Where Will the S&P End the Year?
What’s in Today’s Report:
- What Brexit Means for Markets
- Where Will the S&P End the Year? (A Market Multiples Update)
Stock futures are flat amid continued Brexit uncertainty ahead of a very busy day of earnings in the U.S.
Economically, the French Business Climate Indicator fell to a more than 4 year low of 99 vs. (E) 102, underscoring the recent trend of weakness in the EU manufacturing sector.
Looking into today’s session there we will get one more data point on the housing market: FHFA House Price Index (E: 0.4%) while no Fed officials are scheduled to speak.
On the earnings front, the Q3 reporting season is nearing its peak with notable reports from: BA ($2.04), CAT ($2.83), FCX (-$0.01), GD ($3.06), WGO ($0.98), and NSC ($2.57) due out before the bell while TSLA (-$0.41), MSFT ($1.25), PYPL ($0.66), F ($0.26), and EBAY ($0.64) will release after the close.
Bottom line, markets will remain sensitive to any material developments regarding Brexit or the Trade War but investor focus is increasingly shifting to earnings, and if reports remain healthy, the S&P could reclaim 3,000 and potentially drift towards the all-time highs.
