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New ETFs for Your Watchlist (November Launches)

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What’s in Today’s Report:

  • New ETFs for Your Watchlist (November Launches)

U.S. futures are flat while overseas equity markets were little changed overnight amid mostly quiet newswires and thinning attendance ahead of the Christmas holiday with focus on the slew of U.S. economic data due out today.

There were no noteworthy economic reports overnight and limited market moving headlines.

Looking ahead to today’s session, focus will be on the long list of economic reports due to be released in the U.S., including Durable Goods Orders (E: -1.5%), Q3 GDP (E: 3.2%), Industrial Production (E: 0.1%), Consumer Confidence (E: 91.9), and the Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (E: -7.0).

There are no Fed officials scheduled to speak today, however there is a 5-Yr Treasury Note auction at 1:00 p.m. ET that could shed light on investors’ outlook for Fed policy (the stronger the demand, the better).

Bottom line, with thinning attendance and light volumes given the holiday trading week, markets are likely to remain quiet today, however, if economic data meaningfully misses expectations and weighs on growth expectations, a decent pullback could easily occur.

 

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New ETFs for Your Watchlist

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What’s in Today’s Report:

  • New ETFs for Your Watchlist

Futures are moderately lower mostly on continued concerns about loan quality for U.S. banks, although nothing new happened overnight to specifically pressure stocks.

Economically, the only notable report was EU HICP (their CPI) and it was a bit hot, as Core HICP rose 0.2% vs. (E) 0.1% m/m and 2.4% vs. (E) 2.3% y/y.

Today there are some economic reports, including Housing Starts (1.315M), Import & Export Prices (E: -0.2% m/m, 0.0% m/m) and Industrial Production (E: 0.1%).    There is also one Fed speaker, Musalem (12:15 p.m. ET).

However, they are unlikely to move markets.  Instead, focus on credit and loan quality at banks will be the main market driver and any headlines that imply TriColor and First Brands are isolated incidents (which they likely are) will help stocks rebound.

Finally, earnings season rolls on and some reports to watch today include:  SLB ($0.67), AXP ($3.96), STT ($2.62).