| What to watch today: Dow to rise, data dump ahead of Thanksgiving and Trump on China trade | | |  | WED, NOV 27, 2019 | | | | AS OF WED, NOV 27, 2019 • 07:19 ET | | Dow Jones Fut | | 28,121.68 | | Current: | 28,140.00 | | Change: | 10.00 | | Impl. Open: | 43.32 | | | S&P 500 Fut | | 3,140.52 | | Current: | 3,147.50 | | Change: | 3.75 | | Impl. Open: | 7.83 | | | NASDAQ 100 Fut | | 8,385.75 | | Current: | 8,420.75 | | Change: | 20.00 | | Impl. Open: | 31.00 | | | Russell 2000 Mini | | 1,624.23 | | Current: | 1,627.90 | | Change: | .20 | | Impl. Open: | 3.92 | | | Wall Street's record run is set to continue, as futures pointed higher following Tuesday's record closes for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The major averages are currently riding a three-day win streak, and are on track to post their largest monthly gains since June. The Russell 2000 is at its highest since October 2018, although it is still about 7% shy of its record close set in August 2018. (CNBC) | | | | It's an extremely busy day for economic numbers, ahead of the stock market closure Thursday for Thanksgiving and Friday's early close, with the latest numbers out this morning on durable goods, jobless claims, and GDP 8:30 a.m. ET. At 9:45 a.m. ET, the November Chicago purchasing managers index is out. The government releases October personal income and spending numbers at 10 a.m. ET. At the same time, the National Association of Realtors is out with pending home sales for October. | | | | The earnings calendar isn't quite as busy, with only Deere & Co. (DE) reporting this morning and no companies out with numbers after today's closing bell. Deere issued quarterly earnings of $2.14 per share, edging estimates by a penny. Revenue also beat. But Deere said results continue to be impacted by U.S.-China trade tensions and uncertainties in the agriculture sector. (CNBC) | | | | The Morning Squawk team is off for the holiday and will be back in your inbox Monday. For those celebrating, happy Thanksgiving. | The House Judiciary Committee announced it's holding a Dec. 4 hearing on the constitutional basis for impeachment, bringing the Democrat-led chamber one step closer to its final vote on whether to impeach the president. The president is supposed to RSVP by 6 p.m. on Dec. 1. (CNBC)
* Trump lashes out against impeachment during Florida rally (AP)
The New York Times reports that Trump knew in late August about the whistleblower, whose claims became central to the impeachment inquiry, when he released frozen miltary aid to Ukraine on Sept. 12. | | | | Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have reportedly opened a criminal probe of opioid manufacturers and distributors. Companies including Teva, McKesson, Mallinckrodt, AmerisourceBergen, Johnson & Johnson and Amneal have received subpoenas. (CNBC) | | | | Boeing (BA) faces new obstacles in returning the 737 MAX jet to service, with the FAA saying federal regulators would now inspect and sign off on every jet before delivery to airlines. Boeing previously had the authority to do those checks and sign off on them. (CNBC) | | | | Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested late Tuesday that his company had now received 250,000 pre-orders for the Cybertruck, its electric pickup. The billionaire tweeted "250k," indicating, based on his previous Twitter posts, that this was the number of "orders" the firm had collected from prospective customers to date. (CNBC) | | | | Melanie Whelan is resigning from her position as chief executive officer of SoulCycle, the latest company to see its CEO leave. Whelan is also vacating her position as the director on the company's board. Sunder Reddy, SoulCycle's chief financial officer since 2017, will assume the role of interim CEO. (CNBC Make It) | | | | Toys R Us is reopening today in New Jersey, just in time for the holidays. Parent company Tru Kids Brands says the stores, which had shuttered in the U.S. seventeen months ago, will now be an "immersive experience." (USA Today) | | | | A storm packing heavy snow and high winds that wreaked havoc as it whipped through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska marched into the upper Midwest today as anxious Thanksgiving travelers buckle up and barrel headlong into a busy, if not perilous, holiday week. (AP) | | Dell Technologies (DELL) reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.75 per share, 13 cents above estimates. However, the computer maker saw revenue fall below Wall Street forecasts, and it cut its full year revenue forecast as it tries to deal with a shortage of chips from supplier Intel (INTC). | | | | VMWare (VMW) came in above estimates with adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.49 per share, with the software provider's revenue also above forecasts. The company also issued a better than expected sales outlook for the current quarter. | | | | HP (HPQ) stock rose as much as 3% in the premarket after the company showed acceleration in revenue growth in the fiscal fourth quarter and issued strong guidance. | | | | British American Tobacco (BTI) said a slowdown in the U.S. vaping market would result in slower revenue growth for the world's second largest tobacco company. | | | | Apple (AAPL) has asked its Chinese manufacturer Luxshare to double production of its AirPods Pro earphones, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. Such a move would increase production to 2 million units per month in China. | | Papa John's founder and ousted chairman thinks the pizza chain has changed its recipe. "I've had over 40 pizzas in the last 30 days, and it's not the same pizza, it's not the same product," said John Schnatter, who left Papa John's in July 2018. (CNBC) | |  | | |
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