NewsWare’s Trade Talk: Tuesday, August 5

S&P Futures are higher this morning on continued opiumism of a Sept rate cut and upbeat earnings results. While official confirmation is still pending, markets are expecting an announcement to extend the U.S.-China trade and tariff truce before the Aug 12th deadline. President Trump is expected to sign an executive Order this afternoon that will impose penalties on banks for dropping customers based on political reasons. He is also expected to appear on CNBC this morning (8:00 est) and will likely comment on his pending Executive Order, and also on trade talks. Special Envoy Witkoff will be in Russia this week and is expected to meet with Russia's President Putin in an attempt to obtain a ceasefire in Ukraine. The key economic data points for today are the Trade Deficit report and the ISM Services PMI data. On the earnings front, BALL, BP, LDOS, PLTR & RAIL are higher after releasing. ADTN, CAT, HIMS & TAP are lower. After the bell today, earnings reports are expected from AMD, AMGN, ANET, & MTCH.