Yandex - Chart of the Day

Yandex (YNDX) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The Dutch Internet company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Relative Strength Index of 73.43% and gained 52.59% in the last 3 months.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Yandex (YNDX).  I found the Dutch Internet stock that opperates in Russia by using Barchart to sort the New High list of stocks trading over 100K share today by the highest technical buy signals, then reviewed the charts using the Flipchart feature.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 10/13 the stock gained 37.23%.

Yandex N.V. operates an Internet search website in Russia. Blog searches offered by the Company's website includes feeds from leading blog hosting and social networking sites in Russia, including LiveJournal, Vkontakte and Facebook. The Company also offers a wide range of specialized search, personalized and location-based services, including Yandex.News, Yandex.Market, Yandex.Mail and Yandex.Maps. Yandex N.V. and is headquartered in Moscow, the Russian Federation.

The status of Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 31.16% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.43%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 16.46
• Recently traded at 17.51 with a 50 day moving average of 13.68

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $5.58 billion
• P/E 21.45
• Revenue expected to grow 15.70% this year and another 17.00% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 22.50% this year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 18.20 for he next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 4 strong buy, 7 buy an d7 hold recommendations on the stock.

The Trend Spotter has been a reliable technical trading strategy for this stock.

Raytheon - Chart of the Day

Raytheon (RTN) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The defense equipment company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 25.90+ and gained 20.63% in the last month.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Raytheon (RTN).  I found the defense equipment stock by sorting Barchart's New High list of stocks trading over 100K shares for the highest technical buy signals then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 9/30 the stock gained 15.14%.

Raytheon Company is a global technology company. The company provides products and services in the areas of defense and commercial electronics,engineering and construction, and business and special mission aircraft.Raytheon has operations throughout the United States and serves customers in numerous countries around the world.

The status of Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 11.49% in the last month
• Relative Strength index 76.43%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 121.26

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $ 37.89 billion
• P/E 18.23
• Dividend yield 2.17%
• Revenue expected to grow 1.80% this year and another 3.10% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 5.70% next year and compound at an annual rate of 7.59% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 9 strong buy, 6 buy and 4 hold recommendation on the stock

The 50-100 Day MACD Oscillator has been a reliable technical trading strategy for this stock.

MORNING CALL 11/19

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Thursday, November 19th, 2015View Older Reports

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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ15 +0.32%) are up +0.35% at a 1-week high and European stocks are up +0.91% at a 1-1/2 week high after the minutes of the Oct 27-28 FOMC meeting on Wednesday indicated the U.S. economy is strong enough to handle an interest rate increase at next month's FOMC meeting, while policy makers stressed that the pace of tightening will be gradual. Stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings results from Salesforce.com and Keurig Green Mountain are also giving equities a boost, while an increase in M&A activity is supportive as well with Allergan up over 1% in pre-market trading after Pfizer was said to be in advanced talks to buy the company for as much as $150 billion. Asian stocks settled higher: Japan +1.07%, Hong Kong +1.41%, China +1.36%, Taiwan +1.64%, Australia +2.13%, Singapore +1.17%, South Korea +1.39%, India +1.41%. Asian markets all closed higher, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Index at a 2-3/4 month high, after the Oct 27-28 FOMC minutes stated that the Fed's pace of tightening will be gradual.

The dollar index (DXY00 -0.43%) is down -0.51%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.50%. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.44% as the yen rallied after the BOJ left monetary policy unchanged and said "inflation expectations appear to be rising."

Dec T-note prices (ZNZ15 +0.02%) are unchanged.

ECB Executive Board member Praet said he sees confirmation of downside risks in the global economy and that ECB policy makers are having "rich discussions" and will decide in December what further policy actions are needed and that more reductions in interest rates are "part of a toolbox."

U.S. STOCK PREVIEW

Key U.S. news today includes: (1) weekly initial unemployment claims (expected -6,000 to 270,000, previous unch at 276,000) and continuing claims (expected -5,000 to 2.169 million, previous +5,000 to 2.174 million), (2) Nov Philadelphia Fed manufacturing outlook survey (expected +4.2 to -0.3, Oct +1.5 to -4.5), (3) Oct leading indicators (expected +0.5%, Sep -0.2%), (4) Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart's speech on the U.S. economy to the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, (5) the Treasury's auction of $13 billion 10-year TIPS, (6) Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer's speech titled “Emerging Asia in Transition” at a conference hosted by the San Francisco Fed.

