{"id":239244,"date":"2010-01-27T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"e2249889-c78b-43e3-9643-b1d7d4aa587b:387337"},"modified":"2010-01-27T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T14:14:00","slug":"us-news-events-apple-toyota-earnings-%e2%80%93-vialoux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/239244","title":{"rendered":"US news events, Apple, Toyota, earnings \u2013 Vialoux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&amp;P 500 futures are up 1 point in pre-opening trade. Traders are waiting for news from a series of news events include testimony by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, minutes from the FOMC meeting and President Obama\u2019s State of the Union address. <\/p>\n<p>Apple added 1% in anticipation of launch of its tablet product this morning. <\/p>\n<p>Toyota fell 7% after suspending production and sales of many of its North American products due to a recall triggered by sticky accelerator pedals. <\/p>\n<p>Several S&amp;P 500 companies reported higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings including Caterpillar, Boeing, United Technologies, United Airlines and ConocoPhillips. In addition, Yahoo reported higher than consensus revenues. <\/p>\n<p>Canadian National Railway reported slightly lower than consensus fourth quarter earnings. However, the company also announced a small increase in its dividend and offered positive guidance for 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tis the season for U.S. oil service stocks to move higher! Baker Hughes was upgraded from Market Perform to Outperform by Calyon. Target was raised from $45 to $55. Rowan Companies was upgraded from Neutral to Buy at MKM Partners. <\/p>\n<p>Bank of America\/Merrill reinstated coverage of the fertilizer sector by giving Agrium, Mosaic and Potash Corp. a Buy recommendation. Target for Agrium is $71. Target for Mosaic is $75. Target for Potash Corp is $140. <\/p>\n<p>Cenovus was upgraded by Macquarie from Market Perform to Outperform. Target is $31. <\/p>\n<p>Amazon.com added 1% after several investment firms upgraded the stock. <\/p>\n<p>Aurizon Mines was upgraded from Market Perform to Outperform by Raymond James.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><i>Don Vialoux, chartered market technician, is the author of a free<br \/>\ndaily report on equity markets, sectors, commodities, equities and<br \/>\nExchange-Traded Funds. For more visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/\" >Don Vialoux&#39;s Web site <\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/aggbug.aspx?PostID=387337\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&amp;P 500 futures are up 1 point in pre-opening trade. Traders are waiting for news from a series of news events include testimony by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, minutes from the FOMC meeting and President Obama\u2019s State of the Union address. Apple added 1% in anticipation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4059,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4059"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}