The Breakfast Briefing: Futures Point To A Lower Open As Investors Gear Up For Bumper Earnings

Ted

FYI: U.S. stock index futures pointed to a sharply lower open Thursday, as investors looked to upcoming earnings and tried to shake off negative sentiment coming from the European political space.
Regards,
Ted
U.S.: (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-23000-on-the-line-as-ebay-apple-help-drive-us-stock-futures-lower-2017-10-19/print

U.S.: (IBD)
http://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/these-5-top-stocks-are-moving-late-on-news-sp-500-futures/

U.S.: (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/19/us-stock-futures-earnings-catalonia-concerns-dow-on-the-agenda-for-wall-street.html

U.S.-Europe-Asia: (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-18/profits-buoy-equities-as-bonds-drop-dollar-swings-markets-wrap

Europe: (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/european-stocks-hit-by-cocktail-of-worries-over-catalonia-china-2017-10-19/print

Europe: (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-fall-on-catalonia-standoff-disappointing-q3-earnings-idUSKBN1CO0TW?il=0

Europe: CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/19/europe-markets-investors-look-to-earnings-catalonia-deadline-eu-summit.html

Asia: (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nikkei-on-track-for-another-two-decade-high-as-other-asian-markets-mixed-2017-10-18/print

Asia: (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-rises-a-13th-straight-day-creating-longest-win-streak-since-1988-idUSL4N1MU2T6

Asia: (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/18/asia-markets-focus-on-china-economic-data-party-congress-currencies.html

Current Futures: Very Negative
https://finviz.com/futures.ashx