There are 6 of the S&P 500 companies that report earnings today: Best Buy (consensus $0.35), JM Smucker (1.52), GAP (0.63), Autodesk (0.08), Ross Stores (0.50), Intuit (-0.04).

U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Habit Restaurants (HABT), Noble Midstream Partners (NBLX), Truck Hero (TRUK), Congatec Holding (CONG), Duluth Holdings (DLTH).

Equity conferences this week include: Canaccord Genuity Medical Technology and Diagnostics Forum on Thu, Jefferies Global Health Care Conference on Thu, Scotiabank Canadian Energy Infrastructure Conference on Thu, UBS Industrials and Transportation Conference on Thu-Fri.

OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS

Allergan (AGN +4.53%) rose over 1% in pre-market trading after Pfizer is said to be near a deal to acquire the company for as much as $380 a share.

Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR +0.92%) surged over 15% in pre-market trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 85 cents, well above consensus of 71 cents.

Salesforce.com (CRM +0.14%) rose over 7% in pre-market trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 21 cents, higher than consensus of 19 cents, and then raised guidance on fiscal 2016 adjusted EPS to 74 cents-75 cents from an August estimate of 70 cents-72 cents, above consensus of 73 cents.

Best Buy (BBY +2.02%) dropped over 8% in pre-market trading after it reported Q3 domestic comparable sales were up +0.8%, weaker than consensus of +1.4%.

General Dynamics (GD +0.59%) was upgraded to a 'Buy' at Argus Research with a price target of $160.

NetApp (NTAP -0.83%) climbed over 4% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 61 cents, better than consensus of 57 cents.

DaVita (DVA +1.15%) slid almost 2% in after-hours trading after it said the U.S. Department of Justice is conducting a false claims investigation into DaVita’s wholly owned subsidiary, RMS Lifeline.

Hillenbrand (HI +2.10%) reported Q4 EPS of 55 cents, right on consensus, but reported Q4 revenue of $392 million, below consensus of $421 million.

L Brands (LB +1.55%) reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 55 cents, above consensus of 53 cents, but then said it sees fiscal 2015 EPS of $3.69-$3.79, below consensus of $3.79.

Semtech (SMTC +1.53%) dropped over 6% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 19 cents, below consensus of 24 cents, and said it sees Q4 adjusted EPS of 14 cents-18 cents, weaker than consensus of 23 cents.

Delta Airlines (DAL -0.04%) rallied nearly 3% in after-hours trading after it said it will buy another 32% stake in Aeromexico and increase its total stake in the company to 49%.

SunEdison (SUNE +7.62%) dropped over 10% in after-hours trading after Blackstone said it is not interested in investing in the company.

MARKET COMMENTS

Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ15 +0.32%) this morning are up +7.25 points (+0.35%). Wednesday's closes: S&P 500 +1.62%, Dow Jones +1.42%, Nasdaq +1.92%. The S&P 500 on Wednesday closed sharply higher on reduced interest rate concerns after the Oct 27-28 FOMC minutes showed that policy makers stressed that they want the pace of interest rate increases to be gradual and on the +4.1% increase in Oct building permits, a proxy for future construction, to 1.150 million, more than expectations of +3.8% to 1.147 million. Technology stocks received a boost from a 3% gain in Apple after Goldman Sachs added Apple to its "Conviction Buy" list.

Dec 10-year T-notes (ZNZ15 +0.02%) this morning are unchanged. Wednesday's closes: TYZ5 -2.50, FVZ5 -2.25. Dec T-note prices on Wednesday closed lower on the minutes of the Oct 27-28 FOMC meeting showing that policy makers wanted to convey that "it may well become appropriate" to raise the benchmark lending rate in December. T-notes were also undercut by reduced safe-haven demand tied to the rally in stocks. T-note prices rebounded from their worst levels after the FOMC minutes said that any interest rate increases would be gradual.

The dollar index (DXY00 -0.43%) this morning is down -0.505 (-0.51%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0053 (+0.50%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down-0.55 (-0.44%). Wednesday's closes: Dollar Index +0.021 (+0.02%), EUR/USD +0.0018 (+0.17%), USD/JPY +0.19 (+0.15%). The dollar index on Wednesday rose to a 7-month high but fell back and closed little changed. The dollar received a boost from the minutes of the Oct 27-28 FOMC that said it may be "appropriate" to raise interest rates at next month's FOMC meeting. In addition, USD/JPY rallied to a 2-3/4 month high as strength in stocks reduced the safe-haven demand for the yen. The dollar erased its advance after the Oct 27-28 FOMC minutes stated that any Fed rate hikes would be gradual.

