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Macro Focus
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 60 points to 18,328.00, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures
gained 6.25 points to 2,163.00. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index rose 7.25 points to 4,734.50.
Oil prices traded higher as Brent crude futures declined 1 percent to trade at $42.67 per barrel, while US WTI crude futures
also fell 0.61 percent to trade at $40.58 a barrel.
The Bank of England cut interest rates from 0.5 percent to 0.25 percent - a record low and the first cut since 2009.
Data on initial jobless claims for the latest week will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Data on factory orders for June will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET.
The Energy Information Administration’s weekly report on natural gas stocks is schedule for release at 10:30 a.m. ET.
Data on money supply for the recent week will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET.
BZ News Desk Focus
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Reports Q2 Adj. EPS
$(1.06) vs $(0.52) Est., Q2 Sales $1.56B vs $1.62B Est.
First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) Reports Q2 Adj.
EPS $0.87 vs. Est. $0.55, Rev. $934M vs. Est. $862M
Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) Reports Q2 EPS $1.29 vs.
Est. $1.21, Rev. $1.2B vs. Est. $1.19B
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) Reports Q2 Adj.
EPS $(0.14) vs $(0.11) Est., Sales $1.622B vs $1.93B Est.
Square (NYSE: SQ) Reports Q2 Adj. EBITDA $13M,
EPS $(0.08) vs $(0.11) Est., Sales $438.533M vs $405.7M Est.
Regeneron (NASDAQ: REGN) Reports Q2 Adj.
EPS $2.82 vs $2.65 Est., Sales $1.213B vs $1.24B Est.
Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) Reports Q3 Adj. EPS
$1.05 vs $1.01 Est., Sales $3.107B vs $3.01B Est.
Sell-Side Themes
Oppenheimer initiated coverage on LendingClub (NYSE: LC) and On Deck (NYSE: ONDK) at Perform.
Sell-Side's Most Noteworthy Calls
JMP Securities downgraded Vitae Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VTAE) to Market Perform.
Barclays downgraded FleetMatics (NYSE: FLTX)
to Equal-Weight.
Raymond James upgraded Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ: SAVE) to Strong Buy.
BTIG upgraded Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) to
Buy.
Chardan started coverage on Sunworks (NASDAQ: SUNW) at Buy.
Deal Talk
Galenica announced that its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Vifor Pharma USA, is commencing its previously announced tender
offer for any and all outstanding shares of common stock of Relypsa (NASDAQ: RLYP) at a price of $32 per share in cash, without interest and less applicable
withholding taxes.
Shares of Twitter (NASDAQ: TWTR) surged
higher Wednesday on unconfirmed market chatter of a potential takeover offer from former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Saudi
Prince Alwaleed. Steve Ballmer declined comment in an email to CNBC, while tech analyst Bob Peck said Twitter will not sell
itself.
In The News
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence endorsed Speaker Paul Ryan. The conflicting messaging at the top of the GOP
ticket came as the Trump campaign sought to keep Republicans from abandoning their party’s nominee after a week of miscues.
Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer
spoke with Bloomberg about corporate
motherhood, shareholders with competing priorities, and the struggle to make good choices great.
Blogosphere
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gunslingers of yore is to bring in quants and PhDs and data scientists and algos to address the lack of alpha that’s been competed
out of the hedge fund game."
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Chart Of The Day
- This company reported better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter on Wednesday and raised guidance.
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