NewsWare’s Trade Talk: Tuesday, September 17

S&P Futures are displaying a strong move to the upside this morning as expectations increase to 0.68% for a 50-basis point rate cut from the Fed Reserve tomorrow. August Retail Sales report is due out before the bell today. INTC is leading the DJIA higher after announcing a deal to provide custom chips to AMZN web services. MSFT is gaining as their board announced a $60B share buyback. A U.S. trade delegation is in route to China for talks over the recent wave of Chinese imports. Tomorrows Fed announcement is the key, pending catalyst event. After the Wednesday announcement, the focus will turn to the spending bill that is being held up in Congress. In Europe, markets are displaying gains with positive action in autos, basic resources and luxury stocks, Oil prices have turned lower with demand in focus.