Dec crude oil (CLZ15 -0.79%) this morning is unchanged and Dec gasoline (RBZ15 +1.33%) is up +0.0241 (+1.90%). Wednesday's closes: CLZ5 +0.08 (+0.20%), RBZ5 +0.0395 (+3.19%). Dec crude oil and gasoline on Wednesday erased early losses and closed higher on the slide in the dollar which fell back from a 7-month high and closed little changed. Dec crude had posted a 2-1/2 month low on bearish factors that included (1) the +1.5 million bbl increase in crude stockpiles at Cushing, more than expectations of +1.1 million bbl, and (2) the unexpected +1.009 million bbl increase in EIA gasoline supplies, more than expectations of a -1.5 million bbl draw.

GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR11/19/2015

US	0830 ET	Weekly initial unemployment claims expected -6,000 to 270,000, previous unch at 276,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -5,000 to 2.169 million, previous +5,000 to 2.174 million.
	0830 ET	USDA weekly Export Sales.
	1000 ET	Nov Philadelphia Fed manufacturing outlook survey expected +4.2 to -0.3, Oct +1.5 to -4.5.
	1000 ET	Oct leading indicators expected +0.5%, Sep -0.2%.
	1100 ET	Treasury announces amount of 2-year T-notes (previous $26 billion), 2-year floating-rate notes (previous $15 billion), 5-year T-notes (previous $35 billion) and 7-year T-notes (previous $29 billion) to be auctioned Nov 24-25.
	1230 ET	Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart speaks on the U.S. economy to the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce.
	1300 ET	Treasury auctions $13 billion 10-year TIPS.
	1645 ET	Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer delivers a speech titled Emerging Asia in Transition at a conference hosted by the San Francisco Fed.
JPN	0030 ET	Japan Oct nationwide department store sales, Sep +1.8% y/y.
	0100 ET	Revised Japan Oct machine tool orders, preliminary -23.1% y/y..
	n/a	BOJ announces interest rate decision following 2-day policy meeting.
UK	0430 ET	UK Oct retail sales ex auto fuel expected -0.6% m/m and +3.9% y/y, Sep +1.7% m/m and +5.9% y/y.
	0430 ET	UK Oct retail sales including auto fuel expected -0.5% m/m and +4.5% y/y, Sep +1.9% m/m and +6.5% y/y.
	0600 ET	UK Nov CBI trends total orders expected -10, Oct -18. Nov CBI trends selling prices expected =6, Oct -7.

U.S. STOCK CALENDAR11/19/2015

Company	Ticker	Time	Event Description	Period	Estimate
JM Smucker Co/The	SJM US	Bef-mkt	Q2 2016 Earnings Release	Q2 2016	1.518
Best Buy Co Inc	BBY US	7:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Release	Q3 2016	0.352
Best Buy Co Inc	BBY US	8:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	Q3 2016
Regions Financial Corp	RF US	8:00	Investor Day	Y 2015
JM Smucker Co/The	SJM US	8:30	Q2 2016 Earnings Call	Q2 2016
AGL Resources Inc	GAS US	9:00	Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting
AGL Resources Inc	GAS US	9:00	Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting - M&A Vote	Y 2015
L Brands Inc	LB US	9:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	Q3 2016
Iron Mountain Inc	IRM US	9:00	Special Meeting - M&A Vote
Ford Motor Co	F US	10:00	Analyst Meeting	Y 2015
Intel Corp	INTC US	11:00	Investor Meeting	Y 2015
Precision Castparts Corp	PCP US	12:00	Special Meeting - M&A Vote
Cisco Systems Inc	CSCO US	13:00	Annual General Meeting	Y 2015
Rockwell Automation Inc	ROK US	14:30	Investor Meeting	Y 2015
Gap Inc/The	GPS US	16:15	Q3 2016 Earnings Release	Q3 2016	0.627
Ross Stores Inc	ROST US	16:15	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	C3 2016
Ross Stores Inc	ROST US	16:15	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	Q3 2016
Intuit Inc	INTU US	16:30	Q1 2016 Earnings Call	Q1 2016
Gap Inc/The	GPS US	17:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	Q3 2016
Autodesk Inc	ADSK US	17:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	Q3 2016
Garmin Ltd	GRMN US	17:00	ITC to Announce Final Decision in Johnson Outdoor vs. Garmin Patent Case
Autodesk Inc	ADSK US	Aft-mkt	Q3 2016 Earnings Release	Q3 2016	0.077
Ross Stores Inc	ROST US	Aft-mkt	Q3 2016 Earnings Release	Q3 2016	0.5
Intuit Inc	INTU US	Aft-mkt	Q1 2016 Earnings Release	Q1 2016	-0.037
Equifax Inc	EFX US		Investor Meeting - New York	Y 2015
Cardinal Health Inc	CAH US		Investor & Analyst Day	Y 2015

