{"id":303712,"date":"2010-02-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"e2249889-c78b-43e3-9643-b1d7d4aa587b:394012"},"modified":"2010-02-10T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T14:00:00","slug":"greece-trade-deficit-exit-strategy-treasuries-%e2%80%93-vialoux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/303712","title":{"rendered":"Greece, trade deficit, exit strategy, treasuries \u2013 Vialoux"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 1 point in pre-opening trade. Investors are waiting for news from Europe on the possibility of a bailout of Greek debt. <\/p>\n

The U.S. Trade Deficit in December was higher than expected. Consensus was a deficit of $35 billion. Actual was a deficit of $40.2 billion.<\/p>\n

Ben Bernanke is scheduled today to release a comment on the Federal Reserve\u2019s exit strategy on its current low interest rate policy. Due to weather conditions, the comment will be released in a written statement instead of a verbal testimony.<\/p>\n

Traders are watching the $25 billion 10 year Treasury bond auction scheduled to be announced at 1:00 PM. Will continuing large bond auctions of longer term U.S. Treasuries run into resistance?<\/p>\n

Companies reporting higher than consensus earnings overnight included BHP Billiton, Disney and Gildan. BHP Billiton also offered positive outlook for base metal prices. \u2018Tis the season for Metals & Mining stocks to move higher. <\/p>\n

Talisman reported lower than consensus fourth quarter cash flow and earnings. <\/p>\n

Suncor is down 1% after RBC Capital Markets downgraded the stock from Outperform to Sector Perform.<\/p>\n

Canadian National Railway was upgraded from Market Perform to Outperform by Raymond James.<\/p>\n

Adobe gained 3% after receiving upgrades to Outperform by Credit Suisse and Jefferies. <\/p>\n

Dell added 2% after Bank of America\/Merrill upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy. Target was raised from $16.50 to $18.00.   <\/p>\n

Don Vialoux, chartered market technician, is the author of a free
\ndaily report on equity markets, sectors, commodities, equities and
\nExchange-Traded Funds. For more visit Don Vialoux's Web site <\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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