, est. 11

 

Notable Earnings Before Open
Momo (MOMO) – EPS Est. $0.28

 

Notable Earnings After Close

Salesforce.com (CRM) – EPS Est. $0.32

Intuit (INTU) – EPS Est. $-0.06

La-Z-Boy (LZB) – EPS Est. $0.29

 

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