Xylem - Chart of the Day

Xylem (XYL) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The pumping equipment company has a Trend Spotter buy signal and is up 25.08% since it hit its 52 week low on 8/24.

The Chart of the Day is Xylem (XYL).  I found the pumping equipment stock by using Barchart to sort today's New High list of stock trading over 100K shares a day first for the highest technical buy signals then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 10/2 the stock gained 11.46%.

Xylem Inc. provides water technology solutions, water and wastewater treatment solutions and industrial pumps and related technologies. The company provides products for transportation, treatment, and testing applications to public utilities and industrial facilities. It offers a range of pumps, and valves, heat exchangers, waste systems, and membrane filtration products. Xylem Inc. is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y.

The status of Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 7.66% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.37%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 36.19
• Recently traded at 37.44 with a 50 day moving average of 34.60

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $6.79 billion
• P/E 19.57
• Dividend yield 1.54%
• Revenue expected to grow 3.10% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 8.60% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 7.80% for the next 6 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 3 strong buy, 4 buy and 9 hold recommendations on the stock.

None of the regular technical trading strategies worked on this stock during the last year.  If you buy it I would advise a moving stop loss to protect your profits.

5 Mid Cap Gems

I wanted to find the 5 best Mid Cap stocks so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks for the best technical buy signals, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

The list included Fairchild Semiconductor International (FCS), Owens & Minor (OMI), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) and Ingram Micro (IM).


Fairchild Semiconductor International (FCS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 17.89% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.47%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 17.31
• Recently traded at 19.42 with a 50 day moving average of 15.09

Owens & Minor (OMI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 10.03% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 75.01%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 37.36
• Recently traded at 37.88 with a 50 day moving average of 34.89

Lancaster Colony (LANC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and  day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 11.95% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.29%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 111.42
• Recently traded at 112.97 with a 50 day moving average of 103.81

Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 7.71% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.41%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 77.59
• Recently traded at 78.07 with a 50 day moving average of 73.65

Ingram Micro (IM)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 7.71% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.59%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 30.01
• Recently traded at 30.80 with a 50 day moving average of 28.77

MORNING CALL 11/18

MORNING CALL

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015View Older Reports

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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ15 +0.11%) are up +0.16% ahead of the minutes of the Oct 27-28 FOMC meeting that may provide a clue as to the timing of a Fed interest rate increase. Increase M&A activity is giving U.S. stocks a lift with Fairchild Semiconductor International up nearly 7% in pre-market trading after ON Semiconductor Corp. agreed to buy the company for about $2.4 billion. European stocks are down -0.78% as a slide in metals prices has undercut mining stocks and raw material producers with the price of gold (GCZ15 +0.07%) falling to its lowest in 5-3/4 years. Asian stocks settled mixed: Japan +0.09%, Hong Kong -0.34%, China -1.01%, Taiwan -0.94%, Australia +0.29%, Singapore -1.05%, South Korea +0.07%, India -1.48%. China's Shanghai Composite closed lower after data showed China's home-price recovery slowed in Oct with new home price increases in 27 cities tracked by the government, fewer than 39 cities that rose in Sep. Japan's Nikkei Stock Index rallied up to a 2-3/4 month high as the yen remained just above the recent 2-3/4 month low, which improves the earnings prospects of Japanese exporters.

The dollar index (DXY00 -0.11%) is down -0.12%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.27% and recovered slightly from a 7-month low after ECB Executive Board member Mersch downplayed any negative economic aspects of the Paris terrorist attacks. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.05%.

Dec T-note prices (ZNZ15 -0.06%) are down -1.5 ticks.

