The Day Ahead And Morning News of Note For February 25th

In After Hours Trading

No IPOs on deck today. Secondaries on deck today ENB KGC.In After Hours Trading: AR +.06 BLUE -.18 ESV +.18 DAVE -.08 IMAX -.04 LB +.10 MTDR +.02 PHH -.17 SUN -.36 TUMI +.06 VIPS +.02.

Lower Guidance: none of note.

What's Happening This Morning

U.S. futures: S&P +4.75, Dow Jones +43, NDX +8.50 and Russell 2000 +2.50 with fair value flat. Asia higher ex China and Hong Kong and Europe higher.Copper higher with silver and gold lower. WTI Crude and Brent Oil Futures lower. Natural Gas is lower. $ is lower vs Euro, lower vs. Pound and higher vs. Yen. US 10 year Treasury yield at 1.73% yield +3, one month change -29 and -25 one year change. Prices as of 7:55 a.m. EDT.

Top Sectors None of note.

Weak Sectors All.

One month winners Basic Materials and Utilities.

Three Month Winners Utilities.

Six Month Winners Utilities.

One Year Winners none of note.

Year To Date Utilities.

Earnings Expected

Earnings due after the close (by avg. trade volume): KHC BIDU EOG MNST INTU MHK GPS.Due Friday morning (by avg. trade volume descending): AMT SRE FL MGA CNP JCP.

Rags & Mags: Inside Wall Street

Bloomberg: PIMCO advisor calls Emerging Market the 'trade of the decade". Oil erases early morning losses. Donald Trump global deals spell trouble for him in election.

Reported Earnings This Morning

Reported Earnings This Morning (Best to Worst absolute beats/misses [+.02 or greater/-.02 or worse]): BBY +.14 BUD -.05 CHS +.05 DPZ +.04 PWR +.02 RRD +.04 SAFM +.02 SHLD +.92 W +.08.Lower Guidance: BBY.

Current Morning missing: none of note.