ECB Executive Board member Mersch said that "we have no indication of any economic pessimism as a result of the Paris attacks, let alone weaker hard data."

China Oct new home prices rose in 27 out of 70 cities tracked by the government m/m, less than 39 cities that rose in Sep. New home prices rose y/y n 16 of 70 cities in Oct compared with 12 cities that rose y/y in Sep.

U.S. STOCK PREVIEW

Key U.S. news today includes: (1) weekly MBA mortgage applications (previous -1.3% with purchase sub-index +0.1% and refi sub-index -2.2%), (2) an appearance by New York Fed President William Dudley, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart and Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester on a panel about payment systems at the Clearing House Annual Conference in New York, (3) Oct housing starts (expected -3.8% to 1.160 million, Sep +6.5% to 1.206 million), (4) Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan's speech at the University of Houston on “A Discussion of Economic Conditions and Federal Reserve Policy, and (5) minutes from the Oct 27-28 FOMC meeting.

There are 7 of the S&P 500 companies that report earnings today: Target (consensus $0.86), Lowe's (0.78), Staples (0.35), L Brands (0.53), Keurig Green Mountain (0.71), NetApp (0.57), Salesforce.com (0.19).

U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: Square (SQ), Match Group (MTCH), Mimecast (MIME), Congatec Holding (CONG).

Equity conferences this week include: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banking and Financial Services Conference on Tue-Wed, Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference on Tue-Wed, Stifel Health Care Conference on Tue-Wed, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Frontier Markets Conference on Wed, Barclays Global Automotive Conference on Wed, Vertical Research Partners Global Materials Conference on Wed, Canaccord Genuity Medical Technology and Diagnostics Forum on Thu, Jefferies Global Health Care Conference on Thu, Scotiabank Canadian Energy Infrastructure Conference on Thu, UBS Industrials and Transportation Conference on Thu-Fri.

OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS

Apple (AAPL -0.43%) was added to the 'Conviction Buy' list at Goldman Sachs.

Staples (SPLS -2.05%) slid 3% in pre-market trading after it lowered guidance on Q4 EPS to 26 cents-30 cents, below consensus of 29 censts, and said it sees Q4 sales down y/y due to the unfavorable impact of a stronger dollar.

Syngenta AG (SYT +9.24%) rose nearly 2% in pre-market trading after Monsanto said it's considering another takeover bid for the company.

Fairchild Semiconductor International (FCS +0.68%) climbed nearly 7% in pre-market trading after ON Semiconductor Corp. agreed to buy the company for about $2.4 billion.

Lowe's (L -0.21%) rose over 1% in pre-market trading after it reported Q3 EPS of 80 cents, better than consensus of 78 cents.

Exxon Mobile (XOM -1.16%) was downgraded to 'Underperform' from 'Market Perform' at Raymond James.

Sally Beauty Holdings (SBH +4.65%) was upgraded to 'Buy' from 'Neutral' at Goldman Sachs.

Norfolk Southern (NSC -1.51%) jumped over 6% in after-hours trading after Canadian Pacific Railway proposed a merger with Norfolk and promised a "sizable premium" for the company. CSX Corp. (CSX -0.51%) also gained on the news and rose over 2%.

Universal Insurance (UVE -30.73%) jumped nearly 7% in after-hours trading after the company said statements made by short sellers Lakewood Capital are "misleading" and contain "partial" information.

Jack in the Box (JACK -0.72%) climbed over 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 62 cents, below consensus of 65 cents, but said it sees adjusted fiscal 2016 EPS of $3.55-$3.70, above the consensus estimate of $3.55.

Vipshop Holdings (VIPS +0.24%) rose nearly 2% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 earnings per ADS were 12 cents, right on consensus, and said its board approved a $300 million stock buyback program over the next 2 years.

Citrix Systems (CTXS -1.26%) fell over 3% in after-hours trading after it said it sees 2016 non-GAAp EPS of $4.40-$4.50, above consensus of $4.22, but said it foresees 2016 revenue rising by 1% to 2%, below current consensus of a 4.7% increase.

MARKET COMMENTS

Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ15 +0.11%) this morning are up +3.25 points (+0.16%). Tuesday's closes: S&P 500 -0.13%, Dow Jones +0.04%, Nasdaq +0.01%. The S&P 500 on Tuesday closed slightly lower on the unexpected -0.2% decline in U.S. Oct industrial production (weaker than expectations of +0.1%) and the unexpected -2 point decline in the Nov NAHB housing market index to 62 (versus expectations of 64). Stocks found support from a rally in European stocks on optimism that the ECB may consider adding to stimulus next month when Executive Board member Praet said there's a risk of inflation expectations becoming de-anchored. There was also strength in retailers led by rallies in Wal-Mart and Home Depot after both companies reported higher-than-forecast Q3 earnings results.

Dec 10-year T-notes (ZNZ15 -0.06%) this morning are down -1.5 ticks. Tuesday's closes: TYZ5 +4.50, FVZ5 +3.50. Dec T-notes on Tuesday closed little changed. T-notes found support on the unexpected decline in U.S. Oct industrial production and the unexpected drop in the Nov NAHB housing market index. T-notes were undercut by the as-expected increase in U.S. Oct core CPI of +1.9% y/y, which bolstered expectations for the Fed to raise interest rates at next month's FOMC meeting.

The dollar index (DXY00 -0.11%) this morning is down -0.120 (-0.12%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0029 (+0.27%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down-0.06 (-0.05%). Tuesday's closes: Dollar Index +0.189 (+0.19%), EUR/USD -0.0044 (-0.41%), USD/JPY +0.27 (+0.22%). The dollar index on Tuesday rallied to a 7-month high and closed higher on weakness in EUR/USD, which slumped to a 7-month low after ECB Executive Board member Praet said the ECB may consider adding to stimulus next month because there's a risk of inflation expectations becoming de-anchored. Meanwhile, USD/JPY rallied to a 1-week high on carryover from Monday's gains on speculation the larger-than-expected contraction in Japan Q3 GDP will prompt the BOJ to expand stimulus.

Dec crude oil (CLZ15 +1.62%) this morning is up +63 cents (+1.55%) and Dec gasoline (RBZ15 +2.42%) is up +0.0271 (+2.19%). Tuesday's closes: CLZ5 -0.62 (-1.49%), RBZ5 +0.0094 (+0.76%). Dec crude oil and gasoline on Tuesday settled mixed. Crude oil was undercut by the rally in the dollar index to a 7-month high and comments from Iran's Oil Minister Zanganeh who said that Iran won't negotiate with or seek permission from OPEC before boosting its oil exports by a planned 500,000 bpd once sanctions are removed and is unconcerned about the impact the additional supply may have on crude prices. Crude oil prices were also undercut by expectations for Wednesday' EIA data to show crude inventories rose +2.0 million bbl. Gasoline found support on expectations for Wednesday' EIA data to show gasoline supplies fell -1.5 million bbl.

GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR11/18/2015

US	0700 ET	Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous -1.3% with purchase sub-index +0.1% and refi sub-index -2.2%.
	0800 ET	New York Fed President William Dudley, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart and Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester speak on a panel about payment systems at the Clearing House Annual Conference in New York.
	0830 ET	Oct housing starts expected -3.8% to 1.160 million, Sep +6.5% to 1.206 million. Oct building permits expected +3.8% to 1.147 million, Sep -4.8% to 1.105 million.
	1030 ET	EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
	1200 ET	Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan speaks at the University of Houston on A Discussion of Economic Conditions and Federal Reserve Policy.
	1400 ET	Minutes of the Oct 27-28 FOMC meeting.
EUR	0500 ET	Eurozone Sep construction output, Aug -0.2% m/m and -6.0% y/y.
JPN	1850 ET	Japan Oct trade balance expected -246.3 billion yen, Sep -115.8 billion yen. Oct exports expected -2.0% y/y, Sep +0.5% y/y. Oct imports expected -8.6% y/y, Sep -11.0% y/y.
	2330 ET	Japan Sep all-industry activity index expected +0.2% m/m, Aug -0.2% m/m.

U.S. STOCK CALENDAR11/18/2015

Company	Ticker	Time	Event Description	Period	Estimate
Target Corp	TGT US	Bef-mkt	Q3 2016 Earnings Release	Q3 2016	0.86
Lowe's Cos Inc	LOW US	Bef-mkt	Q3 2016 Earnings Release	Q3 2016	0.779
Aramark	ARMK US	Bef-mkt	Q4 2015 Earnings Release	Q4 2015	0.398
Staples Inc	SPLS US	6:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Release	Q3 2016	0.349
Staples Inc	SPLS US	8:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	Q3 2016
Towers Watson & Co	TW US	8:00	Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting
Towers Watson & Co	TW US	8:00	Special Meeting - M&A Vote
Owens Corning	OC US	8:30	Investor Day	Y 2015
Atmos Energy Corp	ATO US	9:00	Analysts Meeting	Y 2015
Lowe's Cos Inc	LOW US	9:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	C3 2016
Lowe's Cos Inc	LOW US	9:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	Q3 2016
Global Payments Inc	GPN US	9:00	Annual General Meeting
Monsanto Co	MON US	10:00	Analyst Meeting - Biennial Investor Event	Y 2015
Aramark	ARMK US	10:00	Q4 2015 Earnings Call	Q4 2015
Target Corp	TGT US	10:30	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	Q3 2016
Sysco Corp	SYY US	11:00	Annual General Meeting
Clorox Co/The	CLX US	12:00	Annual General Meeting
Oracle Corp	ORCL US	13:00	Annual General Meeting	Y 2015
Campbell Soup Co	CPB US	16:00	Annual General Meeting
Keurig Green Mountain Inc	GMCR US	17:00	Q4 2015 Earnings Call	Q4 2015
NetApp Inc	NTAP US	17:00	Q2 2016 Earnings Call	Q2 2016
salesforce.com inc	CRM US	17:00	Q3 2016 Earnings Call	Q3 2016
L Brands Inc	LB US	Aft-mkt	Q3 2016 Earnings Release	Q3 2016	0.528
Sigma-Aldrich Corp	SIAL US	Aft-mkt	Illumina Inc. Replaces Sigma-Aldrich Corp. in S&P 500
Keurig Green Mountain Inc	GMCR US	Aft-mkt	Q4 2015 Earnings Release	Q4 2015	0.709
NetApp Inc	NTAP US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2016 Earnings Release	Q2 2016	0.569
Illumina Inc	ILMN US	Aft-mkt	Illumina Inc. Replaces Sigma-Aldrich Corp. in S&P 500
salesforce.com inc	CRM US	Aft-mkt	Q3 2016 Earnings Release	Q3 2016	0.187
Campbell Soup Co	CPB US		Annual General Meeting
Clorox Co/The	CLX US		Annual General Meeting
Equifax Inc	EFX US		Investor Meeting - Boston	Y 2015
Progressive Corp/The	PGR US		October 2015 Sales and Revenue Release	2015
Raymond James Financial Inc	RJF US		October 2015 Sales and Revenue Release - Operating Data	2015
Sysco Corp	SYY US		Annual General Meeting
Global Payments Inc	GPN US		Annual General Meeting

Molson Coors Brewing - Chart of the Day

Molson Coors Brewing (TAP) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The beer brewing company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 33.70+ and gained 22.35% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Molson Coors Brewing (TAP).  I found the beer brewing stock by using Barchart's New High/Low list of stocks trading over 100K shares a day and then sorted for technical buy signals. I then used the Flipchart feature to review the stocks.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 9/15 the stock gained 30.96%.

Molson Coors Brewing Company is world's fifth-largest global brewer. Molson Coors Brewing Company has 15,000 employees worldwide, 18 breweries, and a broad portfolio of over 40 brands, including Molson Canadian, Coors Light and Carling.

The status of Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 7.73% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 82.75%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 93.22
• Recently traded at 95.13 with a 50 day moving average of 84.53

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $17.61 billion
• P/E 24.56
• Dividend yield 1.75%
• Revenue expected to grow by .50% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 2.90% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 3.20 for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 2 strong buy, 4 buy and 2 hold recommendations on the stock

The 50-100 Day MACD Oscillator has been a reliable technical trading strategy for this stock.

OMI VII BAK XRS Buy Signals

Today I added Owens & Minor (OMI), Vicon Industries (VII), Braskem (BAK) and Tal Education Group (XRS) to the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for superior price momentum.

Owens & Minor (OMI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 9.83% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.60%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 36.80
• Recently traded at 37.93 with a 50 day moving average of 34.80

Vicon Industries (VII)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 44.79% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 80.69%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 1.84
• Recently traded at 2.43 with a 50 day moving average of 1.71

Braskem (BAK)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 28.59% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 76.83%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 12.14
• Recently traded at 13.09 with a 50 day moving average of 9.88

Tal Education Group (XRS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 15.51% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.95%
• Barchart computes a technical support leve at 40.12
• Recently traded at 41.58 with a 50 day moving average of 34.92